There are some obvious (and not-so-obvious) places where you can donate your collection of Martha Stewart Living.
- The first place to start is your rolodex. Is there anyone in your family or your posse of friends who might like to have your collection, or at least a portion of it? Next, consider your doctor's office, dentist's office or anywhere you frequently go that has a waiting room. (Ask the doctor or the receptionist first before simply dumping off your pile of publications. )
- Hospitals frequently accept magazine donations for their waiting rooms and for some of the patients. Ask to speak to a hospital administrator to find out where to take your collection.
- Similarly, consider taking your magazines to a retirement home, rehabilitation clinic or shelter.
- Churches will often take magazines to use in their recreation rooms, as will community centers.
- Libraries will generally only take magazines that are in good condition. And the more complete your collection, the likelier they are to accept it.
- Camps may take yor magazine donation for use in some of their art projects, such as collage.
- Consider schools or specialty colleges: a culinary school might love a pile of Everyday Food while a gardening or decorating school might benefit from specially-themed issues of Martha Stewart Living.
- Used book stores will often take magazine donations and may decide to resell your copies.
- Martha Stewart Living is one of those magazines that has value past its sell date. Think about selling your copies at a garage sale or even online at eBay, Etsy or Craigslist.
- Lastly, there are organizations that accept magazine collections for the troops overseas. How wonderful would it be for a soldier to read about the comforts of home? Get in touch with the USO.
9 comments:
Donate??
Give away my first born??
NEVER!!
My collection dates back to the 80's and has moved with us many times!
....BUT if you must donate, I do get rid of my "other" magazines at the laundry mat.
Back when I had to make those trips to the laundry mat, it was much less painful when there were some good magazines
Good Morning,
I'm a follower of your blog and absolutely love your posts! I have a question that's a little off topic. I am gaining quite a large collection of templates from MSL Magazine and on-line and have saved them all to my computer. However, I was wondering what do other people do with their templates? Should I start printing them and start an organized binder? What have you done with yours? Any thoughts/ideas are much appreciated!
Gasp.
Anonymous #2, I do print the templates and keep them in a binder. It's a nice way to save them. (If they're printed in the magazine, then I don't print them.)
I lost nearly 5 years of MSL in my house after Hurricane Katrina. I have since moved up north. I do miss the old issues, especially the holiday issues editions. Since then, I started over and organized my collection. I have 3 years now neatly organized on my bookshelf along with the special editions.
Trellis, that's so sad. I'm glad you were able to rebuild. I can't imagine how devastating a hurricane must be.
My son is disabled and chronically ill. We spend a lot of time at the hospital and I might second your suggestion to donate them to the hospitals. He goes to a large academic medical center and unlike the suburban hospitals, the number of magazines is virtually non-existant on the pediatric floors or in the clinic waiting rooms. Often the only magazine that is ever available is Golf.
This comment is for Trellis. Trellis, I have duplicates of many of Martha's magazines. I could check what I have and send it to you if you tell me what years you are in need of replacing.
kingston-koko@gci.net
Coming over from Lydia & Pugs blog! I think these ideas are great. I have a huge pile that I need to part with... thank you!
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