Materials for the Arts provides public schools, community groups and other non-profits with donated art supplies. They will even pick your junk up.

"Since 1978, Materials for the Arts has provided thousands of New York City's arts and cultural organizations, public schools and community arts programs with the supplies they need to run and expand their programs. Materials are gathered from companies and individuals that no longer need them and redistributed to the artists and educators that do. In the process, hundreds of tons are removed from the waste stream every year and kept out of landfills, helping to sustain our environment and promote reuse and waste reduction. MFTA helps artists realize their visions, provides students with a richer educational experience and furnishes businesses and individuals with a simple and efficient way to enhance the cultural life of their city."

Electricity, or rather the way electricity is billed, baffles me. There seems to be little relationship between the total kilowatt hours billed and our actual usage and the little graphs on page four (why is my bill four pages long?) are less than useful. I would love to know exactly what happens to my power usage when the kids get home from school or we host a dinner party. I would very much like to do this from my phone whenever I feel like it.