There is no shortage of organizing advice and tips. These are the resources that we and our clients have discovered to be particularly helpful.

Organizing Organizations

• Board of Certified Professional Organizers
  Locate a CPO in your area using your zip code

• National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals
  Locate a PO in your area using your zip code

• Greater Philadelphia Chapter of NAPO
  Locate a PO in the greater Philadelphia area using your zip code

Clutter Support Groups and Services

• Clutterers Anonymous
  CLA is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other to solve their common problem with clutter and help each other to recover.
• FlyLady
  Personal online coaching with the Fly Lady to manage and organize your home.
• Institute for Challenging Disorganization
  Their mission is to provide education, research, and strategies to benefit people challenged by chronic disorganization.
• Messies Anonymous
  Support for messies who struggle to control clutter and organize for order at home and work.
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation
  Their mission is to help individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder to live full and productive lives.

Organizing Resources for Donating, Selling, Recycling and Storage

DONATION:

• Dress for Success South Central PA
  Promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women
• Goodwill Industries
  Donate unneeded household items, decor, and clothing
• Habitat for Humanity
  Donate anything to build a home to their ReStores. 
• Make-a-Wish Greater PA and West Virginia
  Recycle your vehicle for a great cause.
• Princess Project
  The Princess Project promotes self-confidence and individual beauty by providing free prom dresses and accessories to high school girls who cannot otherwise afford them.
• Purple Heart
  Schedule a pick-up of your unwanted items and support veterans.
• Re-Uzit Shops
  Re-Uzit shops support Mennonite Central Committee. Find one in your area.
• Vehicles for Veterans
  Nonprofit car donation program that benefits disabled veterans.
• Vietnam Veterans
  Schedule a pick-up of your unwanted items and support Vietnam veterans
• WHYY.org
  Donate your vehicle to the public broadcasting system in your area.

SELL:

• BookScouter
  BookScouter helps you buy/sell/rent used books for the most money
• Cash4Books
  Ship your used books for free and get cash.
• Craig's List
  Post free local ads online.
• Decluttr
  Sell smartphones, tech, CDs, DVDs, games and books
• ebay.com
  Learn to sell your items on ebay.
• Facebook Marketplace
  Sell your unneeded items to the local marketplace on Facebook.
• Gazelle
  Sell your smartphone, tablet or computer
• Smartphone Apps
  There are many apps to help you sell your unwanted items: e.g. LetGo, Mercari, OfferUp, Poshmark, ThredUp, etc. Try a few at the same time and see what kind of results you get. New selling apps are popping up all the time.

RECYCLE:

• 13 Awesome Uses for Your Old Smartphone
  When you upgrade to a new smartphone, your old one still has many uses.
• Earth 911
  How to recycle just about anything close to where you live.
• Freecycle.com
  Post free local ads online.
• How to Clean Up Your Act with Recycling
  Cleaning our planet and protecting it from new wastes can be a lot of fun. Learn more from many resources in this article.
• Let's Go Solar
  A new guide that makes going green on a college campus fun.
• Mattress Disposal Guide
  A quick guide on how to properly dispose of a mattress.
• Medication Disposal
  Guides for medication disposal from SingleCare.com and from U.S. Food & Drug Administration. 
• O.Berk
  Founded in Newark, NJ in 1910, they provide another great resource for recycling. Special thanks to the Girls Scouts from California for this suggestion!
• OnceUponATimeCreation.com
  Transform t-shirts or photos into memory quilts, pillows, ornaments, etc.
• Plastic Containers: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
  See how much of an impact you can have by reducing your plastic container waste.
• Sell, Donate and Recycle Old Clothing
  Go green with your clothing habits to limit textile waste.
• Story of Stuff
  20-minute animation video of the consumerist society narrated by Annie Leonard
• Trash One Person Produces in One Year
  Have you ever wondered how much trash one American produces each day? Your eyes will be opened. Shout out to Natalie for this suggestion!

STORAGE:

• Closet and Storage Concepts
  Look for a closet professional in your area
• Container Store
  Organizing products galore
• Freedomfiler.com
  Home filing system
• Go Mini's Portable Storage
  Temporary storage on the go
• IKEA
  Low-cost organization products
• MyThirtyone.com
  Personalized organizing accessories
• Neat Receipts
  Organize your files and receipts and simplify your life
• Organize Communications
  Organize your contacts and send a real paper greeting card from your computer for about a dollar. Try it for free!
• Paper Tiger
  Document management software and filing system product
• Rubbermaid
  Organization products from a name you trust
• Save My Pix
  Economical, professional digital transfer for your slides, negatives, film, and prints
• Shutterfly.com
  Organize digital photos online
• Snapfish.com
  Organize digital photos online

Organizing Books and eBooks

• Absolutely Organize Your Family by Debbie Lillard
• Absolutely Organized: A Mom's Guide to a No-Stress Schedule and Clutter-Free Home by Debbie Lillard
• ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau
• Being Productive by Chris Crouch
• Buried in Treasures: Help for Acquiring, Saving and Hoarding by David Tolin, Randy Frost, and Gail Steketee
• Clearing the Clutter for Good Feng Shui by Mary Lambert
• Declutter Your Home and Make Money Now! by Donna Smallin Kuper
• Don't Toss My Memories in the Trash by Vickie Dellaquila
• Enough Already: Clearing Mental Clutter to Become the Best You by Peter Walsh
• Following Through by Dr. Steve Levinson and Pete Greider, M.Ed.
• How to Declutter and Make Money Now by Donna Smallin Kuper
• Inbox Detox and the Habit of E-Mail Excellence by Marsha Egan
• It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Lilfe with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh
• Let Go of Clutter by Harriet Schechter
• Organize This! Practical Tips, Green Ideas, and Ruminations about your CRAP by Vali G. Heist
  
• Organize Now! by Jennifer Ford Berry
• Organize Your Garage by Barry Izsak
• Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern
• Organizing Plain and Simple by Donna Smallin
• Sorted! The ultimate guide to organizing your life once and for all by Lissanne Oliver
• Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD by Terry Matlen
• Taming the Paper Tiger in the Digital Age @ Home by Barbara Hemphill and Jennifer Wig
• The Organizing Sourcebook: Nine strategies for simplifying your life by Kathy Waddill
• The Simple Home: the luxury of enough by Sarah Nettleton
• What to Wear for the Rest of your Life by Kim Johnson Gross

Organizing Apps for Smartphones

• Around Me-locate what you need wherever you may be
• Credit Karma-know your credit score
• Dictionary-a must for writers and avid readers
• Docs-keep important documents with you
• Excel-keep those important spreadsheets with you
• Fandango-latest movies and times
• Goodreads-keep track of books read and books to read
• MapQuest-directions to anywhere
• Key Ring Reward Cards-clutter-free key ring
• Relax Melodies-white noise and much more
• Running-Nike app for walking and running
• Simplist-keeps multiple lists
• SkinDeep-how toxic are your cosmetics?
• Voice Memos-hands-free recorder
• WeatherBug-know weather before

Vali G. Heist, Owner
Certified Professional Organizer
The Clutter Crew
Fully insured and bonded
Mohnton, PA  19540
610-914-3483
vali@thecluttercrew.com