I have teenage daughters, and when it comes to back-to-school shopping, my wallet sweats! One look at their wish list, and my mental math needs a calculator!
All kidding aside, my girls are actually pretty thrifty. With the rise of local trendy teen consignment shops, buying used doesn’t phase them much. So when I told them about #GOODWILLBACKTOSCHOOL and #KidsTheseDays, they were quite intrigued. It’s always a mother’s wish that her girls would embrace community and giving back.
After sharing some of the background of Goodwill’s initiatives (listed below!), I surprised the girls with two $25 gift cards to Goodwill for them to use at our local Goodwill location!
With patience and determination, they filled a cart with trendy and current styles. Roxy, GAP, and Old Navy were amongst their finds! We were all quite impressed with the amount of back-to-school clothes they found!
Info on Goodwill’s #GOODWILLBACKTOSCHOOL and #KidsTheseDays initiatives:
- Kids these days are socially and environmentally conscious young people eager to serve their communities. As you prepare your children to head back to school, shop at Goodwill for the items they need while teaching them important life lessons.
- When you shop at or donate to Goodwill, you help keep items out of landfills and help people find jobs. Goodwill sells donations in its stores to help fund programs that help people build their careers, earn paychecks and care for their families.
- Let your kids define their unique style and use shopping at Goodwill as a teaching moment to guide them toward positive ways to help others, while managing a tight family budget.
Donations (and shopping!) equal jobs … and jobs change lives!
- Donating and shopping at Goodwill funds job training and placement programs that help Central Floridians with barriers to employment. This includes people who have disabilities, those with limited work history, military veterans transitioning to civilian jobs and others. In 2015, Goodwill served about 42,000 people in its Job Connection Centers across Central Florida!
- With convenient drop-off sites and dozens of stores in neighborhoods near you, it’s easy to make a donation … and to make a lasting impact in your community. To find a location near you, visit www.goodwillcfl.org.
