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Some days ago, a neighbor invited me over because she was donating books that belonged to her husband, who died from covid during the pandemic. There were a lot of books, and even by choosing only the ones which caught my attention, I was able to get over 100 different books.

It was the first donation I have ever received and I got really happy about it. I am already halfway through The Shining, which was in the collection. So it got me thinking about donation itself.

What about your experiences with it? And I am asking about donation of things, not money.

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[–] roterkern70@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was in touch with a local luthier (guitar repairman and designer) and I started to visit him frequently. Sometimes I got my guitar modded, sometimes traded some stuff with him like pedals, keyboards...

One day he called and said he was going to move away, and wanted to give away his album collection. 100+ CD's, cassettes, movie and document DVD's, mostly original and in very mint condition. Rock, jazz, classical, all kinds of genres had he. I went to his house and returned home with 3 big grocery store bags!

That was 2 years ago and there still are stuff that needs to be listened and watched. Whenever I think about this, it gives me smile and want to do the same thing.

Thanks to him.

[–] Zatso@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It took me 5 trips to carry those 112 books home. I can't even imagine how much time it will take for me to read them all.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's so cool.

When I moved in May I gave away about half of my comic book collection, about 90% of it to parents who wanted them for their kids. It's my hope they have similar feelings and just find things in there that inspire them and make them happy for years to come.