About this time each year, Willette Bennett of Gainesville tries to clean out closets and bring used items to Goodwill of North Georgia in Oakwood. “People get new things for Christmas ... and my husband has lost weight, so it’s time to get rid of that size,” Bennett said Tuesday as she dropped off bags of items at the center off Mundy Mill Road. She certainly wasn’t alone in her efforts to lighten the load of personal items.