Goodwill Store

This Central Square shop is one of the retail stores run by Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, known as Goodwill Boston. It sells donated goods at low prices, giving shoppers good-quality items that help them stretch their dollar while keeping usable goods in circulation. The stores support Goodwill’s mission of helping people who face barriers to self-sufficiency achieve independence and dignity through work.

Goodwill traces its roots to Boston, where Methodist minister Edgar J. Helms founded the organization in 1902 at the Morgan Memorial Chapel, collecting used goods and hiring people in need to repair and resell them. That model grew into the international Goodwill movement. Locally, the organization runs the Goodwill Boston Career Center and workforce development programs that connect job seekers with employers, and it shares success stories from the people it serves.

What to Know

• Donations to Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries keep more than 31 million pounds of goods out of local landfills each year.
• Donors should check Goodwill’s list of acceptable items before dropping off goods.
• Financial gifts are accepted to support the organization’s work programs.
• The store is part of the Central Square Business Improvement District.