Contact Info
Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire, Inc.
Melissa Newbern
PO Box 15007
Savannah, GA 31416
Phone: 912-663-0876
Fax: 912-354-3787
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Services
- Retail Sales
- Donations
- Workforce Development
- Online eCommerce
- Community Programs
- Non-profit
- Computer Recycling
- Contract Services
- Career Placement
- Job Training
Fundraisers We Support
- Goodwill Industries International
- United Way
- Dell ReConnect
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- Ability One
- NISH
- Georgia Department of Rehabilitation Services
Going Green Commitments
- Your doation are keeping items out of our landfill. Such as....
- Goodwill Industries is partnering with Planet Green – the television network devoted to conscious living – to launch a new docu-series, Dresscue Me. Star of the show and self-taught designer Shareen Mitchell, is on the hunt for the perfect repurposed outfits for her clients. It’s a high-energy adventure inspiring all of us to do something clever and stylish with our latest Goodwill finds.
- Good for the Community
- Good for the Environment
- Good for You
- Reconnect is a residential computer recycling program that offers you an easy, convenient and responsible way to recycle your used computer equipment. You can drop off any brand of used equipment at participating Goodwill donation centers in your area. It's free, and you'll get a receipt for tax purposes. What's more, you'll be helping protect the environment and benefiting your community at the same time.
Hours of Operation
Mon-Sat: 9 to 7Sun: 12 to 6
About Us
The mission of Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire, Inc. is to assist people with disabilities and other barriers to employment to live independently and become employed.
We are one of the world’s largest nonprofit providers of education, training, and career services for people with disadvantages, such as welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities. Nationally, last year, Goodwill agencies across the country collectively provided employment and training services to more than 720,000 individuals.
When you give to Goodwill, you're opening doors to employment, independence, and opportunity for people in your community. Your charitable gifts to Goodwill provide job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities; people who want to work, so they can earn a living, support their families, and enjoy the benefits that independence, self-sufficiency, and personal contribution afford.
At Goodwill, we believe work builds strong families, and creates the economic energy that builds strong communities. And at Goodwill, everything - from your donations, to the revenue they generate, to the specialized training it provides - everything stays in the community.
Goodwill was founded in early 1900s in Boston, Massachusetts by the Reverend Edgar Helms. In the hopes of aiding the poor and unfortunate, Reverend Helms collected used household goods and clothing in from wealthier communities for distribution to those in need. When left with "less-than-desirable" items that needed repair, he hired and trained those who were in need for the tasks of repairing the used goods. When repairs were complete, the goods were resold, or were given to the people who repaired them. As this process continued over the years, the idea of "a hand up, not a hand out" became a theme.
Dr. Helms' organization was incorporated in 1910 under the name of Morgan Memorial Cooperative Industries and Stores, Inc. At the facility, located in the Morgan Memorial Chapel in Boston, individuals were trained for jobs and were aided in locating employment.
Dr. Helms' vision set an early course for what would one day become a 1.2 billion dollar industry comprised of over one hundred separately incorporated nonprofit organizations . Helms described Goodwill Industries as both an "industrial program as well as a social service enterprise".
Today, Goodwill Industries International consists of 187 autonomous members in the U.S. and Canada, and 54 associate members in 37 countries outside of North America. Services now range from service people with physical, mental and emotional disabilities, to socio-economic barriers such as illiteracy, homelessness, advanced age, past substance abuse, lack of work experience or criminal history.
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE, INC. was incorporated on April 25, 1965.
From a modest beginning, operating on $60,000 a year, in a borrowed building, with eight (8) employees, Goodwill has grown to service 33 counties in the coastal region of Georgia with a multi-million dollar operation with over five hundred employees.
