Goodwill is partnering with the State of Washington Enterprise Services to protect the environment and offer consumers good deals on a variety of used, quality merchandise. Due to tight budgets and downsizing, the State Surplus facility in Tumwater has experinced increase inventory. Anything from desks to filing cabinets to computers, what isn’t sold to public institutions, [...]
TACOMA, WA – Goodwill’s It’s All About the Dress is a one-day only special sales event to be held on Saturday, March 31st from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. showcasing brand-name evening, prom and wedding dresses. Also a large selection of tuxedos and accessories, including jewelry, veils, sashes and shoes will be available. With nearly 3,000 gowns and dresses, and prices starting at $19.99, it’s a steal [...]
Holiday Dollars Go a Long Way at Goodwill CHRISTMAS SHOPPES Located in Kent, Spanaway, North Tacoma, South Lacey and Puyallup After a successful debut, Tacoma Goodwill expands to operate five Christmas Shoppes, locations next to neighborhood Goodwill stores, dedicated exclusively for the sale of holiday treasures. Christmas Shoppes are located in Kent, Spanaway, North Tacoma, [...]
The Boeing Company recently awarded Tacoma Goodwill with a $75,000 grant, critical to the successful continuation of Goodwill’s Career Pipeline Project in Warehouse & Logistics. Launched in 2009 in partnership with Tacoma Community College, this free, seven-week, 30-hour a week intensive course provides employer-approved classes in the transportation/Warehouse/Logistics field to job seekers 18 and older, [...]
Pilot program focuses on North Tacoma neighborhood TACOMA – About 1,000 homes in North Tacoma will find Goodwill donation bags at their front doors this week as the agency looks for summertime donations – a first time campaign – helping people, especially young adults, receive job training and placement services. The program will take place [...]
Yelm Goodwill opens July 7 in former grocery store YELM – Goodwill will open its fourth retail location in Thurston County with a grand opening ceremony July 7 for the Yelm Goodwill Store, 906 E. Yelm Ave. The event will take place at 8:45 a.m. at the nearly 25,000-square-foot store. “Goodwill is about providing people [...]
Young adults ages 16-21 can earn up to $1,000 for the summer working part-time in a six-week program providing work experience and teaching communications and teambuilding skills. Applications for the STEPS program must be turned in by 4:30 p.m. July 5 at the REACH Center, 714 S. 27th St., Tacoma. For information, contact Maria Peterson, [...]
New Gig Harbor Goodwill Store on record-setting pace GIG HARBOR (UPDATED JUNE 24) – A new Gig Harbor Goodwill store that opened yesterday represented “optimism and opportunity” for the community and great prices for shoppers, who set a record for the agency. “What Goodwill is really about is providing opportunity,” said State Sen. Derek Kilmer, [...]
Super values, great prices and thousands of new items daily GIG HARBOR – Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula residents will shop and donate at a new Gig Harbor Goodwill Store when it opens June 23 in the Olympic Village Shopping Center, 5500 Olympic Drive N.W., across from the Fred Meyer store. A grand opening ceremony [...]
Michael Bulling, a Tacoma Goodwill program graduate, receives standing ovation from Port of Seattle commissioners for receiving national Goodwill award. SEA-TAC – Port of Seattle commissioners with audience members yesterday gave a standing ovation to a Sea-Tac janitor who received a national Goodwill award. Michael Bulling was selected earlier this month as the 2011 Kenneth [...]
