Good thoughts pennie. That’s what I intend to do this evening, reorganize and re-stage.
That’s why I took the trip; practice. Now I have a better idea of how things should go.
May go again after Christmas. Going to be too busy before then.
Thanks again for the suggestions!
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However, it does behoove people to seriously consider even simple issues such as, "Do I simplify and donate all these old sheets and worn blankets to the Goodwill, OR..... do I commit to carefully storing them in the rafters of the attic or garage and making certain that they are laundered once a year to ensure freshness & true cleanliness?" These items can ALWAYS go to a homeless shelter or the Salvation Army & Goodwill. But should they immediately be donated??
I have also read online in many different places, that after Katrina, that although people needed some clean dry clothing, that what they DESPERATELY needed was clean sox and brand new underwear.
While Americans "generously" cleaned out their closets of old clothes - clothing they, themselves hadn't worn in YEARS, and shipped thousands upon thousands of truckloads to the area, only very few Americans would spend ten bucks on new underwear, in any size or color.
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They had so many warehouses of old old old worn out clothes, that what wasn't made immediately into RAGS was later sold at dollars per TON and then shipped overseas --- TONS & TONS & TONS of secondhand clothing that no Americans were interested in wearing -- there were no charities that could afford to store & display all these OLD clothes that had aged & aged in closets that no one else in America wanted to wear, either -- LOL.
You might think I'm silly to bring this up --- but really, the FACT remains is that that was what was the MOST REQUESTED, most desperately needed item, and not yet another pile of 1983 blue jeans and shrunken unravelling sweaters. So.... wouldn't it make sense that socks, underwear, toothpaste, soap, facecloth, deorderant -- that these real BASICS would be the Ultimate Barter Item in most severe emergency situations? That cute little almost miniature folding hairbrush that recently went on clearance - THAT might be the kind of item that would literally feed your entire family someday.
The old sheets, towels, miscellaneous bedding can ALWAYS be donated to a homeless shelter - but meantime, it might be wise to simply let it accumulate in a CLEAN DRY SAFE manner, where you MAINTAIN them yearly, as it could possible save your life, and those of your neighbors & friends in these dangerous times.
Now, hoarding a bunch of disorganized old dirty worn out crap is NOT helpful during any day & age, and hoarding is not what I'm advising. For instance, when we happen to purchase a new can opener, we don't automatically throw the old one away, if you know what I mean.
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Where all of this is simply NOT funny is that unfortunately most Americans do not follow anything about potential terror attacks and/or other natural disasters and/or national emergencies.
There will be MANY wanting people with MANY needs someday, I fear.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2278371/replies?c=6845
You'd think this kind of news, particularly about all the nasal swabs returning H1N1 negatives, whereas the later autopsies showing that the lungs are riddled with H1N1 would be on the cable news channels, 24/7 - but, no.