FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2, 2010
JOIN THE DONATE MOVEMENT BY SUPPORTING THE GOODWILL® AND FAMILY CIRCLE
BACK TO SCHOOL CLOTHING DRIVE
Los Angeles, Calif., Aug 2, 2010— For the second year in a row, Goodwill Southern California and Family Circle are teaming up for a Back-to-School Clothing Drive. The goal of the drive is to encourage families to donate their gently used clothing to fund support services that help people facing challenges to finding employment become financially stable and support themselves and their families.
This year’s clothing drive launches on Monday, August 2 and ends on Thursday, September 30, 2010. The two organizations are encouraging people to donate their clothing items to any one of Goodwill’s 3,500 donation centers across the country or schedule their own donation drive at schools, businesses, or anywhere friends and neighbors gather. The partnership will be featured in Family Circle’s September issue, which is dedicated to back-to-school. More information can also be found at http://donate.goodwill.org/familycircle.
“There are environmental and personal benefits of donating,” said Doug Barr, President and CEO of Goodwill Southern California. “A donation has tremendous impact to help put people to work and build strong families and communities.”
Last year, Family Circle readers helped generate 11 million pounds of clothing donations, far exceeding the original goal of 5 million pounds. Once again, moms and dads can use the clothing drive as a way of teaching their kids that donating can make a real difference in someone’s life. Plus, donating also gives clothing a second life by keeping items out of landfills and helping to preserve the environment. The Back-to-School clothing drive will help to support Goodwill’s new Donate Movement, a public awareness initiative powered by Goodwill® that inspires consumers and businesses to promote the positive impact donating has on people and the planet.
“Family Circle is happy to partner with Goodwill for the second year in a row for our Back-to-School Clothing Drive,” said Family Circle Publisher Diane Papazian. “Family Circle readers are dedicated to getting involved in their communities and giving back. This is a great way to do so.”
Find your local Goodwill store or donation center at http://locator.goodwill.org, donate what you no longer need, then calculate the impact of your donation through the Donation Impact Calculator at http://donate.goodwill.org. The calculator will show you how your donated goods become jobs. For example:
- One bicycle, one coat and one DVD provide a person with one hour of on-the-job training.
- One working computer provides 5.3 hours of career counseling.
- Six shirts and two pairs of jeans provide one hour of a job search class.
ABOUT GOODWILL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
For 94 years, Goodwill has been turning donations and retail purchases into good jobs that have lead to brighter futures for thousands of Southern Californians with disabilities and vocational challenges. More than 59,000 people benefit from Goodwill’s education, job training and placement programs each year. GSC operates 65 retail stores, 42 attended donation centers, three campuses and 24 career centers. Goodwill Southern California serves the counties of Los Angeles (north of Rosecrans Avenue), Riverside and San Bernardino. For more information about Goodwill and its programs, please call 1 (888) 4-GOODWILL or visit www.goodwillsocal.org.
ABOUT FAMILY CIRCLE
Published 15 times a year by Meredith Corporation, with a circulation of 3.8 million and 20 million readers, Family Circle is one of the most widely read monthly magazines in the world. Family Circle provides smart relevant advice, sensible solutions, and inspiration in a voice that encourages and celebrates success in its pages and online at www.familycircle.com. Family Circle has always been committed to women’s issues and in 1973 became the first woman’s magazine to fully underwrite a professional women’s sporting event, The Family Circle Cup, an annual women’s tennis tournament held in April in Charleston, S.C., at Family Circle Magazine Stadium.
CONTACT:
Lea Fierro, community relations coordinator for Goodwill of Southern California
Phone: (323) 539-2152
lfierro@goodwillsocal.org
Colleen Schwartz (Family Circle)
Phone: (212) 551-7033
colleen.schwartz@meredith.com
