| Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina was | | | | (creating jobs) and reselling it at a reasonable price to |
| started in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1926 by | | | | somebody who is in need of reliable transport to get |
| Centenary United Methodist Church. It was started as | | | | to and from work is only part of the way it helps. The |
| a way to replicate the success Goodwill Industries | | | | other end is that the money received from the sale of |
| was having all over the country - helping people with a | | | | your donated car will be used to fund Goodwill's |
| "hand up" not a "handout." Accredited by the | | | | community projects and job training programs, allowing |
| Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities | | | | the charity to help even more people from the |
| (CARF), they work with a lot of different types of | | | | donation of this single item. |
| people with a variety of different needs. | | | | Donating a used car that's been sitting in your garage |
| Of course, whilst Goodwill aims to help other people, it | | | | may not seem like a way to help people in your |
| is not without its own needs, one of which is donations. | | | | community, but you'd be surprised at just how far a |
| Donations allow the charity to raise money, funding | | | | vehicle donation can go. If you have always been in |
| their various training schemes, support systems and, of | | | | the fortunate position of owning a car and never had |
| course, their job placement services. This allows the | | | | to worry about transportation, putting yourself in the |
| charity to continue helping people to find work and to | | | | shoes of someone on the bottom trying to make their |
| improve their lives. | | | | life better, a dependable means of transportation can |
| The need for donations goes beyond just clothes and | | | | really be a life changer, allowing them to travel further |
| household items, though. Donating a vehicle to Goodwill | | | | to work, opening up new possibilities. |
| Industries gives them a lot of help. Restoring the car | | | | |