My better half has been pretty caught up in this Buy Nothing group about the last year. Seems a bit time consuming to give things away but it has provided her with a huge social expansion to local people. If there is a Buy Nothing group near you it's worth looking into. For her, it started with giving things away now it's a total social club for her.
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Here's a news clip of something she and others did with Buy Nothing Kirkland just a week ago, my better half gets interviewed!!!:
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