Donations

When you donate to Goodwill, you’ve taken the opportunity to become a job creator and make a significant difference in the lives of individuals living in your community. After you drop off your shirts, shoes, blankets, electronics and other items, we sell them in one of our Goodwill stores. When someone buys your item, we use that money to fund job training and other services for those with disabilities and disadvantages RIGHT HERE in our eight-county service territory. (Athens, Fayette, Hocking, Jackson, Ross, Pickaway, Pike, and Vinton counties). Maximizing the value of your donations is important to us. In 2019, we used 87 percent of revenue to support and grow programs that result in significant social impact for your community members in need of work.

Donation Guide

ITEMS WE HAPPILY ACCEPT

Personal computers
Televisions (ONLY NON TUBE TYPE)
Clothing, shoes and boots
Jewelry
Hats, gloves, mittens and scarves
Books, records, compact disks, video tapes and DVDs
Games, toys and sports equipment
Housewares: dishes, glassware, kitchen utensils, lamps and small appliances
Collectibles, antiques, knick-knacks and other giftware
Hand tools and small power tools
Domestics: linens, curtains, blankets, etc.
Electronics: stereos, radios, VCRs, DVD players, etc.
Furniture: dressers, tables, sofas, bed frames, (except waterbed frames) etc.
Other large items

ITEMS WE CANNOT ACCEPT

No household chemical products such as pesticides, paint, paint thinner, drain cleaner, oven cleaner, aerosols and other environmentally-unfriendly waste products
No automotive hazardous waste such as tires, lead acid batteries, additives, gasoline, oils, antifreeze, etc.
No large appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves/oven, washers/dryers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, furnaces, microwaves, trash compactors, water heaters, large console stereos, freon-based appliances, etc that are not in working condition
No personal care items such as shampoo, conditioner, nail polish remover, shaving cream, hairsprays, shavers, curling irons
No fragrance items
No mattresses/box springs, including waterbed mattresses and waterbed frames
No carpet or carpet padding
No plumbing fixtures or building materials
No traditional recyclables such as glass, newsprint, office paper, cardboard, plastics, magazines, junk mail, etc.
No weapons such as guns, bows and arrows, ammunition, hunting knives, etc.
No cribs, car seats, walkers or other products that do not meet the current safety standards of the US Consumer Products Safety Commission, including recalled items

By donating to Goodwill, you also help the environment!

When items don’t sell in stores, we pursue other ways to keep items out of landfills such as cutting cotton t-shirts into cleaning rags to sell to local businesses and recycling items such as books, clothing, and stuffed animals.

POUNDS OF ITEMS KEPT OUT OF LANDFILLS