Horizon Goodwill Industries announced that they will hold a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for their new store located in LaVale, Maryland on Friday, September 18.

The new store, located at 1236 National Highway, Suite #4, will feature a larger shopping space and a more accessible donation drop-off area. The store will also be the first to feature Horizon Goodwill’s new mission-related branding and graphics. The goal of the new branding and graphics is to reinforce Horizon Goodwill’s mission of “Removing Barriers, Creating Opportunities” for people in the community by putting 90 cents of every dollar spent in stores back into its workforce development and human services programs.

Chris Kackley, Horizon Goodwill’s Director of Retail Operations, shared his excitement for the new store. “We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to move into a new, expanded space and not only provide an enhanced shopping experience for our customers but also employment opportunities in the LaVale community,” Kackley said.

To ensure safe, physical distancing, customers will need to reserve shopping time slots at https://horizonlavalestore.eventbrite.com for the opening, which will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 18. Shoppers will have a chance to explore newly-donated items, enter a free raffle for a 43” flat screen TV, and participate in drawings for Goodwill gift certificates.

The new store will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays.

The former LaVale store, located at 1313 National Highway, closed as of Tuesday, September 8. Those who wish to donate goods may bring their items to the new store located at 1236 National Highway as of today, September 11.

Similar to other Horizon Goodwill stores and donation centers, the new LaVale store gladly accepts the following items (in good/working condition): men’s, women’s, children’s and infants’ clothing and outerwear; accessories, such as shoes, belts, and handbags; linens and textiles (clean and stain-free); housewares; certain electronics (except televisions); arts and antiques; furniture; toys; books; and computers.

Feeling ready to start the job search but not sure what to do first? We are here for you! Horizon Goodwill’s workforce development team is offering FREE Job-Readiness Training. These courses are offered by appointment only. To view the course schedule and register, please click here.

This course provides the opportunity to learn the following important skills: 

Onboarding-Job Readiness Training Course: 

• Good work habits – How to keep and leave a job
• Why did I get fired?
• Self-management – Managing time and stress
• Communication Skills – They are KEY!
• Conflict Negotiation  – How do I deal with problems at work?
• Setting Goals
• Workplace Ethics – Is this the right thing to do?
• The Basics: Resume-writing, Applications, Interviewing Skills

We’re Reopening!

Hi everyone! We are so excited to announce that we have begun reopening our retail stores. We want to give a special thanks to our dedicated employees and amazing customers who have been extremely patient and supportive while our stores were temporarily closed this spring.

Please check out the following important information regarding the Store Reopening Schedule and Safety Practices that we’ve put in place. Thank you!

STORE REOPENING SCHEDULE (please note: dates are tentative and subject to change. Please continue to visit this page and our social media pages for daily updates):

• Stores Currently Open: 
  • LaVale, Md.
  • Oakland, Md.
  • Keyser, W.Va.
  • Hagerstown, Md. – South End Store
  • Winchester, Va.
  • Front Royal, Va.
  • Romney, W.Va.
  • Woodstock, Va.
  • Stephens City, Va.
• Tuesday, June 2:
  • Shepherdstown, W.Va.
  • Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
• Wednesday, June 3:
  • Martinsburg, W.Va.
  • Charles Town, W.Va.
• Thursday, June 4:
  • Greencastle, Pa.
  • Waynesboro, Pa.

• Friday, June 5:
  • Cumberland, Md.
  • Hagerstown, Md. – Burhans Blvd. Store

SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE

The safety of our employees and customers is our top priority. The following measures have been put into place in all our stores for your safety and the safety of others:

• Requiring staff and customers to wear masks or face coverings
• Having occupancy limits. Staff will monitor the number of shoppers entering stores to adhere to physical-distancing guidelines.
• Sanitizing shopping carts and cleaning other high-touch surfaces continuously throughout the day
• Directional signage to assist customers with social distancing of at least six feet throughout the store
• Plexiglass guards at each cash register to prevent the spread of germs during checkout
• Encouraging customers to use our no-contact Clover payment system
• Asking that anyone who is sick or experiencing COVID-like symptoms to please refrain from shopping until they have recovered.

THANK YOU for your patience, cooperation and understanding! Please know we’re working hard to provide the best shopping experience for you as possible while supporting safe, social distancing with a clean environment.

We are happy to share that the following locations are OPEN for donations:

Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., (Mon – Sat.) & 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Sundays:

• Berkeley Springs, WV store
• Martinsburg, WV store
• Charles Town, WV store
• Winchester, VA store
• LaVale, MD store
• South End store in Hagerstown, MD
• Greencastle, PA store
• Stephen’s City, VA store
• Woodstock, VA store
• Romney, WV store
• Keyser, WV store
• Oakland, MD store
• Shepherdstown, WV store
• Front Royal, VA store
• Waynesboro, PA store
• Burhans Blvd. store in Hagerstown, MD

Open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily: 

• Boonsboro Attended Donation Center
• Corporate Center Attended Donation Center

CONTACTLESS DONATION PROCESS
Safety for our donors and employees is our main focus. Donors will be able to place items in designated bins and receive a donation receipt by visiting horizongoodwill.org/donationreceipt.

THANK YOU for your continued support of Horizon Goodwill. Your amazing donations become a new favorite shirt, new favorite wall art or beloved new toy for others AND they make it possible for us to continue to carry out our mission of removing barriers and creating opportunities through the power of work for people in our community. And that is something needed now more than ever!

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, Horizon Goodwill has had to make several changes to the operation of our retail stores and donation locations. Please see below. We will continue to keep you updated. Thank you for your continued understanding and generosity during this time. All the donations we receive help us to carry out our Mission of providing job training programs to people throughout the communities in our service area.

RETAIL STORE CLOSURES:

Horizon Goodwill’s Retail Stores will be closed temporarily effective Monday, March 23 until further notice throughout our service area in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. During this time, we will not be able to accept donations at our stores.

DONATIONS: our donation locations are temporarily closed as of March 30. We will continue to keep you updated.