April's Success Stories

April, a mom with two young children, had been out of work for three years after being laid off from her accounts receivable job. She came to Goodwill because she couldn't find new work on her own. "Goodwill does everything they can to teach you, train you and help you get a job," she says. Now April is working for a local law firm and is more confident than ever.

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 recyclers.

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
Kannapolis: 2303 Coldwater Ridge Drive
Mount Airy: 1986 Rockford Street
Winston-Salem: 2701 University Parkway

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