Project12Baskets takes donations of stuff, everything from furniture to toys to jewelry and puts them up on Web sites like eBay and Craigslist and gives 70% of the profits to schools, churches and nonprofit organizations. The rest of the money goes to the company for operation expenses.

Project12Baskets, which started last February, is working with about 60 organizations and institutions in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Ohio. In the last quarter of 2007, the company raised about $60,000 for its partner charities, a company official said.

Barry Olson, president of the company, said that in addition to Rochester Hills, there are drop-off centers in Saginaw, Naperville, Ill., and Minneapolis. For mor information, go to www.project12baskets.com

Posted: 01|20|08 at 1:01 pm. Filed under: US News.