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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Seven Items You Can Donate to Help Save Space - and Money

Goodwill offers tips for de-cluttering before the year’s end.

Taxpayers looking to claim a deduction for charitable donations only have a couple of days left to give before the end of the 2012 tax year. Goodwill of North Georgia is preparing for what will be its busiest donation rush of the year. “We always receive our heaviest volume of donations from Dec. 26 to Dec, 31. Last year we received more than 87,000 donations during the last week of the year,” says Director of Public Relations Elaine Armstrong. The organization has more than 100 locations where you can drop off items, including on the westside of Atlanta on Northside Drive. Goodwill says making a donation can help families de-clutter items they’ve accumulated during the year and make room for new things they received for Christmas. When …

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