Time to Clean Out the Closet

Time to clean out the closet.

I’m on vacation this week, and one thing I hope to do is clean out my closet of items I no longer use. I also have so many recyclable bags, so I’m filling those to transport them to places which can use them for their clothes closets. I could take them to a resale store and get a little money for them, but I always try to help the community when I can.

I have been on the receiving side, and have been grateful for the food banks which help stretch the budget. My brother and I are able to afford getting our groceries now. We still keep on a budget and shop at Grocery Outlet, Dollar Tree, and check on sales, but we can get the basics and will splurge on a meal at a restaurant from time to time.

It doesn’t take much to give back. There are food drives, most of the time you see them during the holidays, but food banks can use the help year round. Grocery stores make it easy during their drives, buy asking for donations for a bag of food.

Some people think those who are waiting in line at food banks are there because they don’t want to work and just go for hand-outs. Perhaps it true of a few, however those who I have met while waiting my turn to visit the food pantry do not fit that description. Like me, when I was going there, they worked but were struggling with paying bills.

The cost of living in California is so outrageous. More often you seen multiple families members getting together to rent a home. I share an apartment with my brother because on our own, we wouldn’t be able to afford a place. I would love to move into a house, where I would no longer hear the child upstairs running around and shaking our dining room light fixture. A place where I wouldn’t have to remember to move my car to secure a spot for my brother, or he having to save our one reserved spot for me.

So it’s back to the closet to see what I can donate. Did you know the SPCA will take towels to use for bathing time?