Goodwill® Offers Seniors Economic Security

There’s no such thing as too old today. Growing older is a natural part of life and for seniors who want to keep learning, Goodwill’s® Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) can help. The program offers seniors assistance in finding work and developing their skills and talents that lead to financial security. With economic security seniors can afford to live on their own and manage their health care needs. Seniors who take part in this Goodwill® program receive paid training that offers them experience and builds confidence. They are able to train in locations within their own communities. The program is funded through the U.S. Department of Labor. Just as they offer training, employment and career services to seniors, Goodwill® brings those same services to the disabled and disadvantaged communities. To fund these life changing services Goodwill® depends on people who can donate a car to charity. Vehicle donation has become a viable source of funding of the many programs that Goodwill® offers disabled and disadvantaged people. When you donate a car to Goodwill® your car donation will help someone find work and build a better life.

When someone comes through the doors of Goodwill® they are usually in need of training so they can find a job. Goodwill® began its mission more than a century ago when its founder, Edgar J. Helms, began collecting discarded household items from the trash of wealthy people. He then hired the poor to repair the items to be sold in what are now known as the Goodwill® stores. Goodwill® stores still depend on the donations people bring to them to stock their stores that provide employment for the people they train. But the people who come to Goodwill® in need of training and a job don’t all get placed in retail positions at Goodwill®. Goodwill® also works with auto donation to fund their mission. Vehicle donation helps fund training programs in an array of fields such as banking, IT and healthcare. Besides the initial training and securing of a job, Goodwill® continues to work closely with the people they place by providing assistance in managing finances, child care and more. When you donate a car to Goodwill® your vehicle donation may provide funds to keep training programs accessible or even provide transportation to someone who would otherwise be unable to get to work. Goodwill® also operates the Wheels to Work program, a program that needs people who can donate a car to charity. Your donated auto may provide affordable transportation to someone who would not be able to afford a car otherwise. Vehicle donation helps the people who Goodwill® place in jobs maintain their job with a steady source of transportation.