Recycling - We are now recycling plastic, books, paper, leather, aluminum cans, cardboard and newspaper. Recycling helps the environment as well as generates funds for us to provide services.
CARF Certification - In January 2010 we participated in our CARF survey and received a 3 year accreditation in the following: Employment Services; Community Employment- Job Development, Job-Site Training, Job Supports; and Employee Development; and Organizational Employment.
The Goodwill Difference
Donation Information
Where you can donate
• Every Goodwill store serves as a donation center. Click here to find the store closest to you.
• Attended Donation Center is open every Saturday 8 AM till 3 PM at Wal-Mart Supercenter on Fort Henry Dr., Kingsport, Tennessee.
• Administrative office also accepts donations during hours of operation (8 AM – 5 PM). For its location click here.
Employees at the Goodwill store in Johnson City, TN, operated within Tennessee state law when they asked for documentation of a service dog. Since 2001, Tennessee law has allowed stores and facilities to request documentation of a service animal as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act. http://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/op/2001/op/op156.pdf
Goodwill of the Tenneva Area’s current policy is that they will not ask for documentation of a service animal, which is permitted by Tennessee law. We will instead follow the broader federal Americans with Disabilities Act, which allows store employees to ask a store guest if any animal present is a service animal required because of a disability and about the service or task the animal has been trained to perform. According to the ADA, both of these questions are legal to ask whenever an animal enters a facility. We encourage all people with disabilities to take advantage of Goodwill’s job training programs to help them build their careers, and shop and donate at our stores with their service animals.
Goodwill is the leading nonprofit provider of job training and community-based services for people facing challenges to finding employment including people with disabilities and disadvantages, such as a lack education or work experience.
