Ever Have One of Those Days?
Ever have one of those days when just nothing is going right? With the kids. With the family. I have them. I had a recent day like that. While getting the kids ready for...
Goodwill’s Donate Stuff to Create Jobs Campaign
Goodwill’s Donate Stuff to Create Jobs Campaign
Every time technology changes, I’m torn between holding on to my favorite gadgets or donating them. On the one hand, it’s really hard to let go of a phone or tablet I really love. On the other hand, I pride myself in keeping up with technology and staying current with my gadgets. Factor in the kids who like the latest and greatest in tech and that adds up to a lot of outdated computers, tablets, phones… you name it, we probably have it.
However, getting rid of home electronic items isn’t necessarily the easiest thing to accomplish. Unless of course, you hand them down to family and friends or build a shrine out of those outdated electronics. What else can you do with your stockpile of outdated electronics? (Don’t judge me.)
Thankfully Goodwill’s Donate Stuff to Create Jobs Campaign has a win-win solution.
Every item donated to Goodwill helps the community by funding job training and placement opportunities to those with disadvantages. The items you donate not only stay out of landfills and help the environment, but they also work to create job preparation, onsite and virtual training, education, mentoring, and job placement services.
The country has a large workforce gap; from under employed, nearly 15 percent, to almost nine million jobless Americans. Each one in need of training and help in finding work. Goodwill programs work because they helped place more than 312,000 people in jobs in the United States and Canada in 2015 – that’s one person finding a job every 23seconds of every business day.
Check out the Put Your Stuff Back to Work Video
As you gather up your old electronics or declutter your house from those unwanted items, you can even calculate your community impact. Goodwill makes it easy to calculate how much your donation helps your local community by using Goodwill’s Donation Impact Calculator, a feature available within the Goodwill Locator App available for Android and iOS devices and at www.Goodwill.org.
What good are those outdated electronics doing you just sitting there and taking up space?
Put them to good use and donate them to Goodwill.
