What's New

New Store to Open in Marina

A new Goodwill store and Donation Center is open at 266 Reservation Rd., (next to Mountain Mike's Pizza) in Marina. Open Daily, regular store hours are as follows: Mon.-Sat, 9 am - 7 pm, Sunday 10 am - 6 pm.

The store will employs 11 associates and features an indoor donation center. This means furniture may be accepted at this donation site. The store features the same quality product as other area Goodwill's as well as some new goods.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is slated for February 2nd. at 11 am, with food, drinks, in store specials, a prize wheel, Harold the Clown and lots of fun. Store specials will resume on February 3rd and 4th. Please join us.

Press inquiries may be directed towards jburke@scgoodwill.org or csmith@scgoodwill.org.

Thank You For Your Support !

Winter Clean Up !

Winter is almost here and it's time for raking leaves, winterizing our homes and getting ready for friend and family visits. Goodwill has a place for your stuff. When you donate to Goodwill you support important services for job seekers in your community. For more information on donations and where to donate click here.

New Salinas Attended Donation Center

Open now at 1249 S. Main St., Behind ACE Hardware. This Donation Center is Open Daily 8:30 am- 5 pm (closed 1- 1:30 for lunch.)

Goodwill Breaks Ground at New Salinas Site

Goodwill Industries of Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties broke gorund on Oct. 13th, 2011 their newly purchased property at 1325 N. Main St., Salinas. In attendance were Goodwill board members, staff, city officials and the Salinas Chamber of Commerce.
The new property will house a Workforce Development Center, Store and a Donation/Processing Center. Goodwill purchased the property in October of 2010 as part of the Goodwill board’s strategic plan and part of continuing efforts to expand its services. It is conveniently located on a major throughway between downtown and the Salinas Mall.
Senior Vice President of Workforce Development Services, John Collins announced, “ We are happy to expand our services in the Salinas community as well as offer a newer larger Goodwill store and donation center.”
The site will allow for more efficiency as it combines the workforce development services center with store and donations/processing site, modeled after Goodwill’s latest acquisition in Capitola.
Goodwill served over 10,000 people last year, 17% of them in Monterey county. According to Employment Services Manager, Wil Moore, “The new career center will more than double our present capacity in Salinas to provide job seeking services and internet service points to the community. The center will have room to co-locate partner staff, further providing local residents with the immediate and necessary resources to return to work. It will truly be a community based career center where residents can easily access the help they need.”
The current Sherwood Gardens Goodwill store will be permanently relocated to the new site. It’s estimated that over fifteen employees will be employed at the new store/donation center, as well as seven staff members in the employment services division. The Goodwill store will provide a better shopping experience featuring larger selection of merchandise, better lighting throughout the store, shopping carts and easier access for donating. The opening date is tentatively slated for Spring 2012.