Donations of Old Computer Stuff and Other Things

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By Jacob Young (extracted from Reader's Digest, January 2005)


..."Do you have an old computer to dispose of? Contact the National Cristina Foundation (cristina.org) or World Computer Exchange (worldcomputerexchange.org). You may get a tax write-off; someone who needs it gets your old machine. Still have materials from that remodeling project? Habitat for Humanity will look it over and either use it in one of their projects or sell it in one of their 300 ReStores. (Again, you get a tax deduction.) Old cell phone? The Wireless Foundation distributes phones to victims of domestic violence (calltoprotect.org). More than six million pairs of eyeglasses get "retired" in the United States each year. Take them out of the drawer and give them to the local Lion's Cluib. Used sneakers too cruddy even for the Goodwill? Nike will grind them up and use them to resurface ball courts, tracks and athletic fields (nikereuseashoe.com)."