Planning on organizing the garage this weekend? What are you supposed to do with your old ten speed and all those random broken bike parts? Donate them to Working Bikes Cooperative! Its an organization that takes old bikes, repairs them an gives them to charity in the Chicagoland area and internationally. They will take used bikes, broken parts and rusted bikes. Your old bike that hasnt been used in years could help someone get and keep a job by having transportation. Check out Working Bikes Cooperative for events or for their local partners

Are you in the middle of a organizing project and trying to figure out a way to get all the trash out? Instead of getting a dumpster try using a bag from Bagster! Its a like having your own dumpster in a bag! It holds up to 3300 lbs of waste and can be purchased at a some Home Depot stores and other hardware stores. You set it up yourself, fill it and Waste Management hauls it away.

How many sports have you tried over the years? You've got the winter sports, summer sports, indoor sports you name it! You bought all the equipment and now you don't use it. The winter sports are coming to an end so this is a great time to organize your sports equipment. Before you put it all away think about weather you are going to use it next year. After taking a look at the winter sports, move on to the summer sports.
If you end up with items that you are not going to use donate them to Sportsgift. They take your used equipment, refurbish it and give to impoverished children all over the world. Check out the list of excepted items, fill out the collection report, box up your items and mail.

Not all home organization gets custom closets, sturdy plastic storage bins and shelving. In a perfect world your items would be organized and stored perfectly in bins and stacked neatly. But in this economy its not always possible. So you have to make do with what is readily available and what is affordable. In some areas like garages, attics and basements areas can be affected by water, dust and dirt. So your items do need to be protected. I recommend organizing your home using white trash bags for storage. They are cheap and easy to protect your items. You can sort items into categories and label the outside with black magic marker. I see this is a temporary solution until you can get plastic storage bins. They will keep your belongings dry, free of dust and dirt until you can transfer to a plastic storage bin.