Today we purchased 3 $25 Restaurant.com gift certificates and offered them up on our Pasadena Maryland Freecycle group so that we can spread holiday cheer to fellow Freecycler's in our group.
There has been a lot of interest in them as you might expect this holiday season. The three people selected have all been contacted and all three gift certificates have been emailed directly to them so that they can go ahead and redeem them at Restaurant.com. Our wish is that all three people who were selected go out to eat and enjoy themselves and have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011!
We appreciate everyone who continues to choose to be a part of our Pasadena Maryland Freecycle group.
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Pasadena Maryland Freecycle Annual Free For All & Meet And Greet
It started out cold with the day looking promisingly warm with the sun being out. 10am-12pm was allotted as drop off donations only, no shopping until noon. The groups owner, moderators and a few dedicated volunteers where there early setting up - hanging signs, organizing and laying items out, setting up the information and membership sign up table, putting out the food and drinks, getting the grill ready and cooking the food once it started and collecting names for door prizes.
A little before noon, Freecyclers and the public alike joined in and began looking through all had been donated which was a lot. Thank you to all who donated their items, you helped to make this event so successful!! Some people were Pasadena Freecycle members while others heard about it through friends, some saw the flyers or posts or just drove by wanting to check it out. While there, they all shopped for free, some taking a few things while others filled up bags and bags of stuff.
Those who were not part of our Pasadena Freecycle community often times wanted to know more about our group and what Freecycle was all about so we shared packets of information about our group and about Freecycle in general to read over at their convenience that would answer all their questions. We received some great comments stating that it is a great concept and they wished their neighborhood did it, others stating that that they love Freecycle and have enjoyed being members and even more others asking when we would be having our next one. Many people who came by could not believe that everything at our free yard sale was actually free.
It was really great for the owner and moderators of our group to be out there meeting and mingling amongst our members while at the same time spreading the word and concept of Freecycle to those who have never heard of us before. It was great to see members out with their families Freecycling together and eating together. The food was delicious by the way!
The door prizes were picked at the end of the event and winners will be called for pick up of gift baskets. Thank you to the moderators for getting the gift baskets together for this special occasion!
Everyone looked like they had a great time, took home some great stuff and had enough to eat. A special Thank You goes out to the groups owner, the moderators, the few dedicated volunteers (you know who you are) and to the business that supported our event. Thank you to the group owner for organizing this event, we hope you feel better soon and we appreciate all that you do day in and day out to make our Pasadena Freecycle community the best it can be!
A little before noon, Freecyclers and the public alike joined in and began looking through all had been donated which was a lot. Thank you to all who donated their items, you helped to make this event so successful!! Some people were Pasadena Freecycle members while others heard about it through friends, some saw the flyers or posts or just drove by wanting to check it out. While there, they all shopped for free, some taking a few things while others filled up bags and bags of stuff.
Those who were not part of our Pasadena Freecycle community often times wanted to know more about our group and what Freecycle was all about so we shared packets of information about our group and about Freecycle in general to read over at their convenience that would answer all their questions. We received some great comments stating that it is a great concept and they wished their neighborhood did it, others stating that that they love Freecycle and have enjoyed being members and even more others asking when we would be having our next one. Many people who came by could not believe that everything at our free yard sale was actually free.
It was really great for the owner and moderators of our group to be out there meeting and mingling amongst our members while at the same time spreading the word and concept of Freecycle to those who have never heard of us before. It was great to see members out with their families Freecycling together and eating together. The food was delicious by the way!
The door prizes were picked at the end of the event and winners will be called for pick up of gift baskets. Thank you to the moderators for getting the gift baskets together for this special occasion!
Everyone looked like they had a great time, took home some great stuff and had enough to eat. A special Thank You goes out to the groups owner, the moderators, the few dedicated volunteers (you know who you are) and to the business that supported our event. Thank you to the group owner for organizing this event, we hope you feel better soon and we appreciate all that you do day in and day out to make our Pasadena Freecycle community the best it can be!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Pasadena Maryland Freecycle Annual Free For All & Meet And Greet
| Time | Saturday, November 13 · 12:00pm - 4:30pm |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake Waterford Park Pasadena Road & 648 Pasadena, MD |
| Created By | |
| More Info | Bring items that you want to give away and take what others have brought for FREE! Give to the community what you might normally give to a charity that sells the items to the public. It's a great time to clean out your closets ~ One mans trash.... |
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Clutter Control and Freecycling
Today is dedicated to clutter control and freecycling. More in the past several months, our fellow freecyclers have benefited from our unused items. It gives us a great feeling to help other people and families out in our community. I am now going through everything in our attic to see what we no longer need/use and what we can get rid of. I am vowing that after this year we only keep items we use around. Granted a couple times a year I go through what we have and either save, store, freecycle, consign or donate whatever we are not using. I want to organize the attic to a point where when comes time to move again, we will be ready and organized.
