Event at Puyallup Goodwill - Ribbon Cutting Thursday morning.
Puyallup Goodwill Store grand opening sale.
8:45 a.m. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Store opens at 9 a.m.
Besides super values and great prices, there will be opportunities to win gas cards and an iPod. On Oct. 29 only, there will be a New Mattress Truckload Sale (while supplies last), which includes free frame valued at up to $49 with each mattress purchase. KMPS 94.1 FM will broadcast from the store on Friday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Regular store hours are Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m-9 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Following is a copy of their press release:
Tacoma Goodwill Industries
714 S. 27th St.
Tacoma, WA 98409
T 253.272.5166
F 253.627.1248
www.tacomagoodwill.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ¾ Oct. 21, 2009
For further information: Matthew Erlich , Media Relations/PR Manager 253.573.6677, merlich@tacomagoodwill.org |
Puyallup Goodwill Store opening highlights youth
High school leadership group supports agency’s job training mission
PUYALLUP – A new Puyallup Goodwill Store will open Oct. 29 and high school students will help promote the agency’s job training and placement mission.
A grand opening ceremony will take place that Thursday, from 8:45 to 9 a.m. at the store, 1200 Fourth St. N.W., just off River Road next to Kmart. Puyallup Mayor Don Malloy will join Goodwill Board of Directors President Bob Bruback and CEO Terry A. Hayes to celebrate the event. After the ceremony, the store will open to the public.
“There are lots of benefits of having a Goodwill store in the community,” said Bruback. “Besides great prices, jobs and a place to donate gently used clothes, there is the support for our mission to help people, especially youth, reach their goals.”
Students from Walker High School’s leadership team, with principal Michelle Cruckshank, will be on hand to help shoppers with carts and doughnuts. It’s an example of the local support Goodwill stores generate, Bruback said.
During the grand opening weekend, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, shoppers will have the opportunity to win a DVD player, iPod nano and $50 gas cards daily throughout the event. Other, free giveaways will also be available at the store.
On Oct. 29 only, there will be a new mattress truckload sale, while supplies last. The sale includes a free frame – valued up to $49 – with each mattress purchase. Sale prices start at $199 for a Twin set, $249 for a Full set, $299 for a Queen set, and $399 for King set.
On Friday, Oct. 30, radio station KMPS 94.1-FM, featuring “Today’s Country,” will broadcast live from the store from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the Stubbs show.
CEO Terry A. Hayes noted about 35 people, from the store manager to supervisors, cashiers and production clerks and donation attendants, were hired for the store. The payroll exceeds a half-million dollars, along with health insurance and other benefits.
“Goodwill provides a great opportunity for people seeking that first job or that second chance,” she said. “Goodwill’s retail stores also are utilized as part of Goodwill’s job training and placement programs.”
Hayes thanked architects BCRA, contractor Mountain Construction; and MK Properties, the landlord. The Puyallup store is 17,000 square feet in size and formerly a cinema.
Rhonda Rhoades will be the store manager. Rhoades was born in Puyallup and has been with Goodwill for more than 20 years, starting as a cashier at the Puyallup/South Hill Goodwill Store. Her previous position was as store manager of the 38th Street Goodwill Store in Tacoma.
The store hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. The store can be reached by calling 253.445.2855. More information about Goodwill is available online at www.tacomagoodwill.org.
The store will be the 24th for the agency, headquartered in Tacoma, and marks the 10th store in Pierce County. Tacoma Goodwill’s service area covers 15 counties, including most of the Olympic Peninsula, Pierce, Thurston and South King counties and east to Yakima and Ellensburg.
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About Tacoma Goodwill
Goodwill is a unique nonprofit business. It turns donations and business revenue into programs that change lives by helping people with disabilities or disadvantages go to work. This year, Tacoma Goodwill Industries will help more than 7,500 people with education, job training and placement so they can become independent self-supporting citizens. Of these, 1,200 people with barriers to employment will be placed in jobs in the community. Job-training services are funded through financial gifts, grants, fees, commercial services and the operation of 23 thrift stores throughout Western and Southcentral Washington. Please visit our Web site at www.tacomagoodwill.org.
Goodwill is a unique nonprofit business. It turns donations and business revenue into programs that change lives by helping people with disabilities or disadvantages go to work. This year, Tacoma Goodwill Industries will help more than 7,500 people with education, job training and placement so they can become independent self-supporting citizens. Of these, 1,200 people with barriers to employment will be placed in jobs in the community. Job-training services are funded through financial gifts, grants, fees, commercial services and the operation of 23 thrift stores throughout Western and Southcentral Washington. Please visit our Web site at www.tacomagoodwill.org.
Date and Time
Thursday Oct 29, 2009 Sunday Nov 1, 2009
Ribbon cutting on Oct. 29, 8:45 a.m.
Location
1200 Fourth St. N.W., just off River Road next to Kmart
Fees/Admission
None
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