Goodwill Donation Drive, Job Help Returns to Chapel by the Sea

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Feb. 27, 2015 - PRLog -- Chapel by the Sea and Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida are asking the public to clean out their closets and offices for a community donation drive and document destruction event. The event will be held on March 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Chapel by the Sea (100 Chapel Street, Fort Myers Beach).

The public is encouraged to bring furniture, household goods, clothing, and electronics (no TVs, please) to the event. The gently-used donations will go into Goodwill’s 30 Retail & Donation Centers across Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, Glades, and Lee Counties. Documents may also be dropped off at the event for $6 per bag/box and will be recycled through Goodwill’s Secure Shred.

“We worked with Chapel by the Sea last year, and it was really successful so we definitely wanted to partner again in 2015,” says Buffy Hagood, Commercial Donation Coordinator at Goodwill. “The donations we receive at these events support Goodwill’s programs and have a direct impact on the community.”

Goodwill’s Mobile Job-Link will also be on-site for the event. The Mobile Job-Link offers employment assistance such as resume creation, and job placement. The organization also operates 15 brick-and-mortar Job-Link Centers throughout the five counties.

For more information about the Chapel by the Sea event please call (239)463-3173 ext. 13.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. operates 30 Retail & Donation Centers in Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, and Glades counties to provide funding for its mission of helping people with disabilities and disadvantages by providing life-changing opportunities to achieve independence.  Supported programs include Job-Link resource centers, youth mentoring and career guidance, transportation assistance, income-sensitive housing for people with disabilities and senior citizens, and the L.I.F.E. Academy Charter School.

For more information about Goodwill’s programs, services, and locations in Southwest Florida, please visit http://www.goodwillswfl.org.

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