Goodwill will hold a grand opening Sept. 18 of a new South Lacey Store, featuring a Junior Fashions Department, expanded Book Department and a large inventory of gently used clothes and household items.

Read more about the store and the event at http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/582600.html. Sharon Kelly, a Lacey resident, will be the store manager.

The story emphasizes not only the expanded business nonprofits are receiving in these economic times but also the need for donations. For more information on donations, see www.tacomagoodwill.org.

People should know where there donations are going and local nonprofits help local residents. At Goodwill, for example, they support job-training and placement services. In fact, more than 90 cents of every dollar raised goes toward our mission to change lives by helping people with disabilities and disadvantages go to work. Many for-profit companies seeking donations make sales that mostly go toward the bottom line.

Sure, I'm just the PR guy, but it's worth keeping all this in mind.

Matthew Erlich
Media Relations/PR Manager
Tacoma Goodwill
www.tacomagoodwill.org