Sandra, your Sewing Basket sounds like a good-works place, along the same lines as one I've been donating craft and teaching stuff, the Welman Project. They offer art and school supplies to teachers (for free). It has materials and some costumes and some stage stuff for school drama departments to borrow when needed. And they have a store at the front where anyone can go in to buy things that will fund the project. I've donated a couple of times now. They're so busy that I made the soonest appointment I could get the last time and had to wait a month to take things over.

Looking through the Welman list I see they can use paint. Hmmm. I have some I'll probably never use again. I also have a bunch of three-ring ex-library binders (but I just checked eBay and they seem to be selling again.)

I spent the afternoon helping my friend who lives downtown. Her apartment management has not done a good job of sending bills and keeping her up-to-date when anything is still owed, and now they want to evict her. The notice that says she should leave by Friday is bullshit, but the next notification (they have to send by postal mail) will give a court date and she needs to attend, so I will take her there. Hopefully by then she'll have an attorney who can make mincemeat of the apartment management. The complex fired their last manager who probably mismanaged this and that tells us they're trying to pull a fast one to get past his mistakes. Anyway, after a quick trip to the legal aid office (all of that is pending), I took her shopping so she could use a couple of gift cards and load up on frozen dinners. As a bonus part of the visit I emptied, cleaned, and refilled her cat boxes. It's a big job, but it's a gift for someone who is disabled and has trouble carrying the used litter to the trash room. I've washed off my arms to remove the last of the litter dust (and I work a mask while I did the job.)

Lots of other things going on here, to be parsed in posts later in the week.