Working Capital

ALL RIGHT, LAINEY, THANK YOU. AS THE COLD WEATHER SWEEPS THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE SHARING WHAT ITEMS PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA NEED THE MOST. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS EXPLAINS HOW YOU CAN HELP. GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA SAYS IN THE AFTERMATH OF HELENE, THEYRE SEEING AN INCREASED NEED FOR COLD WEATHER DONATIONS. WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO GET THOSE SUPPLIES WHERE THEYRE NEEDED, MOST PEOPLES LIVES ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN IN WAYS THAT YOU CANT IMAGINE. WEATHER IN NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES TO GROW COLDER AND COLDER, MEANING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN COUNTIES AFFECTED BY HELENE, ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF SUPPLIES TO STAY WARM AND SAFE AS THEY RECOVER. COATS, SWEATERS. JACKETS. SWEATSHIRTS, CHILDRENS CLOTHING, PARTICULARLY, IS A BIG NEED IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RIGHT NOW. SARAH BUTNER OF GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, SAYS THEYVE OPENED HALF THEIR STORES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. IMPLEMENTING A VOUCHER PROGRAM SO THEIR NEIGHBORS CAN ACCESS THOSE CRITICAL SUPPLIES. THOSE CAN BE USED IN ANY OF OUR STORES FOR ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE NEED. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NEED CHILDRENS CLOTHING, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NEED DISHES. AND THOSE VOUCHERS ALSO DONT EXPIRE SO THEY CAN BE USED EVEN WEEKS OR MONTHS FROM NOW. AND THE VOUCHERS ARENT LIMITED TO JUST CLOTHES. PEOPLE START GETTING BACK IN THEIR HOUSES AND THEY NEED EVERYTHING FROM LINENS TO DISHES. SO GOODWILL IS MAKING AVAILABLE VOUCHERS FOR OUR STORES, AND THEYRE DISTRIBUTING THOSE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. CONTACT ONE OF OUR CAREER CENTERS BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE AVAILABLE THOSE VOUCHERS THAT YOU CAN USE IN OUR STORES. SHE SAYS NOTHING IS TOO SMALL. ANYTHING CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THOSE DONATIONS, EVEN IF YOURE MAKING THEM HERE, CAN STILL HAVE A BIG. IMPACT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED. AND GOODWILL IS EXPLORING OTHER WAYS TO EXPAND AND SUPPORT THE VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HELENE. WELL HAVE A LINK TO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND OTHER RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE. IN WINSTON-SALEM. IM JO