Goodwill of Silicon Valley CEO Christopher Baker is sort of excited in regards to the new Goodwill Outlet retailer opening Might 2 in San Jose.
“It’s a double benefit,” stated Baker, who has been with Goodwill of Silicon Valley for 15 years and took excessive spot final August. Consumers, he stated, will get an excellent higher worth than they’d at common Goodwill retail shops. To not point out, it’s additionally preserving extra stuff out of landfills. It’s a triple profit when you think about the additional income Goodwill can pump again into its job-training applications.
So how’s a Goodwill Outlet totally different from certainly one of its common shops? Just like the common shops, prospects should purchase donated clothes, books, home items and electronics — however as a substitute of division store-style procuring, all the things on the outlet retailer is sorted into bins and offered by the pound. Furnishings objects additionally will probably be out there on the outlet retailer at particular decrease costs and never by weight.
Baker informed me that Goodwill processes about 40 million kilos of donated objects yearly. Not all of that’s appropriate for Goodwill’s retail retailer, however as a substitute of being thrown out, these objects will now go to the outlet retailer. Goodwill has a four-week cycle for objects in retail shops, and objects which can be unsold after a month additionally will go to the outlet.
Whereas different Goodwill organizations within the Bay Space have been weathering tough instances currently, Baker stated Goodwill of Silicon Valley is financially sturdy. This 12 months, it bought a brand new constructing for its headquarters on Know-how Drive in North San Jose and plans to lease out among the flooring to nonprofits with related missions.
The Goodwill Outlet retailer is at 1685 Tully Highway, on the intersection with King Highway, and may have its grand opening at 10 a.m. Friday, with remarks from Baker, San Jose Metropolis Councilmember Bien Doan and Christina Bui, chair of the Tully Highway Eastridge Enterprise Affiliation.
ARTFUL WEEKEND: The month-to-month South First Fridays artwork stroll is again this week in downtown San Jose, and it’ll be an incredible alternative to take a look at this 12 months’s Latinx Now! artwork public sale exhibition on the MACLA gallery, 510 S. First St. The exhibition showcases the work of greater than 30 artists, and it’ll all be auctioned off Might 17. Get extra data on the public sale at www.maclaarte.org and get the total South First Fridays lineup at www.southfirstfridays.com.
There’ll be creativity on show for the eyes and ears in Saratoga this weekend, too. The Saratoga Rotary’s 66th annual Artwork Present will return to West Valley Faculty on Saturday and Sunday, with sculptures, work, images and mixed-media artwork on show from 10 a.m. to five p.m. every day. There’ll be loads of stay music to associate with the artwork, as effectively. Get extra particulars at www.saratogarotaryartshow.org.
And on Sunday, there’ll be some great sounds at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Saratoga, the place acclaimed pianist Katya Grineva will carry out within the church’s first live performance collection on its Imperial Bosendorfer Grand Piano. The church acquired a grant from the Valley Basis to accumulate the instrument, which is the one certainly one of its type at a South Bay venue. Tickets to the 4 p.m. live performance are $25, however anybody below 16 is free. Go to www.st-andrews-saratoga.org for tickets.
AND THEY’RE OFF: Kentucky Derby followers could also be flocking to San Jose Truthful Downs on the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on Saturday to observe the Triple Crown race. The Derby Day celebrations begin at 8:30 a.m. and can embody a contest for finest hat, mint juleps and themed meals specials and, after all, you’ll be able to guess on the three:57 p.m. race there, too. Parking in Lot C is free, however keep in mind to depart the children at residence — you’ve received to be not less than 18 to enter.
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