{"id":215371,"date":"2015-12-28T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=215371"},"modified":"2019-11-13T17:59:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T01:59:41","slug":"how-and-where-to-donate-unwanted-christmas-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/how-and-where-to-donate-unwanted-christmas-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"How (and where) to donate unwanted Christmas presents"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you give (or receive) a gift that misses the mark, returning the item is the natural thing to do. After all, return policies are pretty awesome these days.<\/p>\n
However, if you decide to make a bigger impact with your gift — an item that you’ve probably survived without just fine for the last year anyway — why not donate it?<\/p>\n
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If you’re donating unwanted gifts, they’re most likely new and still in the package. (Whether you should give used presents is a topic for another time.)<\/p>\n
If items are new, you’ll easily find a home for your gift. In fact, as I type up some of the items on this list, I’m tempted to give you my P.O. Box if you want to part with some of this nice stuff. I’ll take good care of it, I promise! I’m sure you won’t want to donate some of these things, but maybe the model (in the case of electronics) they’re replacing?<\/p>\n
If your donation is gently (or even not so gently) used, make sure your chosen organization can actually use it. Some organizations can use used stuff, but many can’t — and it’s a burden (not to mention an expense) for them to dispose of it.<\/p>\n
Anyway, these items are, in general, very useful to many organizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n Electronics<\/strong><\/p>\n Personal items<\/strong><\/p>\n Kid stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n Gift cards<\/strong><\/p>\n If you receive a gift card you won’t use, you can always, of course, sell your gift card online. But you can also donate it to many of these organizations too.<\/p>\n First, if you want to deduct your donation(s) on your tax return, some of these institutions or entities are not qualified organizations. In other words, don’t pick an unqualified organization if you want to deduct your donation.<\/p>\n If you have community organizations that really make a difference for your community, check with them first. Otherwise, try to match your interests with the item you’re planning to donate.<\/p>\n Here are some ideas of places to donate, along with specific types of things they may need.<\/strong><\/p>\n After you’ve chosen an organization, ask:<\/p>\n If you enjoy all your presents this year, enjoy them all joyfully. If one or two aren’t what you need, don’t feel guilty returning them. But if you decide to donate your gift instead, it may have a ripple effect far beyond what you could possibly imagine.<\/p>\n Have you ever donated new gifts you received but didn’t want? Where do you donate most of your unwanted item?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you give (or receive) a gift that misses the mark, returning the item is the natural thing to do. After all, return policies are pretty awesome these days.<\/p>\n However, if you decide to make a bigger impact with your gift — an item that you’ve probably survived without just fine for the last year anyway — why not donate it?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[494,496],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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<\/span>How to Determine the Best Place to Donate a Gift<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>How to Donate<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Why You Should Think About Donating an Unwanted Christmas Gift<\/h2>\n
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