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Thrift shopping boom hits Lincoln
It s always been a trend, but the pandemic is making thrift shopping and donating a little more popular.
July 9, 2021 8:44 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Thrift shopping has been gaining more popularity throughout the years, but thrift stores say the pandemic is making it even more of a trend.
“People were cooped up inside their houses,” Goodwill donations acquisition specialist Alana Sesow said. “They actually had to face how many items they had that they didn’t need anymore.”
The Goodwill more than tripled the amount of items collected from their annual garage sale pickup event compared to 2020.
The non-profit held an electronics drive on Saturday for people to recycle old technology.
January 9, 2021 5:04 pm
Did you know that Lincoln Goodwill takes electronics?
The non-profit organization held an electronics drive today to accept donations, promote recycling, and raise awareness that they accept electronics donations, year-round.
“We always, year-round, accept electronics, but a lot of people don’t know about it,” Lincoln Goodwill communications director Anne-Marie Maher said. “This really helps spread the word that we take electronics at all, and it also helps us gets the word out about our partnership with Dell.”
Through what’s known as the Dell Reconnect Program, Goodwill and Dell partner up to recycle computer equipment. Donors can bring their old technology to any Goodwill across the country. From there, Goodwill sorts through the equipment, determine which items can be resold or repurposed, and has Dell pick up the remaining equipment to be recycled.