So You Think You're Thrifty: Goodwill Contest Seeks "Thriftiest" Shopper in Southwest Florida

July 15, 2010 - PRLog -- For the second straight year, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. is hoping to find Southwest Florida’s best bargain hunter.  Auditions for the "So You Think You're Thrifty" contest will begin on Tuesday, July 20 and run through Tuesday, July 28. The winner will receive prizes, including a $250 Goodwill shopping spree, and will appear in a Goodwill advertisement.

“Last year, we had about 40 people audition for the title,” says Kirsten O’Donnell, Goodwill’s Director of Public Relations.  “Since then, we’ve had a steady stream of people asking if we’d do the contest again this year, so we should have a great turnout.”

The 2009 winner was Amy Burns, a then 18-year-old student from Sanibel, who says she’s excited to see this year’s crop of contestants.

“I look forward to getting tips from the best of them," she says. "I just can't wait to see the 'final four' for this year's competition. It will be like experiencing all the excitement over again, but this time from a spectator's point of view.”

Contest entry forms are available at Goodwill's 24 Southwest Florida Retail & Donation Centers, and on Goodwill's website: http://www.goodwillswfl.org. Over the next two weeks, interview-style auditions will be held at six Goodwill locations.  

“We’re auditioning people from Port Charlotte down to Naples and across to Clewiston,” says O’Donnell.  “We really want to make sure that everyone in Southwest Florida has a chance to try out.”

A list of audition dates, times, and locations is on Goodwill’s website: http://www.goodwillswfl.org.

Four finalists will be selected, and visitors to Goodwill's website will be able to watch videos of each finalists, like this one of last year's winner, Amy Burns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKOGPeS7mUo



Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. operates 24 retail and donation centers in Southwest Florida, in order to support its mission of helping people with disabilities and other disadvantages overcome their barriers to employment and independence.  Programs include career training and placement services, income-sensitive housing for people with disabilities and senior citizens, youth mentoring, the Four Wheels for Work vehicle assistance program, and the L.I.F.E. Academy Charter School.  For more information about Goodwill’s programs and services, visit http://www.goodwillswfl.org.

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Goodwill operates 24 thrift stores in SW Florida to support its mission of removing barriers to independence. Programs include income-sensitive housing, career placement assistance, the L.I.F.E. Academy Charter School, Four Wheels for Work, and others.