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In reply to the discussion: Young people don't want their parents' stuff [View all]no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)The liquor went to Knights of Columbus.
Their wardrobes from the Forties and Fifties went to a local theater company.
My father's Brooks Bros. suits went to Catholic Charities, specifically for veterans looking for interview clothes.
50 boxes of stuff to Vietnam Vets.
Kitchen cookware (e.g., pots and pains) to a young woman who was homeless but scored her first apartment.
Leftover dog kibble and leashes to the animal shelter.
Lamps to a thrift shop that serves 50 charities.
Mom's clothes to Goodwill.
Loveseat, double bed, three chests of drawers, two nightstands to a young couple just getting by.
I refused to just put unwanted stuff in a dumpster. My donations were still viable/not garbage, and I wasn't going to dishonor the memory of my parents by throwing it out.