It's a good thing you are doing, Rosie. During the great purge at my home this year, I found that I really had very little to send to the soup kitchen, the church garage sale or even to the dump.
I just had to put the clutter away so that my brain was not over stimulated by the clutter to a melt down.
I was amazed at how many empty jars I had saved. They are now gone.
I like empty closets, drawers and shelves. I don't need near as much as I thought I might need. Poof ... someone else truly wants and needs that "stuff".