From March 15–21, National Clean Out Your Closet Week invites Northeast Florida residents to turn their spring cleaning into something meaningful.

Jacksonville Today reader Ann C. notes that skilled trades jobs are supposed to be available to the community. During a Q&A with the Brentwood Neighbors Forum on Dec. 2, she posed a question: “How is the community to know about the jobs when they come about?”

Goodwill Industries of North Florida will host its Annual Luncheon & Fashion Show, Gather for Goodwill, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. The event will honor participants from Goodwill’s mission programs and feature local personalities modeling thrifted fashion finds.

Goodwill Industries of North Florida celebrated the grand reopening of its newly renovated Outlet Store on Lenox Avenue in West Jacksonville today, unveiling a much larger and modernized space for bargain hunters and community supporters alike.

Goodwill Industries of North Florida is set to celebrate National Clean Out Your Closet Week, observed from March 16–22, 2025. This week-long event encourages individuals to declutter their homes, get organized, and donate gently used clothing and household items to Goodwill while supporting the local community. National Clean Out Your Closet Week is the ideal time to declutter spaces and refresh the home for spring. Clearing out closets helps create a more organized and peaceful living environment. When you bring those gently used items to Goodwill, is supports the community by funding programs that remove barriers to employment through job training and placement services. “How Your Donation Helps Goodwill Industries of North Florida believes that everyone deserves access to opportunity. From the moment your donation leaves your hand, it becomes part of our Goodwill mission of removing barriers to employment through training, education, and career opportunities in your community. With your support, we create job opportunities and training services for our community – and reuse and upcycle millions of pounds of goods and cardboard. How to Donate Once you’ve decluttered, Goodwill invites you to donate your gently used items to one of its local donation centers. To find the nearest donation center or learn more about how to make a difference, visit https://goodwillnorthfl.org/locations/. About Goodwill Industries of North Florida Follow Goodwill on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillNFL/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodwillnfl/

It’s National Clean Out Your Closet Week, and Goodwill Industries of North Florida is encouraging everyone to take time to declutter, get organized, and donate gently used clothes and household items.

Calling all Goodwill fans, Goodwill will soon have a new retail location in St. Augustine, Florida.

A new community project is addressing the food desert on Jacksonville’s Eastside.

A new community project is addressing the food desert on Jacksonville’s Eastside.

Goodwill Industries of North Florida, Inc. returns to Jacksonville Beach community following a massive overhaul of its 25,500-square-foot retail store and donation center at 1036 Beach Boulevard. The store’s much-anticipated reopening unveils a new two-story shopping and office complex featuring a retail store, a donation drive-thru, and a GoodCareers job center.

Every spring, elementary school students in St. Johns and Clay county are encouraged to participate in the annual Bag It Up drive

Farah and Farah’s annual Empowering Greatness Scholarship is back and five lucky students will be awarded two years’ worth of tuition to be used at any Florida university, college, or trade school.

Watch inspiring stories & local celebrities strut their stuff on the runway to benefit the work Goodwill Industries of North Florida does in local communities.

Goodwill Industries of North Florida reviewed its accomplishments and is thanking all who have helped by declaring May 3-7 as Goodwill Week.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The number of people who have filed for unemployment benefits crossed the five million mark over the holidays and Florida employers begin the new year with higher taxes to cover unemployment benefits. “Any payroll-based tax increase is not good for the small business climate,” said Bill Herrle with the National Federation of Small Business. Unlike the 2008 recession, when Florida had to borrow $2.7 billion to pay unemployment claims, this year the fund is solvent and above water. The new round of stimulus and unemployment payments will likely push more people out of the job market, putting pressure on companies to pay more to fill vacancies. The maximum reemployment tax rate for employers with poor records remains at 5.4% of the first $7,000 in wages.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Goodwill Industries of North Florida has slowly begun reopening stores across 14 counties that were closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But while stores were closed, many sites had donations that were pouring in. Hundreds of employees were laid off when stores closed, and while the nonprofit has been working to bring many of them back, some have found other places of employment. CEO David Rey said the Goodwill Industries of North Florida employed more than 750 people to work in stores across 14 counties. Here is the Phase 2 reopening schedule for Goodwill of North Florida.

An associate sorting donations at a Goodwill in Tuscon, Arizona, came across a Purple Heart medal in a box of housewares. (CNN) - An associate sorting donations at a Goodwill in Tuscon, Arizona, came across a Purple Heart medal in a box of housewares. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. The Purple Heart is given to US service members who are wounded or killed in combat. In 2016, another Purple Heart was accidentally donated to a Goodwill in Arizona and with the help of social media it was reunited with the service member's family in Missouri.