Posted on 12.12.09 to Hand-Me-Downs by Jake Dubs

Dear Goodwill,

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I just want to say thank you.

Thank you for the miles of cotton, denim and fabric you throw together on mismatched hangers in beautiful, colorful randomness.

Thank you for providing me with nearly 1/3 of my awesome t-shirt collection, including 3 of my 5 favorites.

Thank you for the obscene amount of money you’ve saved me over the years, even if much of that money went to extra laundry detergent I used to wash what you gifted me several times over to get out the hobo smell.

Thank you for that janitor’s jacket I wore last Halloween. …Really? A janitor’s jacket? You actually sold me that for $2.99? Amazing.

Thank you for the countless Halloweens before that, for those ridiculous pants, those cheap sunglasses, those awful Christmas sweaters, that woman’s blouse.

Thank you for singlehandedly helping me have the best outfit at my Fraternity’s annual “What the fuck are you wearing?” Mixer 4 years in a row. No one had any clue what the fuck I was wearing.

Thank you for making my skin feel tingling and strange after trying on dozens of other people’s old, unwanted shirts and jeans. A shower the second I got home was all that was needed.

Thank you for existing, Goodwill. You’re a true part of my life.

I love you.

Jake

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Jake,

We just want to say you're welcome.

We want to say you're welcome for your awesome T-shirts, cheap sunglasses, the countless Halloweens, the mixer victories and everything else — including the tingling feeling. Yes, we really sold you a janitor's jacket for $2.99. It's what we do.

We also want to say thank you for buying all of that at a Goodwill store. When you pay us for a Christmas sweater, we use that money to pay for job training and community services. So you get ridiculous pants, someone else gets a job. Here's what we do: http://www.goodwill.org/about-us/.

Thanks for writing, Jake. We're glad we're a part of your life.

Cody from Goodwill Industries International

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Cody added these pithy words on Dec 15 09 at 10:55 am

Jake,

We just want to say you're welcome.

We want to say you're welcome for your awesome T-shirts, cheap sunglasses, the countless Halloweens, the mixer victories and everything else — including the tingling feeling. Yes, we really sold you a janitor's jacket for $2.99. It's what we do.

We also want to say thank you for buying all of that at a Goodwill store. When you pay us for a Christmas sweater, we use that money to pay for job training and community services. So you get ridiculous pants, someone else gets a job. Here's what we do: http://www.goodwill.org/about-us/.

Thanks for writing, Jake. We're glad we're a part of your life.

Cody from Goodwill Industries International

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