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According to the FDA, expired medicines can be less effective and even dangerous.

Look at the expiration date of each medication. Put any expired medicines in a zip lock bag. Also, put any unfinished medications for a previous condition in the bag. Please store the bag in a safe location away from children and pets until they can be properly disposed of.

You can drop your medications off at many pharmacies for safe disposal. Contact your pharmacy to see if they have a disposal program. DePietro’s Pharmacy in Dunmore, PA has invested in a MedSafe Medication Disposal Box that allows ANYONE to safely dispose of unused or expired medications at no cost. Find out more at http://www.depietropharmacy.com/disposal/.

The FDA also has a guide to disposing medicine http://bit.ly/2Byue75

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Plastic storage containers seem to be hard to keep under control. First take out all of your plastic storage wear. Throw away or recycle all items that are cracked, broken or missing lids. Also get rid of older or stained pieces you use for microwaving. Find out why here: https://www.health.harvard.edu/…/microwaving-food-in-plasti…

Next recycle any old margarine, yogurt or other food containers you were saving to use.

Finally decide how many of the rest of the containers you need. If you have a set that stacks well together keep those. Re-purpose or donate the rest.

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First, gather all of the unused hangers in your home. Look for them in bedroom closets, hall closets and laundry room.

Separate these excess hangers putting the wire hangers in one pile, the store hangers in another pile and the hangers to save in a third pile. Throw away any broken or bent hangers.

Take the pile of good hangers and hit your closets. Replace and wire or store hangers with the good hangers.

Wire hangers can be taken back to your dry cleaners. Store hangers may be donated to thrift stores. Check before you take them. Goodwill does not take hangers.

Planning a yard sale? Use your extra hangers to hang up the clothes for sale. When someone purchases the item, include the hanger.

Remember to just say no when you are asked if you want the hanger next time you purchase clothes.

Feeling creative? Try some hanger art like this from http://www.refabdiaries.com/…/upcycle-sculpted-hangers-stra…

What kind of hangers do you use? Do you like them to be all the same?

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Do you have linens you don’t use anymore? Maybe you changed your color scheme or your kids outgrew those Princess Sheets. Others might be too worn.

The guideline for the amount of sheets you should have is two sets (fitted sheet, top sheet and pillowcases) for each bed and guest bed in your home.

Fold the sets that you are going to keep and store them in the pillow case. Donate or sell the rest.

Trouble folding those sheets. Check out this video tutorial.

https://youtu.be/ckTCocBCUN4

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Think you can mend that sock? Will you really? Put it in a bag with the date 3/4/2018 on it. If it isn’t mended by that date….throw it out.

Put any mismatched socks in a clear bag with the date 3/4/2018 on it. If you don’t find the match by that date…throw it out.

Here are some Ideas for re-purposing those socks:
Put on your hand and use as a duster
Use as a cover for an ice pack
Use as a polishing cloth

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Once opened many items can go bad after a day or two. Need help deciding? Check out the storage times chart found here: https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/storagetimes.html

Sometimes those expiration dates are hard to see. To keep your refrigerator up to date, every time you open a package, put a label with the throw away date on it.

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Stop wasting time searching for your gloves and hats as you race out the door to face this cold weather. Take 10 minutes to gather all of your winter hats, gloves and scarves. Match up all of the gloves. Throw away anything with holes or without matches. Put anything you don’t like or won’t use into a bag and mark it donate. Keep everything else in a bin in your closet or by the door.

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Simplify NEPA Gives the Gift of a Clean Home to Women Battling Cancer

By Stacey Schwinghammer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SIMPLIFY NEPA PARTNERS WITH A NONPROFIT

Olyphant, Pennsylvania – April 27, 2018 – Simplify NEPA is a new residential and commercial cleaning company that has teamed up with Cleaning For A Reason, an international nonprofit serving women with cancer. The company is dedicated to helping make family life easier and cleaner. Simplify NEPA understands that every house and project are different. Knowing that each client is special, the company focuses on their client’s satisfaction and on offering additional services such as organizing and decluttering. Simplify NEPA uses only an all-purpose, concentrated cleaner formulated with 100 percent plant- and mineral-based ingredients that are ecologically friendly and biodegradable.

“Giving back to patients in need and to my community is very important to me,” stated Simplify NEPA owner Judith Youshock. “I have a true passion for cleaning, family, and helping others, while bringing simplicity to homes and the people who live in them. Fighting cancer is hard enough. It is an honor to give these women a clean, healthy home so they can concentrate on their health and family.”

Simplify NEPA has agreed to help women battling cancer by cleaning two homes per month for two consecutive months at no charge. The only requirement is that the homes be within the company’s existing service areas of Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Wayne Counties. For more information about this company, go to www.simplifynepa.com.

In partnership with maid services throughout the United States and Canada, Cleaning For A Reason is celebrating 12 years of dedicated service for women battling cancer by Making A Difference One Home At A Time™. Together, these two forces offer free house cleaning to meet the needs of women, and since 2006, have donated more than $8 million in free services, helping more than 28,000 women with cancer. Based in Lewisville, TX, Cleaning For A Reason works with more than 1,200 professional cleaning companies and continues to grow and gain support. To learn more about Cleaning For A Reason and to apply for free house cleaning, see

www.cleaningforareason.org.

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