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Got summer clothes to donate? New thrift store coming to Hilton Head’s south end

There’s a theory that Hilton Head Island has hidden gems in its thrift stores.

They’re brought there by weekly tourists that can’t fit everything back into the car, retirees who donate treasures when they downsize and abandoned beach gear collectors.

“We have a great donor base,” Goodwill PR officer Denver Merrill said Wednesday. “A lot of good products are donated to us, which we greatly appreciate.”

If you’re in the market for such treasures, you’re in luck: a second Goodwill store is in the works for Hilton Head Island, and it’s coming sooner than you think.

The empty Golf Headquarters store on the island’s south end near Panera Bread will soon be transformed into a Goodwill donation and retail center, according to plans submitted to the Town of Hilton Head Island.

Town of Hilton Head Island pre-application agenda package

Developers will not tear down the building, but instead remodel it starting later this year, according to Sandra Cashion with Piedmont Companies Inc. development firm.

“We hope to open some time in the first quarter of 2020,” Cashion said Wednesday.

The store will get new doors, a new coat of paint and an updated interior in the next few months.

Goodwill stores operate by accepting donated items and selling them in-store. The stores provide job training and employment for local workers, and are especially known for working with employees with disabilities.

“Anybody who has some sort of obstacle, we’re helping them get out into the workforce and make a better life for themselves,” Merrill said.

Hilton Head Goodwill held its Re-Grand Opening in 2015 with a ribbon cutting. The store added 2,800 square feet and a more convenient donation drive thru. The renovated and expanded store is at the same location, 95 Mathews Drive in the Port Royal Plaza, and features an expanded sales floor. Here, customers hunt for bargains in 2015 in the expanded showroom. As part of the festivities, Palmetto Goodwill gave away a 40-inch VIZIO smart TV. Palmetto Goodwill is a non-profit social service organization whose mission is to help people achieve their full potential through work. Over 90 percent of Palmetto Goodwill’s revenue goes to fund mission-related services such as career counseling, job training, and other employment related programs to people facing barriers to employment. Last year, Palmetto Goodwill placed over 1,596 people into new jobs and provided services for more than 57,981.
Hilton Head Goodwill held its Re-Grand Opening in 2015 with a ribbon cutting. The store added 2,800 square feet and a more convenient donation drive thru. The renovated and expanded store is at the same location, 95 Mathews Drive in the Port Royal Plaza, and features an expanded sales floor. Here, customers hunt for bargains in 2015 in the expanded showroom. As part of the festivities, Palmetto Goodwill gave away a 40-inch VIZIO smart TV. Palmetto Goodwill is a non-profit social service organization whose mission is to help people achieve their full potential through work. Over 90 percent of Palmetto Goodwill’s revenue goes to fund mission-related services such as career counseling, job training, and other employment related programs to people facing barriers to employment. Last year, Palmetto Goodwill placed over 1,596 people into new jobs and provided services for more than 57,981. Jay Karr

In 2018, Goodwill stores diverted four billion pounds of usable goods from landfills, according to the organization’s website.

While work on the second store is underway, the existing store will be closed from Nov. 3 through Nov. 8 for remodeling. When it reopens, it’s “going to look more like a boutique,” Merrill said.

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This story was originally published September 26, 2019 at 4:30 AM.

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Katherine Kokal graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and joined The Island Packet newsroom in 2018. Before moving to the Lowcountry, she worked as an interviewer and translator at a nonprofit in Barcelona and at two NPR member stations. At The Island Packet, Katherine covers Hilton Head Island’s government, environment, development, beaches and the all-important Loggerhead Sea Turtle. She has earned South Carolina Press Association Awards for in-depth reporting, government beat reporting, business beat reporting, growth and development reporting, food writing and for her use of social media.
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