Heading Out on a Summer Road Trip? Stop by Morgan Memorial Goodwill Before Leaving Town!

Invite Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries on your next road trip adventure! Whether you’re making it a weekend at Buttermilk Falls in Vermont or day-tripping it to Burrillville’s Spring Lake Beach in Rhode Island, save money and find treasures to share by stopping by one of our 14 retail locations in Massachusetts.

We know every parent faces the same summer-outing dilemmas. How to prepare for holiday vacations without stretching the family budget. And, maybe even more difficult, how to keep the everyone happy while hours tick by in the car. Shop ahead of time with us, and find peace of mind before you start driving!

Here are Goodwill’s Summer Car-Trip Essentials

Keep the backseat organized by grabbing an inexpensive backpack and filling it with games, toys, water bottles and more. Here we’ve found a new, synthetic full-size backpack, a car-friendly activity, the classic Go Fish card game, and a drip-proof water bottle for under $18.00!

Don’t spend big bucks on new luggage for a trip that’s sure to include more than a few pieces of muddy clothing. Especially if everything goes as planned! Instead, choose from both gently used and new luggage available in multiple sizes. For about $25, you’ve discovered a stress-free way to stash sandy towels and wet sneakers.

Score! Why buy retail when re-sale is so much more reasonable? This trip, we found adorable toddler-sized Crocs, white Vans and Everest gym socks for less than $5 each. How much nicer is it to spend $15 than worrying about losing designer-priced tot-wear in the water?

Summer road trips are casual fun adventures but we still want our children to look presentable. Here, we quickly thrifted Addis shorts ($5.98), a Puma cotton tee ($5.98), a second red tee-shirt by Children’s Place ($5.97), swim shorts ($3.98), and Danish-made Hummel sneakers ($12.99). At Goodwill, you can pack a wardrobe even the grandparents will love!

Dive into old-school DVD videos and books available at every Goodwill near you. These classics not only entertain early readers and children of all ages, they spark conversations as you both enjoy plot lines familiar to everyone along for the ride.

Thanks for reading our summer road trip blog and we wish you beautiful memories with family and friends this season!

Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries

Goodwill is a community-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to help individuals with barriers to self-sufficiency to achieve independence and dignity through work. It provides job training programs for individuals who are responding to challenges such as disabilities, domestic violence, low educational attainment and previous incarceration. Goodwill also operates Goodwill Boston Career Center, a one-stop career center located in Boston that offers universal access to a broad range of services for job seekers. The Goodwill stores in Massachusetts provide jobs and on-the-job training opportunities and offer quality, low-cost goods to individuals and families looking for value. To learn more, visit Goodwill online at www.goodwillmass.org or follow on social media @goodwillboston.