Your gently used clothing and household items received by GIENC® are used to. . .
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help put people to work in our 29 GCF Donation Centers & Stores® throughout eastern North Carolina. Your gently used clothing and household items begin their work the minute they arrive at the GCF Donation Center & Store®. GIENC® translates the value of your gently used clothing and household items into wages, benefits and work environments. |
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How we use our resources
Employment - GIENC® provided employment opportunities to 548 people through its 28 GCF Donation Centers & Stores serving 15 counties located throughout eastern North Carolina in 2007. Persons served through employment earned an hourly wage and benefit of $16.81. Total program costs were $13,626,091.
Education - GIENC® provided opportunities for 57 high school students with disabilities to earn hours that may be applied towards state requirements for a high school diploma through its HOURS Program at its Chin Page Road facility. Total program costs were $662,261.
Life Enrichment - GIENC® provided an environment for 16 adults with severe disabilities to engage in horticultural based life enrichment activities in its Nature Center Program. Total program costs were $189,346.
Training - GIENC® provided education and training through GCF Learn Free -- internet classes in entry level computer program skills, provided in English and Spanish, which served over 128,000 students from 285 communities in eastern North Carolina, as well as other communities in the remainder of the United States and globally from its Hargett Street facility. Total program costs were $895,146.
Opportunities for Personal Growth - Support the provision of program focused facilities equipment and grants by the Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc. "to assist persons, including, but not limited to, those with disabilities and the disadvantaged to attain the fullest development of which they are capable." Total program costs were $8,500,000.