This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Donate Your Stuff and Create Jobs Through Your Local Goodwill

Did you know that donating one bag of clothing and one bag of books can equal up to 2.3 hours of on-the-job training for someone in your community? Add to that a used lamp, a dusty computer and perhaps a box of DVDs and CDs and that number nearly doubles to 5.2 hours.

A simple item donated to Goodwill® can help provide job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who have disabilities, lack education or job experience or face other challenges to finding employment. In fact, Goodwill is the leading nonprofit provider of job training programs and career services in the United States and Canada. This year, your donated stuff has helped Goodwill® get 263,582 people back to work. Your donation does make a difference in the lives of many American families.

Goodwill® has created a Donation Impact Calculator at www.goodwill.org so you can see how many hours of service programs your donation could create right in your community. Find your nearest Goodwill store, headquarters, job training centers and donation sites by visiting www.goodwill.org.

Find out what's happening in South San Franciscowith free, real-time updates from Patch.

 

About Goodwill Industries International

Find out what's happening in South San Franciscowith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Goodwill Industries International is a network of 165 community-based agencies in the United States and Canada with affiliates in 13 other countries. Goodwill is one of America’s top 25 most inspiring companies (Forbes). Goodwill agencies are innovative and sustainable social enterprises that fund job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs by selling donated clothing and household items in more than 2,700 stores and online at shopgoodwill.com®. Local Goodwill agencies also build revenue and create jobs by contracting with businesses and government to provide a wide range of commercial services, including packaging and assembly, food service preparation, and document imaging and shredding. In 2012, more than 6.7 million people in the United States and Canada benefited from Goodwill’s career services. Goodwill channels 82 percent of its revenues directly into its programs and services.

To find a Goodwill near you, use the online locator at www.goodwill.org, or call (800) GOODWILL. Follow us on Twitter: @GoodwillIntl, and find us on Facebook: GoodwillIntl.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?