Eager for Treasure, Not Trash

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Charities Sort Through Piles of Donated Goods, Some of Which They Can't Use

By Michael Alison Chandler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 30, 2005; Page B01

At the close of Christmas on Sunday night, the busiest giving season of the year began.

In homes across the country, Americans started cleaning their closets, shaking out toy chests and loading up shiny black bags with a yellow drawstring bow."