Donate Stuff, Create Jobs

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So, it’s spring.  The perfect (and somewhat cliche) time to clean up the house.  Spruce it up, declutter, get the screens into the windows- you know, the whole jam. It needs to happen- spring is a good a time as any!  Get all that winter “ew” out of the house, too.

There’s never a bad time to clear the clutter out of your home or garage or to do a wardrobe purge.  When you donate your stuff to Goodwill, the revenue from the sale of your donations helps fund job training and placement opportunities for people with disabilities and disadvantages directly in your community. That’s cleaning with a purpose.

Have you heard of the the “Donate Stuff. Create Jobs.” campaign?  Thanks to the programs and support services made possible by donations of clothes and household items, more than 261,000 people earned jobs in 2013 – that’s one person finding a job every 27 seconds of every business day. So you’re literally donating your stuff AND helping to create jobs.

You can even calculate how much your donation helps your local community by using Goodwill’s Donation Impact Calculator: https://donate.goodwill.org/. Simply input the items you’re donating to calculate the number of hours of career counseling, on-the-job training, résumé preparation, financial planning classes, and other services you’ve helped provide someone facing challenges to finding employment.

Have you seen the “Reverse Shopping Haul” photo or videos out there?   
Some of them are pretty funny.  If you make one, use the hashtag #DonateStuffCreateJobs so we can find it and share away!  Share a video or pictures of the items you plan to donate and use the donation impact calculator to let the world know how many hours of on-the-job training you could be creating with your used stuff – stuff that doesn’t help anyone when it’s stuffed in the back of your closet or under your bed.

There’s never a bad time to clear the clutter out of your life or to do a wardrobe purge.  When you donate your stuff to Goodwill, your donated items help create jobs for people who are unemployed or underemployed in your community.  That’s cleaning with a purpose.