New Goodwill donation center to open in former Value Village parking lot

There’s a new Goodwill donation center opening Dec. 20 in Crown Hill at 8532 15th Ave NW in the old Value Village parking lot.

Value Village closed its doors rather suddenly last month, much to the dismay of its customers. Now, while the building sits empty, Goodwill will set up a donation drop-off out front.

Katherine Boury from Goodwill tells My Ballard that the end of the year is always a really busy time for drop-offs, and the Goodwill store on 8th and 65th is always bombarded with donations as it is.

“We’re always looking for new locations for donation centers — anything we can do to make it more convenient for people to donate,” Boury says.

For drop-offs, Boury says there are a few tips to help bring the most value to donations:

1. To keep pairs of shoes together, please tie them together by the laces or rubber band them together.
2. Rubber band or tape together boxes of games or puzzles.
3. Bag up clothing and linens to separate from other items.
4. Tape remotes to electronic devices.  Tape a note to the electronic device indicating if it fully works.
5. Box or bag like items together such as putting all the clothes together or all the dishes together in one container.
6. For fragile items, please wrap them in paper and put them in a box and marked it “fragile.”
7. For furniture that needs assembly put all fasteners in a plastic bag and attach it to the furniture.

Perhaps unfortunately for those lamenting the loss of Value Village, there aren’t any plans to turn the building into a new Goodwill. We’re looking into the fate of that property, and will update when we learn more.