What Happens To Your Donation?
 When you donate and recycle your unneeded items to Goodwill, they are made available to your neighbors at affordable prices. The revenue that the 42 stores earn is then invested right here in your community through a variety of services including skills training courses and employment programs. Read more HERE about how your donation is making a difference to improve the life of someone in your community.
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Be a Team Player!
Last month kicked off the annual Cardinals donation promotion. Each donor will receive a voucher for 50% off regular price Cardinals tickets to a regular season home game.
Bring in unwanted items from spring cleaning and enjoy a ballgame!
Some restrictions apply.
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In the Media
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Resourceful students find great buys on clothing, accessories"
St. Louis Jewish Light
"Temple Israel plans 2nd annual Mega Mitzvah Day"
Columbia Daily Tribune
"Finding new uses for old things is an exercise in imagination"
Read the story here
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
KPLR-TV, Ch. 11
"MERS/Goodwill Electronics Recycling With The Cardinals"
Read the story here
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Contact Us
MERS/Goodwill1727 Locust Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
P: 314-241-3464
F: 314-241-1085
Donate at any of our 42 Goodwill store locations, plus our drop-off sheds and trailer sites. To find a location near you, please visit our website.
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Dear friend of MERS/Goodwill,
 Thank you! I would like to extend our gratitude for your continued support of MERS/Goodwill. So far this year, we have collected 258,078 donations and with your help MERS/Goodwill is on pace to serve over 50,000 individuals in 2013. Spring has finally made an appearance and we were happy to see the sun shining during our recent recycling drives. Read the highlights below from our recycling drive partnership last month with the St. Louis Cardinals. Also, view the sidebar to learn about how your donation is making a difference. Additionally, we are humbled to share a success story about one of our clients, Cherrie. Click here to read about her second chance and how she is starting a new chapter in her life with the help from MERS/Goodwill's vocational training program. Again, thank you for your continued support of MERS/Goodwill. Don't forget to donate!
Sincerely,
Dr. Lewis Chartock
President and CEO, MERS/Goodwill
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Electronics Drive Was A Success!
MERS/Goodwill partnered with the St. Louis Cardinals on April 22 to host an electronics recycling and general donations drive. The drive, held on Earth Day, collected three full trailers of electronics, and another two trucks of general donations. MERS/Goodwill estimates the donations weighed over 100,000 pounds and almost 1,200 individual donors attended. Donors received a voucher for a half-price Cardinals ticket and coupons for a free coffee at Dunkin Donuts.
Items were accepted free of charge and included computers and computer accessories, phones (home and cell), clocks, VCRs, DVD players, stereos, AV equipment including cable and satellite boxes, and any other electronic devices and general donations.
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Representatives from the St. Louis Cardinals, Central Parking, and MERS/Goodwill gathered with the Mayor of the City of St. Louis, Francis Slay, during the electronics drive. |
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Client Success
Cherrie, Food Server
Seeing Cherrie bounce her five-month old grandson in her lap will bring
a smile to anyone's face. A mother of nine and grandmother of five,
Cherrie never thought she would have a second chance to experience the joys of motherhood, let alone have a key to her own door.
"If anyone wants to get their life together and get on the right track, I'm a willing testimony that MERS/Goodwill helps you until the end," says Cherrie.
Cherrie grew up in Wellston, one of the 10 poorest counties in Missouri with a crime rate that is much higher than both the Missouri and national average crime rates. For 27 years, Cherrie was homeless. She was a victim of sexual and physical assault and gun violence, living in and out of vacant homes and spending her time getting high. She tried breaking the cycle of crime, violence and drug use by seeking spiritual counseling and entering treatment for substance abuse and mental health services numerous times, but found that she just couldn't get away and would somehow always return to her usual habits.
Three years ago, Cherrie was ready to start a new chapter in her life. With six warrants out for her arrest for failure to appear in court, Cherrie knew she couldn't run away from her problems anymore and chose to face her dilemmas head-on. It was in her jail cell when Cherrie made the decision to get clean for good, and while she had the willpower to stick with her goal, Cherrie faced an extremely difficult and unfamiliar journey of finding both a roof over her head and a job.
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