Freebie items and samples are perfect to put into Samaritan's Shoeboxes or to donate to pregnancy crisis shelters and/or women's abuse shelters. I also give samples and/or freebies to friends and family who travel quite a bit and will definatley use them. You can pass along something that was free to begin with.

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Great idea donating to crisis centers!!!

I also put them in care packages that I send to my fellow soldiers/marines/sailors overseas, they like getting things that are small in size, and they can use them definetly.... I know when I was deployed in 2005 I loved getting packages with things like that!

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Tara, wife to Jason, mama to Jayden 12/23/06 PG with #2 EDD 8/3/08 ~ non vaxing, co sleeping, cding, bfing,AP family.

I donate most of them to the Nursing home that i work with or the one that my dad is in. They get used for Bingo or i just give them to the people who i know either don't have families that can or will buy things for them. I also clean for a few ladies that give me their magazines, make-up samples ( like Clinque, Mary kay etc..) and i pass them along has well. I have taken things up that i have recieved for Christmas/ gifts and knew i would never use ( socks, slippers, hair clips, soaps, perfume) they all get used and everyone loves all the things that i bring!

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You must do the thing you think you cannot do~
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Yes! My husband and I took a class a few years ago because we were thinking about becoming HIV/AIDS educators & one of the reps from a local AIDS assistance group told us they welcome things like travel soaps, shampoos, creams because once a month they walk the streets of a nearby city looking for homeless people who may need tested for HIV/AIDS and they hand out the samples--I thought it was a great idea!! Nursing homes appreciate those sorts of things too.

Those are awesome ideas! I feel motivated now to share some of the samples I have amssed over the past few months. Thanks for sharing!