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Do you shop GOODWILL for a good cause? We want to hear about it!
Pam Nelson, a Librarian at Pacific Christian Academy in Federal Way, Wa does! Here is her story:
Pam turned an old closet and just 1,900 books into a full library with over 8,000 books. When the school had to let go their Librarian years back due to budget cuts, the kids lost their reading space. Pam took to scouring Goodwill on weekends to find new books that would revive the space and give the kids a library space again.
Goodwill’s Olympics & Rainier Region annual “Bring Good Home” donation of $500 for her good will will allow Nelson to purchase up to 1,000 more books for her library.
I have partnered with Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region
to offer ONE OF YOU a $50 Goodwill Gift Card if you have a do-good story of why you head to Goodwill. Maybe someone you know shops Goodwill for good deeds? You can nominate them here.
Website: www.goodwillwa.org
WANT TO WIN?
Not only does the winning story receive the $50 Goodwill Gift Card so you can further your good deeds, but you also are recognized by Goodwill and are a semi-finalist for the yearly Bring Good Home 2020 award! So share your story by entering via the giveaway widget below. Open to ages 18+ and Western Wa. State residents!
“In exchange for the $50 gift card, Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region Thrift Store Gift Card prize, winner agrees to let Goodwill share their story to encourage others and agrees to be a semi-finalist in the major annual award to be awarded (as we did with librarian Pam Nelson) at the end of 2020. Award will fit the winner’s story such as what we did with giving the librarian an additional $1,000 books.”
I shop Goodwill frequesntly for items for my 9 grandchlidren,,my daughter and her husband had 3 boys of their own and got custody of 2 toddlers 6 yrs ago from the state from a family member for various reasons,,due to the fact they are family,and my daughater and son in law arent licensed foster parents,they get no help from the state at all,,not a dime,,,so its been really hard to clothe 5 kids on a policeofficer salary,,my daughter cant work because one of the children they got custody of has austisum and has to go to the doctor a lot… Read more »
My mom shops at Goodwill she has 3 other kids and shopping for work clothes they have them really good ones for a good price and some blankets and other things. She has gotten some nice good Lenox brands there as well she used as a pretty gift for a wedding recently. As well as gifting some items to the homeless for gifts over Christmas.
I use Goodwill frequently. I bought furniture to furnish my condo when I moved in. It’s great when you don’t have a lot of money to work with. I use it constantly to decorate my place. I have a Goodwill on my street, and it’s been a convenient asset to me. If I have company over, I go to Goodwill and buy something else to liven up my place. I don’t spend tons of money, so I don’t have die with the item either.
I shop goodwill looking for items and ideas for weekly crafting at a local retirement community that my daughters and I volunteer at for the last two years. We have not been craft the last few weeks because all visitors are currently banned but we are saving up ideas when we can finally start volunteering again.