Ellen Hankes

Purge and Help Others Prepare for Success

If you are fortunate to be near one of the more than 2,000 Goodwill retail sites, consider Goodwill as part of your program for purging household items that will have value to others.

This is Goodwill Industries Week and a great opportunity to learn more about their mission and services. According to their website, Goodwill links a job seeker with a job every 56 seconds every day of the work week.

Many of our residential clients find Goodwill a convenient place to donate outgrown clothing, surplus kitchen items, and home decor pieces. Graduating college students can also donate those extra items that have accumulated through their college career.

Have you experienced the opportunity to purge items and help others prepare for success? We would like to hear about it!

Green Email is Call to Action

Email signatures sometimes include motivational quotes or "Ask me about..." notes. Here's an environmental call to action that was included in the signature of a member of the Rolodex team:

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

When fewer emails are printed, less paper, printer ink and electricity is used. There is less wear and tear on the printer. There are fewer papers to process, file and organize! Desktops function better without stray printouts.

There are times emails need to be printed, but this is a valuable reminder to consider resource conservation instead of just hitting PRINT.

Do you have a reminder to refrain from printing non-essential material? We would like to hear from you!

Teachers Help us Learn to Organize

What do Teachers and Professional Organizers have in common? They work with individuals to find the best learning environment that works for their unique style and needs.

We could say that our school teachers taught us almost everything we need to know about organizing.

In honor of National Teacher Day on May 6, here's a short list of valuable organizing concepts our teachers helped us a learn: