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Request: clean full/queen size mattress (Chatham, NY) Received 78d - Wanted: full or queen size mattress in very good, clean condition for my immigrant friend Safia. Her and her husband are expecting a baby in April. She is currently sleeping on the floor. (Ouch!) They live in Albany on Madison, near Swan street. I would be able to pick up and move the mattress for them but if you live in Albany, even better. Request: old items made with ripstop nylon (Chatham, NY) Received 300d - I am looking for: old tents (with holes?) raincoats, or anything made of ripstop nylon. You can tell determine the fabric is ripstop by the grid pattern woven into the fabric. We will use the material to make kites with an immigrant community in the Albany area and we will make you a kite too! Kites will be embellished with words of hope in the various languages of our community: Dari, Bangla, Turkish, Spanish, Hindi, and more! We will have a celebration flying kites day in September in Washington Park. Let me know if you would like more info about this. We are hoping to source this material as sustainably as possible. I can pick this up. Thanks! - Melissa

Request: Pink girls bike helmet (Chatham, NY) Expired 301d - Ghlsoom is an immigrant girl from Afghanistan who arrived with her family (of 7,) in 2021. She is now riding her brother's old bike but doesn't have a helmet. Her preference is a pink helmet. This picture was taken last year at the Washington Park farmers market in Albany. She just turned 12. I can pick up and deliver the helmet, as I visit her family weekly. They live off of Delaware Ave in Albany.

Request: Soccer cleats for immigrant teen (Chatham, NY) Expired 313d - Sabir arrived in the U.S. in the fall of 2021 with his family of eight. He is the only boy. He is about to enter high school and loves to play soccer. He received the second highest grade in his math class. He also told me that "calculus is easy." He is hoping to try out for the Albany High School soccer team. He has outgrown his cleats. These are 7.5's. If anyone has a pair that are 8's or 8.5's that they no longer need, I will get the cleats to him in Albany. I can pick them up from you. Thanks! Request: serger sewing machine for immigrant (Chatham, NY) Received 1y - Safia Mayar is an immigrant woman from Afghanistan. I have had the pleasure of getting to know her through a "sewing as a common language" project called Stitching Exchange. She is a very skilled and talented seamstress, able to create clothing, bedding, etc., without a pattern! We were able to give her a sewing machine which was donated by a kind supporter. She really wants a serger sewing machine! If you have one that is in good working order that you can give, Safia will be very happy and thankful! I will deliver it to her in Albany, where she lives. For more information about Stitching Exchange please take a look at my website or just ask! - Melissa Sarris

Free: Wagon (Chatham, NY) Expired 1y - 34" L x 15" W x 13" H Little red wagon good condition, with just a little surface rust in the bed. Wheels are in excellent shape. Would love this to go to a family with kids who will enjoy it!

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Free: Telephones (Chatham, NY) Expired 1y - Standard desk top push button phones, from early 1990's. Saved from a dumpster at UAlbany. Take one or take them all! Use for...Party favors? Cool photographs? Build your own PBX system? Easy pick up from the porch.

Request: Laptop for Fariba (Chatham, NY) Expired 1y - Fariba is an immigrant woman from Afghanistan who is trying to learn English. Because she has a daughter who isn’t in school, her only option is an online class. We have secured a spot for her with Sunhee’s in Troy, but she is on the waitlist for a laptop. She needs a basic laptop: windows, mac, or chrome, recent enough to get security updates. Good working condition. Ok if it has cosmetic defects or if the battery is weak. I can pick up at your convenience and deliver it to Fariba, who lives in Albany. Request: Clean/empty Yogurt containers 32oz (Chatham, NY) Expired 1y - Looking for plastic containers (yogurt, sour cream, etc.) to make DIY embroidery hoops as part of embroidery kits to give out for free at area farmers markets for an artist project. I am cutting off the top edge of the container and cutting out the inside of the lid. Leftover plastic will be recycled! I can pick up.

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