Web site for unwanted goods seeks to raise funds for schools, environment & charities for free

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A bake and yard sale veteran, Falmouth, Maine, resident Carolyn Gillis decided to take school fundraising to a higher level. She founded, Classroom Classifieds (CC's) , a free Web site that generates money for schools from items that community members sell.

After years as a dedicated fundraiser for the Falmouth (Maine) Public Schools, Gillis decided she needed to think bigger than bake sales and yard sales. That's why she and other volunteers launched Classroom Classifieds, a virtual yard sale.

Community members list items they want to sell and the asking price, and sellers agree to donate any percentage (1-100%) of the sale price to their school group. They donate directly to their school group's donations page through a link on CC's web site.

Another similar site, Classifiedcircles.org, channels funds to environmental, preventive/ evidence-based health and other progressive charities.

The sites have recently been encouraged by Stanford Social Innovations Business experts as quite sound and ready for financing.
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  • added July 08, 2009

8 comments // Web site for unwanted goods seeks to raise funds for schools, environment & charities for free

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    Wonderful, Carolyn! I'm proud of you.

    My very best wishes, and I hope your site is a success.

    disembedded
  •  

    can you post a link to the website?

    :)

    jade_azul16
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    This is so wonderful Carolyn. Every school district should do this. I'm very proud of you! I told my child about it as soon as I saw it. It's a win-win situation. In this economy, it should really fly.

    futuregen
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    The costs of running "CC" are nominal as a nonprofit. We have set up business models. We need green socially/environmentally appropriate sponsorship or a foundation to get to the next level.

    CarolynGillis
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    Great idea, keep it going! Thank you for your efforts! Great job!

    nursediesel
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    Hey there,

    This isn't really an Art and Style story, so I've untagged it from Art and Style.

    Thanks!
    Steph

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