Goodwill: Beware of solicitors

Staff report

Youngstown

Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries has been notified that solicitors are calling people, using Goodwill’s name, and offering to pick up their old computers and charging them a pickup fee.

Goodwill does accept old computers and computer equipment as part of its Reconnect computer-recycling partnership with Dell. It does not, however, solicit or charge people for their computers, according to a Goodwill press release.

People who wish to get rid of old computers and equipment can drop them off at any one of Goodwill’s eight donation centers in Austintown, Boardman, Liberty, Calcutta, Salem, Warren, Hermitage, Pa., or New Castle, Pa.

Businesses, schools or organizations with large quantities can call Goodwill at (330) 759-7921 to make arrangements for pickup.

If people are contacted by someone offering to pick up computers for a fee and using Goodwill’s name, contact Goodwill immediately.

The goal of the Reconnect program is to offer consumers a free, convenient and responsible way to recycle computers and equipment.

For more information on the program, visit www.reconnectpartnership.com.

In addition to computers and computer equipment, Goodwill also accepts clothing, toys, furniture and housewares.