The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,566 groups with 5,605,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, click on the following link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mattoon/
It's great for those items that are too good to throw away, but you can't think of someone who would be interested. Very easy to do.
