Goodwill
Industries serving Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania has consecutively
teamed up with the Girl Scouts to do a “good turn” for the community for many
years now, by donating gently used clothing and household items for the annual
Good Turn Day drive. The goods collected from the Girl Scouts are processed and
then sold at our Goodwill retail stores to fund Goodwill’s job training
programs for people with disabilities or barriers to employment. The Good Turn
Day collaborative service project has offered Girl Scouts the opportunity to
make a positive impact in their community. It is a long-standing opportunity
for Girl Scouts to assist Goodwill Industries in the fulfillment of our
mission; “Building self-sufficiency through the power of work”, and by
collecting and distributing donation bags throughout local communities.
Goodwill is very pleased to partner with Girl
Scouts to inspire and encourage from a young age. Many of the organizational
values of the Girl Scouts and Goodwill are nicely aligned: a commitment to
community and a dedication to helping others. The Girl Scouts have donated time
in our stores organizing merchandise and have also donated items that have
exemplified our Goodwill supporters, shoppers and donors; they see the value of
giving unwanted items new life and helping to lift up others, all while
building confidence in their own ability to change lives.
Good
Turn Day 2016 resulted in 33 Girl Scout participants and over 100 donation
bags! Every Girl Scout that participated
in Good Turn Day earned a Good Turn for Goodwill patch and a personal thank you
letter from our CEO, Eric Schwarz, expressing our appreciation of how their
donations
help support Goodwill`s mission, and individuals in need, right in their own
community.
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