Many of our clients are setting the following goal for 2015:  Make sure your home (however small!) is filled with things both things that have meaning for you and things that help your home to function well.

For most of them (and us, too!), this means purging.  We all have stuff in our home that we no longer need, but it may be valuable to someone else.  Let’s round up some local organizations which may be happy to accept your castoffs.

Hope of Northern Virginia takes your used baby items, like cribs, strollers, toys, maternity clothes, and the like.  They are located in Falls Church.

For furniture donations, along with appliances and other household goods, you can schedule a pickup with The Salvation Army.  It’s easy and it’s tax deductible!

For another option in donating furntiture in good condition, contact Furniture Share of McLean.

Friends of Guest House is a local organization that helps women who are coming out of incarceration to move on with their lives.  They accept women’s clothing and shoes, along with bedding, linens, and towels.

Goodwill of Greater Washington‘s website offers a list of items that they willingly accept for donation at their dropoff center.

Many of us have old books that need a good home!  If yours are in good condition, contact Books for America to arrange for a pickup.  They help to redistribute to those in need.

Magazines?  Contact the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute.  They accept magazines, along with other items, for donation.

Hope all this information helps!  You will be surprised about how good it feels to give back to your community, while lightening your own load.