1-800-Get-Rid-Of-It
Running
1-800-Get-Rid-Of-It does give Rick Crawford, owner and president, opportunities
to benefit the community in unusual ways. He manages to recycle an impressive
60% of the items his crews pick up, so that striking piece of furniture at your
neighbour's may have a storied past. Many readers/clients are also familiar with
Rick's Clean Up the Humber event, but recently he had a more unique task. A
local radio station, Jazz FM, had collected a lot of musical instruments after
an appeal to their listeners. Rick picked them up and then delivered them to the
music department at Regent Park Public School.
Like many other
schools, programs and funds had been slashed, so Rick became a veritable Santa
Claus, complete with Rid-Of-Its red outfit!
The arrival of
Rid-Of-It's big red truck caused quite a stir. The instruments were then carted
to the auditorium and carefully unpacked. Many students with musical abilities
will appreciate some new opportunities from these underused
treasures.
Ours is a
throw-away society as our over-flowing landfills can attest to. It becomes
essential to be creative about possessions no longer needed. The old axiom, one
man's trash, etc. still rings true today. If you are living with clutter, paring
down will simplify your life and perhaps enrich someone else's. Taking a picture
of an old treasure will preserve the memory, making it easier to part with. You
can be a secret Santa many times over!
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