MERS Goodwill

Skinny Jeans

Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating has partnered with Goodwill and some of the hottest local fashion boutiques to help you SAVE this summer and get into a new pair of...

Starting June 1, participants are encouraged to lose weight and then donate their larger-sized clothes which are no longer needed. Then they will receive generous discounts for new clothes at area retailers in reward.

The Skinny Jeans Program will run through July 31.

The goal is to help St. Louisans:

1. Lose 8,000 pounds (500 dieters losing 2 pounds a week for 8 weeks).

2. Donate more than a thousand pair of jeans (500 dieters each donate 2 pairs of jeans to Goodwill).

3. Generate $50,000 of new sales at area retailers (500 dieters each spend $100 on new merchandise).

The following retailers are participating:

CODI Jewelry, 9218 Clayton Rd., Ladue and 1066 Town and Country Crossing Dr., Chesterfield

Byrd, ...

Former U.S. Military Combat Medic Heads Up New Job Placement Department at MERS/Goodwill

Maria Wilder, program director for MERS/Goodwill’s new Head Injury Services department, came to Goodwill through the trenches – literally. Wilder spent five and a half years in the U.S. Army where she cultivated her knowledge and passion for helping soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), and now she is helping civilians with the same condition find jobs through MERS/Goodwill’s new program.
With a deployment to Iraq in 2006 and another in Germany from 2003 to 2005,as well as an internship at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Wilder said that because of the nature of her job as a combat medic, she became well accustomed to TBI and other cases of head injuries.
In lockstep with the mission of MERS/Goodwill (the mission behind the network of retail stores and donation centers) Wilder is committed to helping members of the community get back to work. And with the addition of the Head Injury Services department in the MERS/Goodwill job placement program, those who have sustained a life-altering Traumatic Brain Injury have a new opportunity to reenter th...

Goodwill Is Proud To Now Accept Computers

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From the Suburban Journal...

Business Booming at West County Goodwill stores

By Mary Shapiro of the Suburban Journal
Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Carrying a framed drawing of sailboats, shopper Curtis Cooper of Chesterfield walked to the checkout cashier at the Chesterfield valley MERS/Goodwill Industries store on a recent Saturday morning.

"They have good deals here; this picture is only $3," said Cooper, who comes to the store from time to time to look for old pictures. "And they have unusual things that you can't find other places."

Jeffrey Street of Oakville, manager of the six-year-old store on Edison Avenue, isn't surprised at the comment. People shouldn't be surprised there's a Goodwill store among the chic shopping destinations in Chesterfield valley, he said.

"We average more than 200 customers a day on Fridays through Sundays here," said Street, who said the same number of donations come in daily to this second-largest area Goodwill sto...

Diane Katzman Launches Line Tailored for Goodwill

MERS/Goodwill is proud to announce the introduction of a line of Diane Katzman jewelry in select Goodwill stores across the bi-state region. Katzman has created the “diane k.” collection to be sold at Goodwill Stores.

Check out these great pieces at Brentwood Store ~ 9116 Manchester, Chesterfield Valley Store ~ 17355 Edison Ave, South County Store ~ 10570 Baptist Church Rd, Harvester Store~ 30 Harvester Square St. Charles, Chesterfield Store ~ 13339 Olive Rd, 14373 Manchester Rd, Fenton ~ 99 Old Sugar Creek Rd, 4140 Forest Park Blvd. Clayton ~ 14808 West Clayton Road and 4271 Bayless Avenue, Washington MO ~ 2030 Phoenix Center, Columbia, Jefferson City, 520 East Battlefield Springfield MO.

These items can also be found at our stores in Illinois: Belleville, Granite City, Carbondale, Edwardsville, Fairview and Woodriver.

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GO GREEN WITH GOODWILL

Every Day is Earth Day When Shopping or Donating to Goodwill, Which Makes for a Very Convenient Truth.

It has been a big year for thinking “green”. Al Gore received an Academy Award for his internationally renowned wake-up call about global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth,” and this month the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the federal government to re-examine its policies on carbon dioxide emissions from cars. As Earth Day approaches on April 22, we too will soon be taking stock of our lives and trying to figure out what we can be doing to live a more “green” lifestyle. There is one simple answer to that question; shop more and donate more to Goodwill.

Improving our individual environmental track record with Goodwill takes only two easy steps.

The first step is to donate to Goodwill. Every year, Goodwil...

PUTTING PEOPLE TO WORK!

MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries puts people to work with the help of your donations. Watch this short video to learn more about how you can make a difference in the lives of others in your community.

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