Organizing Newsmakers Round-up

Get organized month brought a slew of articles about clutter and getting organized.

The one that captured the most attention was the story about the person buried in shopping clutter

One headline reads: Hoarder Dies After Becoming Lost in Maze of His Own Trash

Britain: Pensioner is buried under clutter in own home and more here

and this one California: Clutter complicates fire fight in Pasadena

Links to just a few of the many many articles we found this month from around the world:

Washington: Clearing the clutter ,Getting rid of stuff you don’t need improves life, saves money, Standolyn Robertson, Krista Colvin, and Jeff Williams quoted here.

Florida: Tame the clutter with an organizer’s tips – Pam Sultzman, a recipe organizer,  is quoted here.

Utah: Hello new year, goodbye clutter, NAPO and Vicki Winterton mentioned

Tales of Professional Organizers in the Land of the Happy Labelmakers with John Trosko and Chris McHenry.

Overwhelmed? It may be time for a pro

If that report collects dust — toss it

Savvy Senior: Less is more

TV spots:

Leah Kinder in Roanoke, Va on paper filing

They Vowed To Get Organized, So How Did They Do - TV News follows up on last year’s resolution Makers, Audrey Thomas

Ellen Damaschino’s latest spot on Better TV on Procrastination
Jill Ferguson, Affiliate of The Professional Organizer, Tampa, FL was
featured in a live TV spot on organizing for Get Organized Month.
Jill Ferguson / Organizing Video on WFLA

Allison Carter, The Professional Organizer, Marietta, GA was featured
in 2 spots on getting organized to save money.
~ Direct link to 11 Alive video with Allison giving organizing tips

~ 2nd Story  – http://tinyurl.com/776c44
~ VALues Blog Post to go with TV stories

Debbie Jordan Kravitz made it to the screen with her spot on creating a command center for parents.

Jill Revitsky did a series of spots in Pittsburgh.  Here is a link to one on bathroom organization and another one on closets and purses and jewelry.

Suzy Wilkoff has back to school organizing tips here.

Stats:

I found this gem of a statistic in in this article: (unfortunately I can’t find the source of the stat)

The U.S. Department of Energy reports that 25 percent of people with two-car garages don’t have room to park any cars inside, and 32 percent only have room for one vehicle.

Thu, January 29 2009 » In the News