Today is Blog Action Day when thousands of blogs post recommendations of ideas and steps individuals or companies can take to help make a stand and lend a helping hand to those in need. Blog Action Day will help raise awareness, start a global discussion and add momentum to an important cause. As we all know poverty exists all over the world and every little step than you can take is a step towards change!
Here at The Luggage Blog we recommend a couple of great things that one can do to help out. We suggest that you donate your unused frequent flier miles or even your lightly used luggage and travel accessories to a charity of your choice.
Many travelers rack up tons of frequent flier miles over time and never even use them! So basically, they are just going to waste!… Well if you didn’t know this already, you can actually donate your unused frequent flier miles to charity, which will definitely help out those in need! Here’s a list of some airlines that participate in donating unused frequent flier miles:
Not only could you donate your unused frequent flier miles, you could also donate your lightly used luggage to a charity of your choice. I’m sure that there are many charities around the world that would be glad to accept these types of donations. However, you always want to check with each charity to determine their acceptance guidelines.
Robinson Luggage, a leading luggage retailer in the Philadelphia area, recently held an in-store event doing just that. For two weeks customers were able to bring in their old luggage and get 25% off a new bag. The event ended on September 30th and Robinson Luggage gathered around 80 bags that will be donated to Career Wardrobe of Philadelphia, a non-profit organization that helps assist women in transition back into the workforce.
I’m sure there are many other ways and ideas to give back to your community but we wanted to share these two that we thought were a great way to help out others’ in need!
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by Dana Walsh, Director of Marketing & Recruiting · October 15th, 2008 
