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Our training programs help people get jobs.
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Our stores provide good things at good prices.
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Our youth programs make the future brighter.
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Just as there are things you recycle, there are things you donate.
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Goodwill, not landfill.
Stores
The Goodwill Stores are run as a social enterprise and support Goodwill’s job training mission.
Stores
Shoppers find all kinds of bargains and treasures at the Goodwill Store locations (including the Boston Outlet Store) in eastern and central Massachusetts. Clothing merchandise ranges from vintage and retro to contemporary designer brands, and other merchandise includes jewelry, shoes, popular household items, books and much, much more—all at great prices.
When you shop in The Goodwill Stores, you not only get good value, but you also do good for others. That is because The Goodwill Stores are a social enterprise that provides individuals with disabilities and other barriers to work the opportunity for on-the-job training in handling, sorting and merchandising more than 18 million pounds of donated items annually. Many of Goodwill's retail training program graduates go on to build successful careers in the retail field. The Goodwill Stores also offer jobs to residents of the communities in which they are located. And, the revenue generated from store sales support Goodwill's many job training, youth, and community programs, which serve thousands of people in eastern and central Massachusetts.
Goodwill thanks the thousands of people from all walks of life who shop in The Goodwill Stores. Your purchases of quality, low cost, new and gently used clothing and household items support the Goodwill mission and make an important difference in people’s lives.
Did you know?
Headed to the movies anytime soon? If the film was shot in Massachusetts, there is a good chance some of the furniture from the movie will appear soon at a neighborhood Goodwill - a bit of Hollywood glam for a thrift store price.
Rugenia Zimmerman: The Career-Course Connection
For Rugenia Zimmerman, the recession was a wake-up call. She had been working in the healthcare field for 25 years and knew that caring for people was her passion. But she also knew that losing her job as a patient observer at a local hospital was a very real possibility due to cutbacks and layoffs. Wisely, Rugenia sensed it was time to look into job training options that would help her transition to a better job with more security. She found out about Goodwill’s Human Services Employment Ladder Program (HELP) and enrolled. For Rugenia, this eight-week class that prepares individuals to work in the human services industry was just the ticket she needed to advance in a line of work she already loved.
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