Great prices, convenient donation drop-off, jobs all help community
The Des Moines Goodwill Store opened recently. On hand for the event included (from left): Des Moines Mayor Bob Sheckler; Tacoma Goodwill Board of Directors President Bob Bruback; Goodwill program participant Peggy Strain; Des Moines Goodwill Store Manager Robert Glidewell; and Tacoma Goodwill CEO Terry A. Hayes. (Brian DalBalcon photo)
DES MOINES – A new Des Moines Goodwill Store will open Sept. 17 and feature great shopping values, a convenient drop-off for tax-deductible, gently used clothes and household goods, and provide support for Goodwill’s job-training and placement programs.
A grand opening ceremony will take place that Thursday, from 8:45 to 9 a.m. at the store, 23313 Pacific Highway S., in La Plaza shopping center. Des Moines Mayor Bob Sheckler along with Goodwill Board of Directors President Bob Bruback and CEO Terry A. Hayes will be on hand. After the ceremony, at 9 a.m., the store will open to the public.
During the grand opening weekend, Sept. 17-20, shoppers will have the opportunity to win a DVD player, iPod nano and $50 gas cards daily throughout the event. Other, free giveaways will also be available at the store.
“Our new Des Moines Goodwill Store provides tremendous benefits to the community,” said Bruback. “A Goodwill store not only means a place where families can stretch the value of their dollars, but jobs and even tax revenue for the community.”
About 35 people, from the store manager to supervisors, cashiers and production clerks and donation attendants, were hired for the store. The payroll exceeds a half-million dollars, along with health insurance and other benefits.
Hayes noted Goodwill provides a great opportunity for people seeking that first job or that second chance. Goodwill’s retail stores also are utilized as part of Goodwill’s job training and placement programs, she said.
Hayes thanked architects BCRA, the contractor, Mountain Construction; and Trinity Real Estate, property owners/managers. The Des Moines store is 17,000 square feet and formerly a QFC.
Robert Glidewell will be the store manager. Glidewell has been with Goodwill since April 2008 and was manager of the agency’s Outlet Store. Before coming to Goodwill, Glidewell was a store manager for Walgreens and has experience as an assistant store manager at Lowe’s in Bellevue. Jeff Kelly will become the Outlet Store manager.
The store hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. The store can be reached by calling 206.824.1101. More information about Goodwill is available online at www.tacomagoodwill.org.
The store will be the 23nd for the agency, headquartered in Tacoma, and marks the fifth store in King County. Tacoma Goodwill’s service area covers 15 counties, including most of the Olympic Peninsula, Pierce, Thurston and South King counties and east to Yakima and Ellensburg.
