David's Success Story

David was homeless and unemployed for years. Drug and alcohol addiction led to his eventual arrest, but after a short stay in jail, David decided it was time for a change. After months of recovery meetings, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation referred David to Goodwill to begin training for employment. Today, David is employed as a materials handler and has purchased and begun renovating a home. “Goodwill showed me how to have a better life. They don’t hand anything to you. They give you the opportunity to choose a better life for yourself.”

WHAT HAPPENS TO A DONATED COMPUTER?

After a computer is donated to Goodwill, it is evaluated by technicians to determine its usability.

Inoperable Computer Systems

Useable parts are removed and sold at select Goodwill stores.
Inoperable parts are sold to vendors that drill the hard drive to destroy data and conduct environmentally safe disposal.

Operable Computer Systems

All systems are cleaned of stored information according to US Department of Defense specifications*.
Newer systems or component parts are sold at select Goodwill stores.
Older systems are de-manufactured and used to upfit other systems or sold as parts at select Goodwill stores.
Systems not sold in the stores are sold to Dell approved and audited recyclers to ensure nothing goes to a landfill.

Goodwill Retail Stores Selling Computers and Related Equipment

All Goodwill Industries of NW NC stores sell computer equipment (monitors, printers, keyboards, other peripherals, etc.). The following locations sell both computer equipment and refurbished CPUs:

Asheville: 1616 Patton Avenue
Hickory: 1172 Lenoir-Rhyne Boulevard
Kannapolis: 2303 Coldwater Ridge Drive
Mooresville: 214 Williamson Road
Mount Airy: 1986 Rockford Street
Salisbury: 836 W. Jake Alexander Boulevard
Winston-Salem: 2701 University Parkway
Winston-Salem: 2760 Peters Creek Parkway

* While Goodwill takes steps to verify erasure or destruction of data on storage devices, Goodwill assumes no responsibility for data.