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GiveNKind Provides Unused Essential Products to Chicago-Area Nonprofits

March 25, 2024


BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - A Buffalo Grove nonprofit is taking everything businesses can't use and sharing the wealth with other Illinois nonprofits.

The idea was concocted by a high school music teacher who, oddly enough, needed a lawn mower for a service project, but couldn't find one cheap enough.

"These are goods that are just in the wrong place at the wrong time and instead we take them in, sort them, and make them available to charities across the Chicagoland area," GiveNKind founder and executive director Emily Petway said. "We really try to liken ourselves to a logistics company for nonprofits."


Read the full article here: https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/givenkind-unused-products-chicago-nonprofits