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Mon - Fri Sat - Sun Closed - Phone:
Main - 504-362-1713
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- 2200 General Meyer Ave New Orleans, LA 70114
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- Discount Stores, Cleaning Contractors, Consignment Service, Furniture Stores, Janitorial Service, Major Appliances, Resale Shops, Second Hand Dealers, Social Service Organizations, Thrift Shops, Used Furniture, Used Major Appliances
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Goodwill Industries Of Southeastern La Inc
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Goodwill was founded in 1902 in Boston by Rev. Edgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister and early social innovator. Helms collected used household goods and clothing in wealthier areas of the city, then trained and hired those who were poor to mend and repair the used goods. The goods were then resold or were given to the people who repaired them. The system worked, and the Goodwill philosophy of “a hand up, not a hand out” was born. Dr. Helms’ vision set an early course for what today has become a $5 billion nonprofit organization. Helms described Goodwill Industries as an “industrial program as well as a social service enterprise…a provider of employment, training and rehabilitation for people of limited employability, and a source of temporary assistance for individuals whose resources were depleted.” Times have changed, but Helms’ vision remains constant: “We have courage and are unafraid. With the prayerful cooperation of millions of our bag contributors and of our workers, we will press on till the curse of poverty and exploitation is banished from mankind.”