Donations Reach $80M To Nonprofits
PickUpMyDonation started from recognizing a problem. It was extremely time consuming and difficult to make donations to nonprofits. Between the phone calls and leaving messages, donating was not an easy or enjoyable experience. Thus, in 2012 PickUpMyDonation was born, creating a way to donate to nonprofits in the most convenient way right from your phone […]
3 Quick Tips for Moving
No matter how far you are moving, it is never a hassle-free process. Maybe you only have a few items that you have to bring with you, or maybe you are hauling your entire family’s possessions across the country. Either way, moving doesn’t need to be like pulling teeth, nor does it need to break […]
Top Tips for Staging Your Home for Virtual Tours
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the past few months a trying time for home sellers. While some areas are relaxing recommendations regarding social distancing and business operations, it will take time before hosting real estate open houses is safe again. However, if you’re willing to look beyond traditional tours and sales tactics, you can still […]
PickUpMyDonation.com reaches $50 Million in donations to non-profits.
June 1, 2019 (Knoxville, TN) – In the fall of 2012, driven from the overwhelming need for a simple way to donate large items like couches and dining room suites, the PickUpMyDonation.com idea was born. The PickUpMyDonation.com team built a cloud-based platform where donors can go on their phone and request a donation pick up […]
How Far Will You Go?
Recently, the question was posed, “How far out of the way will a donor go to donate an item before he or she gives up and tosses the items in the trash?” Â I would love to tell you that 100% of our donors give because they care about our local charities, but that is just […]
The Six Month Challenge
Before I started working in thrift, more than 15 years ago, I had the tendency to keep stuff “just in case”. Now, after years of being around everyone else’s excess, I am ruthless when removing things no longer being used. If I haven’t touched an item in the last six months, it doesn’t need to […]
Clean Out As You Move Out … And Do Good Too
Moving is a pain. My family moved 9 times when I was growing up. We were always building & selling. Moving & shaking. Throughout these numerous moves, one lesson learned was how to get rid of stuff we no longer used. Don’t Waste It The simplest way is to throw everything away, but simple does […]
Non-Profits Create a Huge Opportunity for Junk Haulers!
PickUpMyDonation.com started and still exists to help non-profit thrift stores get more large items into their stores. We have over three years and $20m+ in donation value delivered to our non-profit partners. This has caused demand for pick ups to exceed the willingness and/or the capacity of our non-profits to pick up all of the […]
Remember why we are here?
In an interaction with an employee the other day I asked, “Why are you here?” It seemed like a simple question. However, the longer she thought about it, I was challenged by the fact that I probably had not done a good job of communicating that to her. The usual answer is something like “It’s […]
The “Priority” Opportunity
About a year ago I had an “I wonder” idea: “I wonder what all the junk haulers do with the items of value that they pick up when they are cleaning out homes.” I understood the habits of the typical donor. As well as understood the self imposed limitations of the transportation teams in the […]