Courtenay Clifford
 Senior Real Estate Specialist

Downsizing & 
Donating 
Guide 
Rhode Island
 

Downsizing & Donating Guide Rhode Island

Chapter 1: Why Donate?  

First, you have to decide what you are willing to donate. Many items can be sold or gifted to family members for their own financial benefit. For this guide, we are discussing only the items you have already identified as not needed for you or your family and friends but that will be needed and wanted by others.

When I donate to others, I feel as though I am the one who is getting the gift. I know that may sound counter-intuitive, but I really do. Being a real estate broker, one of the causes near and dear to my heart is homelessness. Where I live in Providence, I see homeless individuals on street corners and in tent communities. I like to go to Aldi supermarkets and put together care packages of water bottles, snacks, tuna and crackers, nuts, and the like to give to them. It fills my heart to do even the smallest of things.