An Encore for Equipment

Date: October 8, 2008 | Category: Kids, Stores & Resources, Toys, Travel & Leisure

Most kids need lots of sports equipment but unfortunately they quickly either outgrow the gear or lose interest in activities quicker than most of us can run a lap. If your hall closet is anything like most Americans, there is a pile of gently used rackets, clubs, bats and mitts in your closet or garage that are in perfectly good condition.

Since most discarded sporting goods will wind up in a landfill if they are thrown away, a better solution is to get them into the hands of children who will rack hours of play time to your family’s otherwise useless stuff.

In the spirit of reusing and recycling, here are two eco-friendly options: Play It Again Sports, is a company that buys and sells gently used sports and fitness equipment for adults and children. You can send in your child’s unneeded lacrosse stick and get a hockey stick. Or replace your too tight ice skates with some that actually fit.

Alternatively, if you are feeling philanthropic, you can donate your items to SportsGift.org, an organization that will redistribute your child’s used equipment to needy kids around the world who otherwise would not be able to afford the equipment they need to play sports.

Either of these options seem like a win-win, both for your hall closet and for the environment.

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