The gift of giving and receiving
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- April
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I recently wrote a story about giving away stuff that you don’t need anymore to people who do by using the Web. One of the people I talked with was Cortlandt mom Amy Mongiello, who used Craigslist to give away a Little Tikes playhouse to a family of a young girl.
Today, I received an e-mail from the child’s dad:
“Julie,
I really enjoyed your article on recycling. I am the father of the girl who inherited the house from Amy. My daughter Alyssa just loves her new playhouse and my wife and I love the fact that we had to pay nothing for it. That is a real savings for us in these days of high gas and a mortgage. I am glad I spent my lunch hour that day browsing Craigslist to find the house. From seeing how nice Amy was and the joy on my daughter’s face, I have also decided to put a few items on for free that I was just thinking of tossing. If I can save someone a few bucks in the process that will make me happy and save room in my garbage.
Regards,
Jason Barone”
Here is a picture of Alyssa enjoying her new playhouse:
Jason, who lives in the East Fishkill area, told me he picked the house up this past Sunday, gave it a power-washing and it looks like new. The house has a little mailbox, as you can see in the photo, and Jason and his wife have been leaving “mail” for their daughter.
I think stories like Amy’s and Jason’s are an example to all parents to take a good look around our garages and attics and see if we can’t make someone else’s child happy with toys and equipment our own kids have outgrown. Kudos to Amy and Jason!
Here’s a link to my blog post on this topic (with a picture of Amy in the playhouse in almost the same pose as Alyssa). And here’s a link to my story about online recycling.
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on Friday, April 27th, 2007 at 10:37 pm by Julie Moran Alterio.
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Julie,
Loved the story (and the update—how cute!). Craigslist is a frugal parent’s best friend. I live on it. And now that the weather is better, I plan on hitting many a garage sale. One of my son’s favorite toys is a plastic gun (I know, I know) we found at a garage sale in Yonkers last summer for 25 cents.