plastic jungle, a website that allows the purchase, sale, or exchange of gift cards, claims the average american household has $400 in unwanted gift cards lying around. there are millions of gift cards throughout the country with low remaining value. if you can't figure out what to do with the remaining $11.86 on a gap card, donate it. owners of idle gift cards typically use plastic jungle to exchange unwanted cards for cash or amazon.com credit, but a new option is now available. you can donate the full value of your gift card to a school in need with plastic jungle's new partnership with donorschoose.org.
plastic jungle hopes that this option will appeal to customers that want to give to a charity, but are strapped for funds. Kristin Cunningham, director of marketing for plastic jungle says, "this is a new way to fund a charityty, which is particularly relevant during a time when it might be hard for some people to make the same-sized gifts as usual, although they still want to donate." help out a local school in need, donate your unwanted gift cards.
[via nytimes]
