One Good Deed, One Tax Write-Off
Starting next week (after many delays!) I am having the kitchen to my new home replaced. This Wednesday I had a chance to speak with the installers, and they advised me that I had two options in regards to my old cabinet removal. The first choice would be just a simple breakdown and haul away, but the second option would have them take down the cabinets intact (thus preserving their usability) so they could be donated.
I've never heard of this before, but apparently Habitat For Humanity has a re-store program that helps supply people with housing necessities. This program utilizes salvageable home items (such as my kitchen cabinets) to furnish homes for needy families, and every donation counts as a tax write-off. Not only that, but they are responsible for the item pick-up - you never even have to leave your home! Simply give your local Habitat For Humanity location a call, arrange a date, and they'll send a truck and workmen over to accept your donations. They couldn't have made it any easier to both earn yourself a tax credit as well as offer a helping hand to your community.
Posted by Amanda Conwell at 12:45 PM on January 30, 2010 in Housing , Savings | Permalink | Facebook | Digg | del.icio.us | AIM
So when you get new cabinets installed just ask for the old ones to be taken down and kept in tact and Habitat will come to pick them up? Or is it the other way that Habitat will take them down too?
Posted by: sebastian | February 02, 2010 at 09:17 AM
Hello Sebastian,
My cabinet installer removed the old cabinets himself, and set them aside for Habitat to pick up. They have to be in decent condition, though, as Habitat left behind a couple that they deemed too damaged.
Place a call, Habitat will give you a date and time (9am to 11am for me) and show up with a truck. Easy!
Posted by: Amanda | February 02, 2010 at 09:00 PM
This is such a great program. I love Habitat for Humanity. It's a wonderful, humane organization. And, if this program leads to some family getting some home supplies they need then that's terrific. Organizations like this are insurance for our world and for humanity.
Posted by: Jerry | February 26, 2010 at 05:03 PM
@Jerry - I couldn't agree more. More programs like this need to exist.
Posted by: Amanda | February 27, 2010 at 06:39 AM