Press Releases

Goodwill Launches Community Designed Donation Bin Campaign with Applebee’s

New “Kid’s Bins” designed by school children to promote Goodwill mission and develop community pride of ownership

Washington, DC – While a growing number of communities are becoming inundated with unmarked donation bins or bins with dubious charitable benefit, Goodwill of Greater Washington (DC Goodwill) is launching a new campaign to make its donation bins unique, while emphasizing the charity’s mission in a fun and community driven manner. The campaign is called, “Goodwill Kid’s Bins”.

In partnership with Applebee’s, DC Goodwill is working with local schools by inviting students to design the artwork that will wrap each new donation bin placed in an Applebee’s parking lot.

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The Fashion of Goodwill Runway Show & Gala Takes an Artistic Turn

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If fashion is indeed art, then nowhere can you find a more diverse collection of fashionable art than at Goodwill of Greater Washington retail stores – where styles, genres, colors, patterns, brands, generations and genders are so universally represented.

That’s why on September 24th at Artisphere in Rosslyn, the popular Fashion of Goodwill Runway Show and Gala will return with an imaginative theme: The Art of Fashion!

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Goodwill Offers 10 Tips For Making A Year End Donation

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During this season of giving, Goodwill of Greater Washington would like to offer 10 helpful tips for anyone planning to make a year-end donation of goods. These recommendations will improve the donation experience by making it faster, more convenient and less work.

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Edited for Goodwill: Goodwill of Greater Washington’s Successful Pop-Up Retail Shop Returns for the Holidays!

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Goodwill of Greater Washington is building on the success of its inaugural summer pop-up shop to connect with the metro area’s fashionable, shrewd consumers during the holiday shopping season.

Edited for Goodwill, designed by the global architecture, design, planning and consulting firm Gensler, will temporarily reopen its doors at the space donated by Pepco, but this time with a holiday theme: Peace & Goodwill.

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Goodwill® and ZIPS® Dry Cleaners Renew Partnership on Successful Will2Work Clothing Drive

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Goodwill® of Greater Washington is pleased to announce that it has renewed its successful partnership with ZIPS® Dry Cleaners on an area wide clothing drive between September 1st and September 30th, 2012.

The Will2Work Clothing Drive will provide disadvantaged adults trying to re-enter the workforce with access to donated suits and professional attire that can be worn on the job or to job interviews.

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