I’ve been there - the stuff keeps piling up. It’s overwhelming enough just to sort through it, but I also want to know where it’s going.

To someone who needs it? To a classroom? To a landfill? It matters. And I realized I could make that part easier for others.

In 2025, I left the corporate world after 20+ years. I needed a reset - time to focus on myself and my family. For the first time in my career I was able to step back and think about what I wanted to do next. I started volunteering at the Sudbury Community Food Pantry and Gifts of Hope Unlimited. I've always loved organizing, and my volunteer work there sparked an idea that maybe I could turn that passion into something more.

I started The Good Sort because I kept noticing the same thing: the stuff families let go of during a cleanout is often still perfectly good. Clothes kids grew out of overnight. Toys that got one good year. Kitchen gear from a cooking phase that came and went. And somewhere nearby, a shelter needed kids' clothes, a teacher was asking for board games, a non-profit was looking for items to support someone moving into their first home.

Someone in our community had what was needed, they just didn't know where to bring it.

I built The Good Sort to close that gap — a home organizing service where letting go of things isn't just a chore, it's an opportunity. You get the calm that comes from a lighter home, and local organizations get the benefit of putting your items to good use.