Goodwill of Northern Arizona is pleased to announce the grand opening of a new and bigger Retail Store, Job Connection and Donation Center in Flagstaff. These centers will be staffed with 141 Goodwill team members who provide assistance to residents of Flagstaff and the surrounding community who are unemployed and need help finding a job or getting a GED, as well as providing a convenient location to donate clothing, house wares, electronics, and other gently used items from the public. Items sold at Flagstaff’s Goodwill store generate revenue that funds job-training programs, and community based services, such as GED preparation, financial education, transportation and youth mentoring to residents of Flagstaff.
A Grand Opening for the new Retail Store, Job Connection and Donation Center is taking place today with Flagstaff Chamber and Mayor Jerry Nabours.
“The revenues generated from the sale of merchandise in Goodwill stores support the training and employment programs offered by Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona,” said David Hirsch, President and CEO. “The Job Connection, Donation Center and Retail Store, located at 4308 E. Route 66 next to JCPenney’s at the Flagstaff Mall, will provide job training that helps put those who are unemployed to work, create jobs, and provide local residents a convenient way to donate the things they no longer need, diverting those items from landfills.”
Goodwill relies on the support of the communities that it serves to donate gently used clothing and household goods to sell in its stores. The new Retail Store is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. and donations can be dropped 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. The Job Connection is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Goodwill’s Clearance Outlet currently located at 2225 N. Steves Boulevard will relocate to 969 W. Route 66, next to the Galaxy Diner beginning Saturday May 25th. Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona values its community partnerships that help to strengthen and expand program services that help Goodwill fulfill its mission.
Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona serves eight cities in three counties throughout northern Arizona. Its mission is to, ‘turn donations into good jobs, good homes, and good neighborhoods’ by providing jobs that help individuals and families in the communities we serve achieve a better life and financial independence by putting northern Arizonans to work. In 2012, Goodwill Industries of Northern Arizona served 4,826 individuals, helped 545 northern Arizonans find jobs, and employed 130 individuals. There are more than 2,800 Goodwill stores across the U.S. and Canada.