Why we Need a National Day to Give Stuff Away
- 300,000 – the number of items in the average American home.
- 1 out of 10 – Americans rent offsite storage.
- 25% – the percentage of people with two-car garages who don’t have room to park cars inside them.
- 32% – the percentage of people with two-car garages who only have room for one vehicle.
- 7.3 square feet – the self-storage space available for every man, woman, and child in America.
- 238 – the number of toys an average 10 year old owns
- 12 – the number of toys an average 10 year old plays with.
- 30 – the number of outfits the average American woman owns.
- $1,700 – the amount of money an average American family spends on clothes annually.
- 65 pounds – the weight of the clothing the average American throws away in a year.
- $1.2 trillion – the amount of money spent by Americans annually on nonessential goods.
What will you give away today?