West Central Florida Well Served by Goodwill Industries

Goodwill Industries, which was started in downtown St. Petersburg, was brought to West Central Florida in October 1954. From humble beginnings helping people with disabilities get jobs, Goodwill Industries of Suncoast has grown, helping thousands of people each and every year. To support their efforts, they run 14 retail stores, three outlet stores and 29 Goodwill attended donation centers throughout West Central Florida.

Goodwill-Suncoast serves 10 counties in West Central Florida; Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Polk, Hernando, Marion, Citrus, Sumter, Levy and Highlands counties. Last year, they placed 29,829 people in jobs in the local Florida community and also served 77,039 people in other ways. That’s a lot of people. Helping that many people takes a lot of money.

R. Lee Waits, President and CEO of Goodwill-Suncoast, is dedicated to helping people in the region. They recently brought in over $27 million in revenue from their stores and salvage efforts. The money is used to help people in various ways – from job training to the Wheels-to-Work program. To get the money, though, they need donations.

Without people donating clothes and cars and other items, Goodwill Industries everywhere would be in trouble, less able to help people in their communities with the things that really matter. Without Goodwill Industries helping people become self-sufficient and upstanding members of society, the world would be worse off.

You might not think that the used car sitting in your garage could possibly help, but Goodwill-Suncoast and other Goodwill Industries locations use every little donation to raise the money they need to keep operating. Over 85% of the money they bring in goes back to the community. Charity Dispatch can help you donate your car to a Goodwill Industries location of your choice anywhere in the country – even Florida.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pm and is filed under Other Chapters. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Video Testimonial

See for yourself what people are saying about donating their vehicles to the Goodwill through Charity Dispatch...

Change a life today! Donate your car to the Goodwill car donation charity, and not only will you get a great tax deduction, but you'll make the world a brighter place.

Donating a vehicle to Goodwill Industries allows us to help people with disabilities and disadvantages get jobs. It's also an easy way to get a tax deduction because Goodwill is an IRS-approved IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

FixolaS says:

May 28, 2009 at 5:38 am

West Central Florida Well Served by Goodwill Industries…

pligg.com says:

May 28, 2009 at 6:04 am

Anonymous says:

May 28, 2009 at 6:32 am

cmymark.com says:

May 28, 2009 at 6:34 am

uan.me says:

May 28, 2009 at 8:11 am

pluggos.com/2 says: