Charitable Organizations & Best Preferred Donation?

Have you ever regretted throwing away something? You must have. It is the hardest thing to do, particularly if you fancy yourself to be a friend of the environment.

Last week I asked my friend, What is the biggest wake up call that we need to stop destroying the planet? She was shocked as she had never thought of being asked such questions.

She Mumbled ! that day, she realized that she is a contributor to landfills. Later on, she confessed that she is a child of the 90's and its likely to have excess clothes. Two years back she had a closet of old clothes which she thought are so disturbing since her childhood. So, she threw her old swag into the trash.


Her most prominent wake-up call was the realization that she had made a massive mistake by throwing her old swag, & promotional items into the trash.
Her father is a businessman, and she may have old branded merchandise in her closet. Branded items are a great way to brand business.


So, Do promotional items work?
A Big Yes! Business people believe that promotional items and branded merchandise are primary cost-effective means of attracting more customers. Perfect low cost marketing to attract customers. Some of the original, impressive and surprising promotional items are; pens, keychains, branded merchandise, pen stand, notebooks etc. According to the recent survey here are some surprising facts about the use of promotional items-


1. 31% of USA consumers own promotional bags and branded merchandise.

2. 8 out of 10 consumers have 1 to 10 promotional items which they use daily.
3. 6 out of 10 consumers keep the products upto 2-3 years, and later on they throw away.
4. 63% of consumers give away promotional products when not needed.



Do they care? Do they giveaway? Here, giveaway means throwing them into the trash. 80-90% of USA consumers throw promotional items into the garbage when they are not in use.


Well, that’s disappointing. There is the best thing you can develop rather than throwing used promotional items into the trash.

Donate them!

Have you ever wondered how it feels to help needy ones by donating the stuff to them which are of no use? No, you never! And that’s bad. Very bad.

If you have a Lil realization that how much old stuff you have then you can easily decide whether to donate them or not.

What environmental org/charity Would I recommend donating to?

Well, that’s simple. A charitable organization which is transparent about what they do with what they receive is the best which I personally recommend. Also, I would find out what their preferred donations are? Money, resources, food or old clothes?
If I want to donate my old clothes, then I would choose that organization that genuinely takes old branded merchandise and give them to needy ones.

There is no limit of which minimum donation would impact the lives of poor ones. If you have a single cloth that you wish to donate, then go and give them. You may find difficult to figure out which charitable organization would suit best as per your desire. Well, community startups may help you.


There are many community startups in the USA that have massive network of best charitable organizations. They help you by providing the best charitable organization to donate to. Just like SwagCycle (Not a three Tyre cycle) that helps you donate Obsolete branded items in an ethical and affordable ways.


Donate more, feel best :)