After cleaning and sorting we found that we still had a lot of items that were in great condition and still had a lot of use left in them. The books were boxed up and hauled to the local Red Cross to be resold in their annual book fair in order to raise funds for the great programs that they host both locally and world wide.
The computers and electrical appliances were reused and those that could not be repaired were stripped down and recycled. Still faced with a huge amount of reclaimed items, we decided to invite over all of our friends and had a "free for all" of sorts.
We gave away PCs, games, electronics, software, toys, clothing and so much more! It was a lot of fun!
Even so, when all was said and done, there was still one last chance for what remained of the items in the form of some of our neighbors who got to shop at our dumpster that week!