VALDOSTA, GA (WALB)- As the semester comes to an end and college students pack up their dorm rooms, many of them may dump a lot of stuff in the garbage. A new program at Valdosta State University is helping students donate their unwanted belongings to charity.

One man's trash is another man's treasure. This picture from last spring shows the piles of stuff VSU students dumped as they moved out of their dorms for summer. Now, one VSU professor is asking students to donate their unwanted items to charity instead of sending them to a landfill.

ALBANY, GA (WALB)- Straps, colors, buckles and brand names, the purse is a symbol of femininity and Girls Incorporated of Albany is using that symbol to do what they do best, help build girls age 6 to 18 in South Georgia into successful women in the community.

The organization is asking for donations of gently used designer bags for their first ever Bag Lady Luncheon.

The event is an auction from 11:30am to 1:00pm Thursday, May 9^9th at the Deck at Creekside of Chehaw Park.

BERRIEN CO., GA (WALB)- Berrien County Sheriff's Investigators are working to find out who vandalized headstones in a cemetery, and they're offering a reward to anyone with information.

Investigators say someone poured motor oil on two headstones in the Long Bridge Cemetery. When the caretaker tried to clean them, it permanently stained the stone, causing almost $3,000 in damages. Investigators believe the two headstones were targeted but have not yet found a connection between the deceased.