Gadding About at the Green Chair on St. Paddy's Day

What was better for a sunny afternoon on St. Patrick's Day than to attend the Green Chair Project's Open House.  This is one of my favorite charities.  As I am downsizing I like to donate items to them as much as possible.    Here is how they describe their mission:

Working together to provide everyone the comforts of home.

We reuse donated household furnishings to renew lives of participants referred from area programs who are recovering after homelessness, crisis or disaster.

As I toured their site that is undergoing a massive renovation (yet they still manage to stay open for their clients), I saw lots of GREEN items around.  I concentrated my photos on the GREEN things I observed.

A beautiful welcome as you entered.

Families  can choose their furnishing package at a reasonable price.

Among the many sofas and chairs is this GREEN one. 

Among the linens from which to choose, this lovely GREEN one. 

Many decorative items available. 

As I toured the construction area I noticed the hard hats are even GREEN.

They even had GREEN desserts on this special day.  

I'm sporting their sticker.  You can get one too.  Just give them a visit.  

If you aren't familiar with this charity, I suggest you give them a visit.  They are truly an inspiration!!!!  You can view their website HERE.

My New Gadget: A Clothes Tower or Ladder

Clothes Tower or Clothes Ladder. 

Always in the beginning of a new year, I look around and decide I need to get more organized and have less clutter.  Something popped up on my FB or maybe it was my email that caught my attention.  It is called a Clothes Tower*, but I think of it more as a Clothes Ladder.  It leans up against the wall and can be moved around from place to place if you wish. 

I had a chair in this spot in my bedroom where I often put down clothes that I didn't want to hang up or weren't ready for the clothes hamper.  Or maybe I put clothes on the bed.  Anyway I decided this would be a way to keep my clothes a little more organized when they are not in the closet.

Now I can give the chair that was in that spot to one of my grandsons who will be moving out into their own space soon.  Or if they aren't interested, I will donate it to The Green Chair Project.

Now if I could find some new gadget that would get my study more organized!!!

*Sorry I can't remember where I ordered this, but if you are interested you could probably google and find it.  I highly recommend it.

Gadding About at The Green Chair Project

I recently had some nice furniture that I wanted to donate to a worthy cause and a friend told me about The Green Chair Project.  I am so impressed with this organization that I plan to donate much more to them as I try to downsize a bit.  Here's the mission of the Project:

Our Mission Statement

Working together to provide everyone the comforts of home.

Our mission is to reuse donated household furnishings to renew lives of participants referred from area programs who are recovering after homelessness, crisis or disaster.

The other day Debbie and I took some of the smaller donations I wanted to make to them, and I talked with them about picking up the larger pieces of furniture that I planned to donate.  

The entryway was beautifully decorated and there were green chairs of all sizes around the area.  And lots of other "green" things. 

Bryan, one of the volunteers, took us on a tour of the area where the clients can shop. There are several packages from which they choose, and the clients use their own money, but the money goes much further here than at most places.  

There's a beautiful collection of artwork too.

One choice they can make is a kitchen pack. The clients can choose their own color scheme and select things that they will enjoy in their new home.  

Yes, this is a wonderful organization, and Debbie and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit.  I'm even thinking of volunteering for them.  And certainly any future donations of household goods from me will be to The Green Chair Project.

Check out their website here.