Lincoln Goodwill Collects 5,054 Pounds from 100+ Donors in Electronics Drive
On Saturday, January 9, Lincoln Goodwill (lincolngoodwill.org) held its fourth annual Electronics Drive to celebrate National Technology Week, and thanks to the generosity of more than 100 donors, collected 5,054 pounds of donations, marking their second-highest collection in a single drive. All donations, from the smallest battery to the bulkiest computer, were either resold, refurbished, or responsibly recycled through Goodwill’s partnership with Dell Reconnect. First-time donor Sherri Macfee was excited to learn about the convenience and benefits of electronic recycling at Lincoln Goodwill. After reading Goodwill’s blog post, she gathered her family’s old laptops, DVD players, Wi-Fi router, and phones for donation.
“It felt good to know I was helping out just by donating our unused items,” Macfee said. “It was super easy to pull right up to the truck, which was easy to find in the parking lot. Great helpers met us to unload our items, and that was it. We were done.”
Lincoln Goodwill accepts electronic donations year-round at all retail locations and plans on hosting its next electronics drive in August. Sign up for their newsletter and follow them on social media to stay up-to-date on upcoming events. Support the Goodwill and their belief that technology wasn’t made for landfills; it was made to change people’s lives. Learn more at lincolngoodwill.org.