I belong to Salt Lake Freecycle – a yahoo group that is designed for people to give things away (or trade). Absolutely no money can be exchanged. It’s a great way to recycle things and give stuff away you don’t need anymore – instead of throwing it away. It’s nationwide, so you can join from just about any city – or if there isn’t one in your city, you can start one!
The deal is that you post what you have to offer and folks who want your stuff come get it. You can also post things you are looking for. Last year we gave tomatoe plants to a Ronald McDonal House in Salt Lake City through Freecycle. This year I’ve given away boxes of clothes and some other assorted items. I love getting thank you’s from folks who have picked up stuff I’ve offered.
What a great system!
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 
I intially started the SLC Branch and then came back a while later. The same problems exsisted. Namely greed. Too many WANTS and too few OFFERs.
Is there any way to structure it so that you have to have an offer for every want? Or to make it part of the protocol as such? It seems that would be difficult, but I don’t know – maybe there is a way.