Clutter control has been difficult and pain stakingly slow but when all is said and done, the task will be conquered. In the end I think it will feel refreshing to shed all this clutter from our lives.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
A Summer of Learning
This summer, we have made it our mission to continue to encourage our kids to learn new things by doing things in fun and different ways.
The school year ended and summer started. We will have a one kindergartner and a high schooler in our house next year which are both really great things. For our soon to be kindergartner, I am making a book of things we will work on during the summer so that he is ready for his first day of school. I want to continue to encourage him to learn as much as he possibly can so that he is not behind during his first year in school. I am excited to create this book of learning for him.
This summer we will teach our kids new things including showing them how things work, how to make some home improvements, exploring our environment and discussing ways we can keep our resources safe for them and future generations, caring for our garden and fruit trees so that they are aware of where some of their foods come from and how much work it takes to grow them from seeds and bulbs, visit local spots that are educational and so on, the possibilities are endless.
This summer we will continue teaching our kids about sharing with others, why we freecycle, our impact on our environment and our community, how growing vegetable seedlings and sharing bags of food with other freecycler's is how we hope to help end hunger in our community and so on. There is so much more to learn and learning together makes it more fun!
The school year ended and summer started. We will have a one kindergartner and a high schooler in our house next year which are both really great things. For our soon to be kindergartner, I am making a book of things we will work on during the summer so that he is ready for his first day of school. I want to continue to encourage him to learn as much as he possibly can so that he is not behind during his first year in school. I am excited to create this book of learning for him.
This summer we will teach our kids new things including showing them how things work, how to make some home improvements, exploring our environment and discussing ways we can keep our resources safe for them and future generations, caring for our garden and fruit trees so that they are aware of where some of their foods come from and how much work it takes to grow them from seeds and bulbs, visit local spots that are educational and so on, the possibilities are endless.
This summer we will continue teaching our kids about sharing with others, why we freecycle, our impact on our environment and our community, how growing vegetable seedlings and sharing bags of food with other freecycler's is how we hope to help end hunger in our community and so on. There is so much more to learn and learning together makes it more fun!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Freecycle
Freecycle is a way for communities to connect people who are getting rid of items to people who need these items together to keep things out of our landfills. See Freecycle's mission statement here: http://www.freecycle.org/about/missionstatement
With Freecycle, you sign up to become a member and answer a few questions. After your membership is approved, you can start posting. Unlimited offer posts and depending on your local Freecycle group's rules (2 wanted posts announced via email per month for ours as long as there is a balance of offer to wanted posts) plus you can post the rest of your wanted posts in the wanted items database and have it listed there for 3 months. When Freecycling, it is always important to remember to be courteous, polite and to be on time when picking your items up because some Freecycler's who do not have a porch need to be home to put the items out.
Here's how it works. Freecycler's post their items. If you see something you are interested in, you reply to the post and politely state that you are interested in their item(s) and state when you can pick up. It is up to the person offering the item to select the person the recipient of their item(s). The person offering will contact you if you are the recipient of their item and if not, you may not hear back from them. It is the responsibility of the person offering the item to update the group if the item is taken pending pick up (ppu) or taken. If you are selected for their item, you ask for their address and you work out a pick up date and time. You then pick the item(s) up at your designated time. Note: If you will be late or cannot show up for any reason to pick your items up at your designated time, it is a courtesy to let the offerer know and to set up an alternate pick up time.
We have met so many wonderful people through Freecycle and enjoy seeing them every now and again when they pick things up or we pick things up from them. We have enjoyed getting to know our community and look forward to what the future holds. The friendships we have made through Freecycle have been wonderful!
Go here to see if there is a Freecycle group in your area and you can sign up here: freecycle.org
Check it out and Happy Freecycling!
Lisa
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