Did you declutter and donate anything from around the house last year?  Well, Goodwill says thank you very much.  But also . . . please stop donating trash!

They’ve had a lot more donations during the pandemic, but a bunch of it is stuff they can’t sell.  Like a table with a missing leg or used sponges for example.  So they’re politely asking us to only donate stuff people might actually want and can use.

They don’t want to discourage people from donating.  But when you drop off garbage, they have to pay to get rid of it.  And it takes money away from other things they do, like job training.  One rep for Goodwill said that if your “judgy mother-in-law” would say it’s trash, it’s probably trash.

Want to make a donation? You can find your local Goodwill of Northern Illinois at:

4618 E State St in Rockford and 3065 N Perryville Rd in Rockford

8010 N 2nd St, in Machesney Park

 

 

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