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Thank you for posting information like this. One thing our family has found after years of donating, is that there is a lot out there to be donated, but it is often impossible to get the donated items to those in need, There truly needs to be a better set of resources to reference (local, national, and international) when you have items to donate. There are way too many people that just want to throw items in the trash, never thinking that there is a child or family somewhere that would use or treasure that item.
At the present time we have children's VCR tapes and a VCR player, children's books, backpacks, and craft items that we didn't know what to do with. We will be contacting some of those agencies on your list.
We have heard that agencies accept backpack and small suitcase donations for foster children--that way, the few items that they own are not transported in trash bags. If anyone knows more about this, please post. We have also heard of agencies that take donations of used sports equipment. We are also looking for this information.
Believe in the adage, "one man's trash is another man's treasure." What our children have outgrown can be what another child only can dream of. We don't want to sell the items at a yard sale, we want these items to go to those that will enjoy them many times over.