On The Job: Goodwill Sorting

Published: Monday, August 1, 2016 - 4:41pm
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(Photo by Tiara Vian- KJZZ)
Darrien Walters, a donation assistant for Goodwill.
(Photo by Tiara Vian- KJZZ)
Walters moves among stacks of bins.

It’s Monday, so let’s celebrate the working life. We’re talking to the people who do the jobs that you sometimes don’t see or don’t think about.

When that loveseat or set of saucepans needs a new home, you might think about donating it to charity. But who takes those items and preps them for resale?  Today we wander into a day on the job sorting donated goods.

Listen to Darrien Walters sort through donations at Goodwill.

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