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"  Spring cleaning involves both cleaning and organizing. While Heloise is the queen of cleaning tips, I confess I know only two uses for vinegar and not 100, so I will focus on the organizing side. Here are three great places to focus your efforts right now:  Closets and Drawers: Changing out your seasonal clothing is a perfect opportunity to &amp;quot;get real&amp;quot; about what you and your family are actually wearing. Sort kids&amp;#039; clothing yourself first, then have a trying-on session to find out what still fits. Garages, Attics, or Basements: Plan ahead and commit with your family to devote a Saturday morning to these areas, which we call &amp;quot;Clutter Cemeteries&amp;quot;-- the places in your home where your stuff goes to die! If you need junk or trash hauling you can make those arrangements in advance, and check the weather before you drag everything out in the driveway. Home Offices:  As you&amp;#039;re finishing up your income taxes, it&amp;#039;s an excellent time to archive and purge old files. Shred and recycle what you can. Keeping seven years of tax-supporting documentation is a good guideline (please do check with your attorney or your accountant for your specific situation).   As you&amp;#039;re organizing this spring, take the stagnant stuff out of your house and give it new life! As the Ambassador for Goodwill Industries International&amp;#039;s Donate Movement I want you to know that donating household goods is beneficial both for the environment and the community. Hanes has just joined us as the newest Donate Movement partner, along with Levi&amp;#039;s, encouraging everyone to &amp;quot;Clean Out Your Drawers!&amp;quot;  Environmentally speaking, Goodwill has diverted over 2 billion pounds of usable items from landfills just since January 2010. And did you know that one working computer donated provides 8.1 hours of on-the-job training for a person looking for work? And that ten CDs or DVDs provides 50 minutes of a job search class? You can use our fun Donation Impact Calculator at http://donate.goodwill.org to find out how your donations have helped your community and find your nearest donation center too. Spring forward and let your stuff move forward too! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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