Laura Nunez of our West Portal store at the Leland Street Fair in Visitacion Valley, September 2011.

Let us know what’s on your mind & how we can help

By Kate Moynihan
SF Goodwill

We’d like to hear from you, talk with you, engage with you and friend you — hope that’s not too overly friendly.

While we’re one of the oldest institutions in the Bay Area — the first Goodwill in the West opened in San Francisco in 1916 — we’re also keen on social media and believe deeply that we’re here to serve the community. So we hope you’ll connect with us.

Let us know your ideas for the best way to drive forward a conversation to benefit the Bay Area community. Here are eight ideas to get started:

Leave comments

1Leave a comment on our blog posts or pages. We promise to respond and think that our community often knows more than we do — so please share!

Get email updates

2Keep in touch with what’s happening with Goodwill by signing up for periodic e-newsletters. We’ll tell you about the latest news, stories of personal transformation, upcoming community events, sales and more.

Write for us

3If you blog, take photos or record video, we’d love for you to do a guest post for our Bay Area Impact or Seismic Thrift blog. Contact the editor, Scott Bruner, at sbruner@sfgoodwill.org.

Become a Goodwill ambassador

4Over at Fundly, our new partner, supporters of our mission — centering on reducing poverty through the power of work — can create campaigns, raise funds, post photos and videos, and tap into your social networks for a good cause.

Get social

5Follow us on our Twitter account (@sfgoodwill) and we’ll follow you back. Subscribe to our Facebook Page, and one of our staffers will subscribe back (if you have a page), and we promise to respond to all comments.

Meet us on the streets

6Goodwill tries to have a presence at a large number of community events throughout the year, such as street fairs (see Laura in the photo at top), job fairs and other places. We also put on Community Thank-You breakfasts and lunches each year in San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties. Take a look at our Community Events Calendar and see if we can meet in person.

Log into your account

7If you’ve created an account on our website, you’ll be able to call up a history of your material donations — especially handy at tax time.

Spread goodwill

8How do you spread good will in your neighborhood or in your life? Tell us below. We’ll soon unveil a section on the site for you to share your experiences.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Kate Moynihan heads up SF Goodwill’s development, communications and corporate partnership efforts. Email Kate or call her at (415) 575-2207.