In case you choose to skip the treasure hunt at Goodwill, there’s now an app for that.
ShopGoodwill.com has launched its first smartphone app, curating thrift-store finds from throughout the U.S.
The public sale platform is accessible within the Apple App and Google Play shops. Goodwill says the app permits looking, bidding and shopping for from a listing of not less than 300,000 gadgets.
The app contains class looking out, fast bids, real-time push notifications and private purchasing providers.
“We’re thrilled to see the ShopGoodwill.com cellular app come to life and provides our rising buyer base extra methods to find secondhand treasures,” stated Nicole Suydam, president and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County, the Goodwill group that owns and operates ShopGoodwill.com.
She stated the launch is the start of “future innovation for ShopGoodwill.com.”
“We see the app as the muse for giant alternatives to merge brick-and-mortar thrifting with on-the-go purchasing – all pushed by our want to additional the Goodwill mission and serve extra people on their path to discovering significant employment,” Suydam stated.
JWA sees one other uptick in passenger site visitors
Airline passenger site visitors continued to rebound at John Wayne Airport in February with 717,400 vacationers crossing airline gates.
The airport reported it served 717,400 passengers, a rise of 215.5% in contrast with a pandemic-hindered depend of 227,402 in February 2021. Site visitors was nonetheless down 6% in contrast with 2020, earlier than the pandemic hit. JWA served 764,506 passengers in February 2020, a lower of 9.1% when in comparison with February 2019 of 789,523 passengers.
Different airport highlights:
Industrial plane operations elevated 87.5% and commuter plane operations elevated 63.5%.
Whole plane operations elevated in February 2022 as in contrast with the identical month in 2021. In February 2022, there have been 23,522 complete plane operations (take-offs and landings), a 7.5% improve in comparison with 21,873 complete plane operations in February 2021.
Normal aviation exercise decreased 9.9% in comparison with February 2021, and elevated 29.0% when in comparison with normal aviation exercise of 12,513 in February 2020.
The highest three airways in February 2022 based mostly on passenger depend had been Southwest Airways (275,771), United Airways (105,039) and American Airways (104,049).
On the transfer
Adrian Dobrowolsky is the incoming director of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian’s new Bariatric Weight Loss Program. He’s skilled in each laparoscopic and robotic surgical procedure. Along with surgical outcomes, Dobrowolsky will works with endocrinologist David Ahn who will oversee the medical-management elements of the affected person’s weight reduction journey. Hoag says its Bariatric Weight Loss Program is in its developmental part and might be added later this 12 months on the Newport Seaside hospital.
Newport Seaside-based accounting agency Blueprint CFO has added three chief monetary officer consultants to the corporate’s govt crew. John Bradley, Daniel Stromberg and John Khamis all have many years of expertise in finance.
On board
Newport Seaside resident Laura Brightwell has been appointed to the board at Atlanta-based Builders, a industrial insurance coverage agency that operates in California and 16 different states. She is certainly one of two of the primary ladies to affix Builders’ board. She is vice-chair of the College of Georgia Terry Faculty of Enterprise Dean’s Advisory Board and a board member of the Alliance Theatre.
Milestones
Hoag Hospital Basis has established three new endowed chairs, bringing the hospital’s complete to twenty. The entire packages fund therapies and packages in most cancers, breast care, ladies’s well being, aortic care, cardiac care, cardiovascular surgical procedure, neurosciences, reminiscence loss and cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal illness, diabetes and orthopedics.
Three new endowed chairs have been awarded to:
Robert S. Gorab, the Tom & Mayumi Adams Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgical procedure. Robert G. Louis is the Empower360 Endowed Chair in Cranium Base and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. Subbarao V. Myla is the Dr. Joel H. Manchester Endowed Chair in Interventional Cardiology.
Good works
Costa Mesa-based New Instructions for Ladies celebrated 45 years of service just lately with a breakfast March 17 on the Balboa Bay Resort. The occasion has up to now raised $275,000 by practically 400 attendees (in-person and digital) on the St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser. The nonprofit helps residential therapy for ladies and their kids.
Particular recognition was given to the 2022 Amethyst Society recipients in three classes together with Susan Meeks and Barbara Wiggs-Nelson (Volunteer); Howard and Katherine Bland and Judy Elmore (Investor); and Steve and Lois Mihaylo and Ceres Basis (Patron).
Annual stroll for Alzheimer’s raises $300K and counting
The nonprofit Alzheimer’s Orange County’s annual Walk4ALZ & Run4ALZ at Angel Stadium drew greater than 2,500 individuals and raised $300,000.
Fundraising continues till June to assist providers for these battling Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Main sponsors for this 12 months’s occasion included Healthpeak Properties, Avanir, Low cost Tire & Service Facilities, Irvine Scientific Analysis and Park View Estates.
To this point, the highest particular person fundraiser is Alan Brutman, president and co-founder of Judicate West. He raised greater than $16,000. The highest crew was additionally Judicate West, which raised $32,000.
To donate, go to alzoc.org/walkrun. AlzOC is at 2515 McCabe, Suite 200, Irvine, 92614. Extra info could be discovered at alzoc.org.
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