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Our Mission

Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley provides services to empower individuals facing disabilities and economic disadvantages. With a dedicated team and diverse programs, GESMV focuses on recycling, e-cycling, and community events to achieve its mission. Partnering with organizations like Dell Reconnect, GESMV ensures environmentally responsible practices while serving over 13,000 people annually. The Corporate Program offers secure data destruction and recycling services for businesses, government entities, and schools. Join us in making a positive impact on individuals and the environment!

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Our Mission

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  1. Our Mission To empower people with disabilities & other needs to achieve independence & enhance their lives. In 2012, we provided services to over 13,000 people who face mountains such as disabilities and economic disadvantages.

  2. Area of Operation • Easter Seals counties • Goodwill and Easter Seals counties • Goodwill counties

  3. Dedicated Team, Community Impact To serve our community, we have about 1,200 employees, approximately 50% of whom have a disability, organized into three operating divisions: • Retail • Program Services • Business Services

  4. Affiliations, Accreditations & Certifications Goodwill Industries International Easter Seals AbilityOne (Federal) Dell Reconnect National Safety Council Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) ISO 9001:2008 CIMS-GB Certified Phase III of OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)

  5. GESMV: Recycling & Reuse • Goodwill Auto Auction – cars & other vehicles • Shopgoodwill.com – national site, unique items • GoodBookz4U – online book sales • Electronics recycling

  6. Goodwill Stores Recycling • 27 Goodwill Stores & 4 Attended Drop-off Centers • Approximately 650,000 donors annually • Approximately 24 million pounds will be recycled in 2013 • 2/3rds of donations are put in Goodwill Stores or our Outlet • 40 % of items placed in stores are sold as retail • Each item in stores color coded to keep product ‘fresh” • - 30 day limit • All textile items not sold in stores are sold to brokers • - None go to landfills • Metals, plastics, cardboard, paper, wire sold to recyclers • We pay to recycle TVs and broken wooden pallets

  7. GESMV E-Cycling Program Highlights: • Processed over 5.3 million pounds starting in 2010 • Projecting 3 million pounds for 2013 • Currently employ 16 directly in e-cycling program • Sales through PC Store - Dayton, Goodwill Stores, EBay, Recyclers • 2nd PC Store opened in July 2013 in Springfield • Emphasis on reuse, environmental and data safety • Goodwill Stores & Community Events • Part of Dell Reconnect System • Collection at Goodwill Stores and Attended Donation Centers • 15 community e-cycling events in 2013 • Corporate Program • Separate from Dell Program • Over 9,000 mailers sent to Chamber of Commerce members yearly • Employee dedicated to make calls to businesses, government entities, schools • Montgomery County e-cycling contract effective April 1, 2013

  8. North America partnership between Dell and Goodwill • Over 2,000 collection sites throughout U.S. & Canada • Over 250 million pounds of computer equipment processed • Most Goodwills in Ohio participate • GESMV participation began February 2010 • Standards set by GII and Dell • Accept all brands of computers, peripherals, parts, supplies • Monthly audits by 3rd Party • Prohibition on the export of waste & on the landfill of any environmentally-sensitive material • Although Dell Reconnect agreement states donors are responsible for data: - GESMV sanitizes all donations that are reused to DoD 5220.22-M standards - All donations sent to Dell’s environmental partners are sanitized or destroyed by them

  9. Community Events • Important & growing source of donations • Co-sponsors: Cities, towns, solid waste districts, chambers of commerce • Primary key to success: collaborative, organized promotion • Multiple benefits to sponsors, donors, environment, local employment opportunities

  10. Corporate Program • Includes businesses, government entities, schools, non-profits • 2013 estimated volume 1.3 million pounds • Data will be wiped to DoD 5220.22 M standards or degaussed by GESMV • Donors are provided Certificate of Destruction (for data) upon request • Donors have option of dropping off or having GESMV pick-up items • GESMV breaks down all donated corporate program items that are deemed unacceptable for reuse for resale for commodity value • GESMV sells to those companies that have appropriate electronic recycling certifications

  11. THANKS! Steve Wesseler Director, Business Services Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley 1511 Kuntz Road Dayton, Ohio 45404 937-528-6544 s.wesseler@gesmv.org

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