Goodwill Industries of South Florida Joins GoodwillFinds to Increase Community Impact

Online Platform Gives Locally Donated Items National Exposure

Miami, FL - April 5, 2023 - Goodwill Industries of South Florida has partnered with GoodwillFinds, a recommerce venture reimagining the future of purpose -driven resale.  Alongside Goodwill of South Florida, three additional regions will join GoodwillFinds' network to help further the brand's long-standing tradition of funding job training and work opportunities for people with disabilities and other barriers to work. 

While environmental impact within local communities. 

"GoodwillFinds gives us national exposure and a wonderful opportunity to scale our local social programs and transforms the lives of people who face barriers to accessing jobs and help them find meaningful, long-term employment, " said David Landsberg, President & CEO of Goodwill Industries South Florida." This partnership allows us to really broaden our reach and serve consumers who want to shop online. Funds generated from the sale of our items on the platform will come back to our region to fund our job training, job placement, and social programs. 

"We're pleased to welcome Goodwill of South Florida to our growing community of GoodwillFinds members, championing our mission to transform lives through the power of work," said Matthew Kaness, CEO of GoodwillFinds. "In the short few months since we've launched, these partnerships have had a significant impact on our members' communities."

As part of the partnership, roughly 1% of items from Goodwill Industries of South Florida will be available on GoodwillFinds.com. Consumers have different shopping preferences online and the items selected for GoodwillFinds are ones that would benefit from reaching the broadest possible audience. 

Goodwill Industries of South Florida, along with Goodwill Akron, and Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio are the latest regions to add to GoodwillFinds' growing number of one-of-a-kind products available on the platform, which recently surpassed 200,000 items in total at the beginning of 2023 and is expected to reach 1 million by year end. With a diverse selection of hand-picked donations sourced from Goodwill stores across the country, GoodwillFinds.com shoppers can now easily browse items online on the marketplace with greater diversity of categories and brands. To shop or learn more about GoodwillFinds' social impact initiatives visit GoodwillFinds.com.