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Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Table With Missing Leg: Some Are Dumping Trash At Donation Centers Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Table With Missing Leg: Some Are Dumping Trash At Donation Centers
Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Table With Missing Leg: Some Are Dumping Trash At Donation Centers While there is a treasure trove of hidden gems found at many Goodwill stores across the country, the organization has seen an influx of broken or defunct items being donated as the organization contends with a rash of trash going through their doors. Recently, tables missing legs, cracked food containers, used sponges, broken glass, and other debris are being donated to Goodwill, prompting the organization to begin asking Good Samaritans to think twice about their donations before handing them over. “We hope everyone brings great things that help our programs, but we know some people make s…

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by Zak Failla
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Junk King Delivers For Hillside Food Outreach Junk King Delivers For Hillside Food Outreach
Junk King Delivers For Hillside Food Outreach A couple of weeks ago, Tom McCabe, owner of Junk King Tri-County, a junk removal company based in Danbury and servicing Fairfield County in Connecticut and Rockland County in New York, saw two elderly widowed customers within a two-day period. Both ladies were lonely and scared to leave their homes to mail packages or to buy groceries with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay at home orders. “It was those two meetings that created a turning point for me,” said McCabe, originally from northern New Jersey but now calling Putnam County in New York home. “I realized I’m sitting at ho…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz