Ready for your post Labor Day closet shakedown? We are! At Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, our 15 retail locations thrive through donations from generous people just like you! Now with fall around the corner, it’s time to make some room and clear space for those essential chunky winter basics.
Reason #1 — Boston’s apartments are too small
You are probably living the reality that Boston’s apartments provide 13% less space than the national average, with a paltry 773 square feet on average. Ok, we can live with that, but what about bedrooms? Lately, nearly half of all new apartment builds are either studios or one-bedrooms. We know, multi-use, space-saving ideas abound, but seriously, it might be time to ditch that collection of flowery summer maxi dresses and save room for new mittens and scarves.
Reason #2 — Build new Goodwill habits
Add donating to Goodwill to your calendar’s to-do list this fall and begin to establish a worthy habit. Scheduling your donations around a change of season ensures out-of-date collections won’t linger past their loved date, and your home’s living space stays intentional and enjoyable.
Additionally, according to industry expert James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, tying donations to a date fits right into the best methods for building new, positive habits.
Do you know the abc’s of establishing a good habit? Here are Clear’s tips:
- Practice, rather than perfection, creates positive habits. So giving to Goodwill every season turns a good intention into a positive routine.
- Attach the new practice to an existing action — As we notice the weather changing, donating lightly used clothing and household items just feels right.
- Make the new habit easy. We have to ask, what is simpler than leaving a bag at one of Goodwill’s 27 drop-off locations?
Reason #3 — Generate jobs for Goodwill participants.
Now that we’ve convinced you to collect those barely tested tube-tops, distressed jeans, and Barbie-pink jackets and donate them to our creative class of thrifters who love last year’s satin full-length skirts, we’d like to express the best reason why supporting Goodwill is the right decision.
Goodwill’s mission is to help those with barriers to employment find and secure jobs through training, case management and individualized support. Those barriers to employment could include previous incarceration, a developmental disability, or limited job skills. Your donations make a difference the individuals we serve who are seeking employment and greater independence in their lives.
So this Labor Day, when your living space feels cramped and summer 2024 is in the rear view mirror, reach around and find a few things for us. We promise this small action will create bold changes in your life and enable a positive future for our participants.
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.