Goodwill has temporarily closed all 18 of its D.C.-area donation centers after a glut of donations during the coronavirus crisis has left them short on space.
The centers will open back up on July 8, and will be available for drop-off from noon to 3 p.m.
“While Goodwill is overwhelmed with gratitude for the generosity the DC area community has demonstrated with the volume of quality donations it has received since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sadly, Goodwill has exhausted all possible storage space as the donations continue to pile up,” the organization wrote in a post announcing the closures. “While Goodwill had hoped that the reopening of its retail stores over the past two weeks would measurably reduce the backlog of goods, the volume of donations has only increased.”
The organization hopes that closing its donation centers down for two weeks will allow it to free up some space as donations are moved to stores and sold.
There are 20 Goodwill stores in the D.C. area, and all are now open except the D.C. store at 2200 South Dakota Ave. NE, which is expected to open soon.
This isn’t the first time during the crisis that the D.C.-area donation centers have had to shutter because of space concerns. This also happened for a period back in early May.
Natalie Delgadillo