Goodwill of Silicon Valley opening its first outlet store in San Jose

Goodwill of Silicon Valley CEO Christopher Baker is quite excited about the new Goodwill Outlet store opening May in San Jose It s a double benefit noted Baker who has been with Goodwill of Silicon Valley for years and took over the top spot last August Shoppers he declared will get an even better price than they would at regular Goodwill retail stores Not to mention it s also keeping more stuff out of landfills It s a triple benefit when you consider the extra revenue Goodwill can pump back into its job-training programs So how s a Goodwill Outlet different from one of its regular stores Like the regular stores customers can purchase donated clothing books household items and electronics but instead of department store-style shopping everything at the outlet store is sorted into bins and sold by the pound Furniture items also will be available at the outlet store at special lower prices and not by weight Items including clothing housewares and media are sorted into bins for shoppers at the new Goodwill Outlet store in San Jose which has its grand opening scheduled for Friday May Courtesy Goodwill of Silicon Valley Baker reported me that Goodwill processes about million pounds of donated items every year Not all of that is suitable for Goodwill s retail store but instead of being thrown out those items will now go to the outlet store Goodwill has a four-week cycle for items in retail stores and items that are unsold after a month also will go to the outlet Related Articles It s going to be a festive Cinco de Mayo weekend in San Jose Alcario Castellano used lottery jackpot to fuel neighborhood philanthropy World War II airman s remains receive a hero s welcome in San Jose Festival season gets underway this weekend in San Jose It s high time San Jose recognize site of historic Grateful Dead show While other Goodwill organizations in the Bay Area have been weathering laborious times lately Baker noted Goodwill of Silicon Valley is financially strong This year it purchased a new building for its headquarters on Device Drive in North San Jose and plans to lease out various of the floors to nonprofits with similar missions The Goodwill Outlet store is at Tully Road at the intersection with King Road and will have its grand opening at a m Friday with remarks from Baker San Jose City Councilmember Bien Doan and Christina Bui chair of the Tully Road Eastridge Business Association ARTFUL WEEKEND The monthly South First Fridays art walk is back this week in downtown San Jose and it ll be a great opportunity to check out this year s Latinx Now art auction exhibition at the MACLA gallery S First St The exhibition showcases the work of more than artists and it ll all be auctioned off May Get more information on the auction at www maclaarte org and get the full South First Fridays lineup at www southfirstfridays com There ll be creativity on display for the eyes and ears in Saratoga this weekend too The Saratoga Rotary s th annual Art Show will return to West Valley College on Saturday and Sunday with sculptures paintings photographs and mixed-media art on display from a m to p m each day There ll be plenty of live music to go along with the art as well Get more details at www saratogarotaryartshow org And on Sunday there ll be certain wonderful sounds at Saint Andrew s Episcopal Church in Saratoga where acclaimed pianist Katya Grineva will perform in the church s first concert series on its Imperial Bosendorfer Grand Piano The church received a grant from the Valley Foundation to acquire the instrument which is the only one of its kind at a South Bay venue Tickets to the p m concert are but anyone under is free Go to www st-andrews-saratoga org for tickets AND THEY RE OFF Kentucky Derby fans may be flocking to San Jose Fair Downs at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on Saturday to watch the Triple Crown race The Derby Day celebrations start at a m and will include a contest for best hat mint juleps and themed food specials and of subject you can bet on the p m race there too Parking in Lot C is free but remember to leave the kids at home you ve got to be at least to enter