SUMMER 2022

Summer is in full swing and it definitely feels like it! Take a break from the heat and humidity by shopping at one of your local Goodwill stores or online. Another great way to stay cool, and create space, is to spend time inside clearing out your closet of items you no longer need to donate. Check out the articles below on E-Commerce and how your purchases directly help our Goodwill, what's happening with our Youth Programs, and our new partnership with Resupply!

There's always lots going on at Goodwill! Visit our website goodwillvalleys.com for upcoming events, classes, and activities.

GOODWILL'S E-COMMERCE STOREFRONTS

Did you know you can shop 24/7 online at our Goodwill E-Commerce storefronts? We recently added a new storefront GoodwillBooks.com in addition to our other online stores at ShopGoodwill.com, Amazon, ebay, and Alibris. Find items on ShopGoodwill like jewelry, collectibles, vintage clothing & accessories, instruments, or thousands of other unique items then visit our storefronts at Alibris, Amazon, ebay, and GoodwillBooks for books, movies, music, and games.

Remember when you shop at Goodwill either in-store or online, you’re not just getting great products at amazing prices. You’re also supporting thousands of individuals throughout Central, Southwest, and Southside Virginia. Your online shopping dollars go right back into your local community. Eighty-nine cents of every dollar from your online purchase goes to Goodwill Industries of the Valleys’ mission, just like in our stores.

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SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS AT GOODWILL

Goodwill's Youth Programs have been busy this summer! In addition to the programs happening year round and during the school year, we have lots of activities during the summer months, too.

Our Pre-Employment Transition Services offers both classroom and paid work-based learning experiences for youth with disabilities between the ages 16-22 during the summer where all training and work experiences are supervised. The Summer Youth Work Program is a seven-week paid work experience program for youth between the ages of 14-15 where students complete a 1-week work readiness course prior to being placed in a job. The Youth Leaders at Work program is a partnership between TAP and Goodwill where students aged 14-16 participate in paid summer work internships after a week of soft skills training. Our Science Camp is a weeklong half day program for rising middle school students where they gain a deeper understanding of STEM in the world around them. YouthHQ@Goodwill is our youth center for middle and high school students that in the summer is an all-day summer camp and during the school year is an afterschool program.

YouthBuild is a year-round program focusing on young adults ages 16-24 who have not completed secondary education, and the program helps to increase their educational level through employment training, and life skills development. The Community School to Work Transition Program operates during the school year and provides students with disabilities who are currently enrolled in our local school systems with on-the-job training in a real-world work-based setting. Then our Project SEARCH program is a partnership with Carilion Clinic for post-high school students where students participate in classroom sessions about life skills and three different internships at Carilion Clinic to prepare them for employment.

If you'd like to discover more about our Youth Programs or complete an interest form, please visit the Learn More button below. For Adult and Older Worker programs, visit our website goodwillvalleys.com for more information.

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DONATION PICKUP PARTNERSHIP

Goodwill recently partnered with ReSupply for donation pickups.

ReSupply aims to simplify the process of donating used furniture and large household items. Donors can go online to our website

goodwillvalleys.com and click the Donation Pickup button to schedule a pickup. Within 48 hours, movers arrive to take those items. ReSupply works with local, veteran, or family-owned moving companies, who will even do the work of moving items down stairs or taking them apart if necessary. Their pickup fee reflects the operating costs to ReSupply and is much smaller than a usual moving company or junk hauler.

If you do not need assistance with a donation pickup for larger or multiple items then our Goodwill donation centers are still ready to accept your generous donations directly from you! Goodwill has Store Donation Centers, Attended Donation Centers, and Donation Boxes throughout our service area for your convenience. Visit our locations page for the donation center nearest you.

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