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Goodwill – VIDEO (Buy the Pound Warehouse Outlet)

Goodwill – VIDEO (Buy the Pound Warehouse Outlet)

February 21st, 2012 @ 9:54 am Press Coverage

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Photos: Getting the feel of Buy the Pound

Photos: Getting the feel of Buy the Pound

February 21st, 2012 @ 9:43 am Press Coverage

From the Portland Press Herald GORHAM — Goodwill Industries of Northern New England opened its new Buy the Pound Outlet in Gorham today. The outlet offers customers deeply discounted merchandise that did not sell in its retail stores. Prices are… read

A President’s Granddaughter Pays Visit to King’s Class

A President’s Granddaughter Pays Visit to King’s Class

February 9th, 2012 @ 12:15 pm Press Coverage

From the Bowdoin Daily Sun (Brunswick, ME) First lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited campus December 12, 1942, at the invitation of students as part of the Delta Upsilon lecture series. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt, was… read

Goodwill Opens ‘Buy The Pound’ Store

Goodwill Opens ‘Buy The Pound’ Store

February 9th, 2012 @ 11:09 am Press Coverage

From WMTW-8 (Portland) GORHAM, Maine — Goodwill is planning to open a new warehouse in the town of Gorham.The Buy-The-Pound warehouse outlet will offer at least 50 percent off of Goodwill’s already discounted items.Goodwill said the items are ones that… read

A Goodwill deal: Pay by the pound

A Goodwill deal: Pay by the pound

February 9th, 2012 @ 10:35 am Press Coverage, Updates

Goodwill Industries of Northern New England invited the media to take a peek Wednesday at its new warehouse and Buy the Pound Outlet at 34 Hutcherson Drive in Gorham’s Industrial Park.

The outlet, which is set to open Feb. 16, will offer consumers deeply discounted merchandise that did not sell in its retail stores.

The goods will be displayed on tables or shelves, and prices will be determined by the weight of merchandise purchased.

Goodwill hopes the arrangement will reduce the amount of materials that end up in the waste stream. Continue reading

All the Goodwill stuff you didn’t think you wanted, now by the pound

All the Goodwill stuff you didn’t think you wanted, now by the pound

February 9th, 2012 @ 9:56 am Press Coverage, Updates

From the Bangor Daily News Please visit the Bangor Daily News for video. GORHAM, Maine — Goodwill Industries of Northern New England will soon open its new Buy-the-Pound outlet in Gorham. The store is like the island of misfit toys,… read

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Goodwill, CEO – Listen to the interview!

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Goodwill, CEO – Listen to the interview!

February 7th, 2012 @ 3:36 pm Press Coverage, Updates

From Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) February 7, 2012 You may know it best as a place to drop off old clothes and no longer needed household items, but Goodwill is much more than a thrift store. The new CEO… read

Delaying Retirement – Part One

Delaying Retirement – Part One

February 7th, 2012 @ 9:51 am Updates

Please visit WABI-5 to watch the full video. Feature on Goodwill’s SCSEP program. They’re known as the golden years, a time to sit back and relax after years of punching the clock. But thanks to today’s shaky economy and rising… read

New Gloucester skier with brain injury gets to continue sport he loves

New Gloucester skier with brain injury gets to continue sport he loves

February 7th, 2012 @ 9:18 am Press Coverage

From the Sun Journal Feature on Donald Ketcham, Goodwill NeuroRehab Services participant NEW GLOUCESTER — What goes around comes around. Donald Ketcham volunteered when he was a teenager and now, 15 years after a serious accident, Maine Adaptive Sports &… read

Goodwill to open buy the pound warehouse outlet in Gorham Feb. 16

Goodwill to open buy the pound warehouse outlet in Gorham Feb. 16

February 3rd, 2012 @ 1:41 pm Press Coverage, Updates

From MaineToday.com Goodwill to open buy the pound warehouse outlet in Gorham Feb. 16 New store model furthers the nonprofit’s sustainability efforts Gorham – Goodwill Industries of Northern New England announces the Grand Opening of the Gorham Buy-the-Pound Warehouse Outlet… read