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Goodwill@ Announces Seven Days of Spring Cleaning
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 70
percent of Americans engage in the annual tradition of spring
cleaning, according to a 2013 survey by the American Cleaning
Institute. But one of the most common dilemmas for spring cleaners is
what to do with all their unneeded stuff. As the green movement grows,
consumers are increasingly concerned about reusing and recycling.
Goodwill Industries International is calling on communities to donate
items that they used to love during this spring cleaning season. Local
Goodwill@ agencies collect used clothes and household goods and then
use the revenues from sales to fund job training programs and
community-based services. These services help job seekers with skills
and search tools like résumé writing and job interview practice. By
donating household goods, spring cleaners can help their neighbors who
are unemployed or underemployed get off to a fresh start.
"When your spring cleaning ends with a donation to Goodwill, you not
only extend the lifecycle of goods but you help fund Goodwill's
employment programs that create jobs and strengthen families and your
community," said Jim Gibbons, Goodwill Industries International
president and CEO. "Thanks to the programs made possible by donations,
more than 216,000 people earned jobs last year. That means one person
earned a job every 33 seconds of every business day."
This season, Goodwill compiled a Seven Days of Spring Cleaning Guide,
which provides suggestions on specific items that can be donated this
year. Using Goodwill's guide, consumers are encouraged to clean just
one part of their house each day and find things to donate for seven
consecutive days during this spring season which begins on March 20.
Examples include:
Day 1: In honor of St. Patrick's Day, before you put on that green
sweater, go through your closet and remove any clothing you no longer
wear. Donate it to Goodwill. Here's a good rule: if you haven't worn
it in the last 365 days, you probably don't need it!
Day 2: As you're cooking dinner, take 15 minutes to go through your
kitchen cabinets and find things you don't use. Goodwill accepts used
kitchenware items and household goods.
At the end of the week, consumers are encouraged to visit goodwill.org
to calculate just how much of an impact their donations will have for
people in their local communities.
"Spring cleaning is often one of the most daunting tasks of the year,"
Evette Rios, Goodwill spokesperson and host of CBS' "Recipe Rehab"
said. "At Goodwill, our goal is to not only make spring cleaning a fun
activity for the whole family, but also to help people realize the
positive impact their Goodwill donations have on their neighbors'
lives."
Visit goodwill.org to find the nearest Goodwill store and donation
center.
About Goodwill Industries International Goodwill Industries
International is a network of 165 community-based agencies in the
United States and Canada with affiliates in 14 other countries.
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@. Goodwill also builds revenue and creates jobs by
contracting with businesses and government agencies 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 location 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.
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