Dear readers,

Goodwill’s annual Trick of Treasurer Fundraiser is in full swing and runs through October 31.  For every dollar donated, you receive a “scratch ticket.”  Will your ticket be a trick or a treasure? Scratch away and you have the chance to win some of these great treasures:

- A Goodwill tote bag

- A Free Loyalty Card

- 10-20% off your next purchase

- $5 off your next $20 purchase

- And more!

Every dollar you donate will benefit Goodwill’s group homes so that we can make needed capital improvements. Goodwill has 23 residences that assist people who are in need of a comfortable home setting, while living as independently as possible. People served through these services may have an acquired brain injury, a developmental disability, or other barrier to independence that requires the support of Goodwill staff.

All 25 of Goodwill’s stores in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont are participating in the fundraiser.

Want to learn more?  Watch a recent news piece on Goodwill’s group homes on WCSH-Channel 6 in Portland.

Dear readers,

With the first of October comes thoughts of fall, pumpkins, apples…and of course, Halloween.  I am still trying to decide this year’s costume, but I will be heading to Goodwill this weekend to get some inspiration.

The best costumes are often found by browsing through clothes, accessories, and shoes.  Do you want be an ’80′s fashion queen for sixties flower child?  No problem.  You can even go more traditional by finding all black ensembles for your witch outfit or paint on some yellow lines for an instant bumblebee.  Imagine the possibilities!

In addition to one-of-a-kind clothing to inspire your costume creativity, Goodwill also has several Halloween accessories to complete your outfit.  We have tombstones, creepy-crawly bugs, plastic knives and pitchforks, earrings, devil horns, and witch hats.  There are also lights and home decorations to get your place decked out for the creepiest holiday of the year.

Don’t have time to put together a costume?  We also have pre-packaged outfits ready to go – you can be a chicken, cheetah, fireman, grapes (!), shark, pirate, and more.

Do you have costume ideas?

Share them with us or send us your pictures and we will feature you on the Goodwill blog!

Fall is here and as the days become cooler, all I want to do is put on my favorite wool sweater and head to the local cafe with a good book.

This is a great time of year to stockpile on books to get through the upcoming winter.  To help you prepare, we are hosting the Falmouth Goodwill Book Sale – I hope to see some of you there!

The sale is  this weekend, October 3 &4, during regular store hours.  The store will be featuring THOUSANDS of books for your browsing pleasure.

Book deals include:

*Select hardcover books HALF price

*Select softcover books HALF price

*Coffeetable Books HALF price

*Children’s books 2 for $0.99

The Falmouth Goodwill Store and Donation Center is located at Shaw’s Plaza on Route One in Falmouth.

WCSH-Channel 6 ran a great feature last night recognizing the work of Goodwill’s Direct Support Professionals – watch the video below!

What a beautiful week it has been!  The good weather should continue right through Friday, when we celebrate the Grand Opening of our new Rockland store and donation center. Celebration activities include a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9am, door prizes every half hour from 9am-2pm, and drawings for local Rockland restaurant gift cards and a $100 Visa gift card.

This new store is replacing the smaller store we had in Rockland for the past twelve years. We are moving just down the street to 202 Camden Street. There is going to be more room, a drive-through donation area, a new color scheme, and a several environmentally-friendly features, such as an energy efficient HVAC system and windows.

The building is also engineered to be Energy Star compliant, which means after we measure our utility usage in the first year, we will be able to apply for the Energy Star status.

We hope to see you there!  RSVP on our Facebook page.

Summary:

Grand Opening:  Rockland Goodwill

Friday, September 18, 9 am

202 Camden Street, Rockland

Questions? Please call (207) 774-6323 x2288.