Amy
Hsu came by our house in her car to pick up a tall bookcase. She had seen my post on the popular
Northwest Philly Freecycle website, where people give and get things –for free!
 

I had trash-picked the sturdy bookcase
just a couple days before but then realized I could not use it as planned.   Hsu says her husband may use it
for his beer brewing containers and supplies.  Hsu is an enthusiast of the free online exchange. Through
notices on the website she recently gave away a couch and a chair and dug up a
plant from an offeror’s yard. She likes when she gets “repeats” like the woman
who had given her cinderblocks who, thinking of her grandkids, responded to Hsu's
offer of stuffed animals.

NW
Philly Freecycle, a moderated website, was launched in 2004 by Meenal Raval and
the Mount Airy Greening Network (MAGNET) as an offshoot of the citywide Philly Freecycle.
It boasts over 5000 members and in April alone hosted 610 posts, a combination
of “Offer”, “Wanted”, “Taken” and “Curb Alerts” for all kinds of household items
imaginable.

Watch video here.