Every item purchased at a Goodwill Store promotes the cause of reuse which puts less strain on the earth's ability to provide scarce resources for manufacturing purposes while the profits from the sale of donated goods supports job training programs for people with barriers to employment. Every bag of clothing you take home from a Goodwill Store is evidence of how much you care about the planet and the community. In 1998 there were more than 800,000 customer transactions totaling more than 7.9 million dollars. Each store receives a mix of items based on its sale of those items in the past. Furniture and appliances go to the stores with adequate room to display them.
Merchandise is added to the stores every day.
While books go to all stores, the Book Nook in the downtown Santa Cruz Store features them. Because of the long distance separating our main processing center in Santa Cruz and our facilities in San Luis Obispo County, all items donated in San Luis Obispo are processed in San Luis Obispo for sale in that county. We recently began selling gift certificates in all of our stores. These can be purchased in ten and twenty dollar denominations. They make excellent gifts for the person who loves to hunt for bargains as well as thoughtful gifts for the person or family in need.