You Can Still Donate To Goodwill Even During The Pandemic

Dan Koob explains.

FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH.ELISE PRESTON, CBS NEWS, NEWYORK.WELL, IF YOU HAVE DONE SOMESPRING CLEANING WHILE YOU'RESTAYING AT HOME AND YOU WANTTO DONATE TO GOODWILL, YOUSTILL CAN.THEIR DOORS -- THEIR STORESRATHER MAY BE CLOSED BUT THEIRDONATIONS CENTERS ARE STILLOPENED.UKEE IS HERE TO TELL US HOWYOU AND YOUR DONATIONS CANCERTAINLY HELP.HI, UKEE.HI, JESSICA.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.THANK YOU SO MUCH.YEAH, THEY'VE TAKENPRECAUTIONS AND SANITIZEDDONATIONS.NOW THERE'S A BIG PUSH TOREOPEN GOODWILL STORES INPENNSYLVANIA AND IN NEWJERSEY."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER DANKOOB IS IN PENNSAUKEN TOWNSHIPRIGHT NOW WITH MORE ON WHERETHOSE DONATIONS WILL BE GOING.DAN.Reporter: UKEE, JESS,GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU BOTH.WE'RE ON ROUTE 70 AND BEHINDME IS A GOODWILL STORE.THEY'RE ASKING WHEN THEY MAYBE ABLE TO REOPEN AGAIN.EVEN THEY ADMIT THEY HAVE YETTO HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIVEDISCUSSIONS WITH EITHERGOVERNOR TOM WOLF OF OR PHILMURPHY OF NEW JERSEY AND INTHE MEANTIME, THEIR DONATIONSAND THEIR STOCKPILE AREEXPLODING.A CENTER IN MEDFORD HAS MORETHAN 550 DONATIONS JUST THISWEEKEND BUT WITH NO ONE TOPURCHASE THEM, THE DONATIONSARE BEING STOCKPILED INTRACTOR-TRAILERS AND INSORTING CENTERS.SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ANDPHILADELPHIA GOODWILLPRESIDENT AND CEO MARK BOYDSAYS THEY PLAN TO ENSURE THESAFETY OF THEIR WORKERS ANDDONATORS WITH MASKS AND GLOVESAND EVEN INVESTING IN ADISINFECTANT FOG THEY ARESPRAYS OVER ENTIRE STORES TOCALM FEARS OF POTENTIALCONSUMERS AND WITH THEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESKYROCKETING, HE SAYS GOODWILLMAY NOT ONLY PROVIDE A LOWERCOST ALTERNATIVE TO SHOPPERSWHO NEED ITEMS BUT ALSO SERVESAN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION AS ANEMPLOYER.WE ALSO WE HELP PEOPLE WHOARE LOOKING FOR WORK.THAT'S GOODWILL'S PRIMARYMISSION.THAT'S WAWA WE WERE FROM OURFOUNDING IN 1902, HELP PEOPLEWITH DISADVANTAGES GET TOWORK.I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TONEED GOODWILL SERVICES TOBECOME EMPLOYED.Reporter: GOVERNORMURPHY'S OFFICE DID REFER USTO THE GOVERNOR'S THREE FADESPLAN.HOWEVER THERE ARE NO DATES, NOTIMES FOR WHEN WE WAY MOVE OUTOF PHASE ONE OF THAT PLAN.WE'RE LIVE IN PENNSAUKEN, DANKOOB CBS3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS."DAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.YEAH, GOODWILL BEING DONE ALL