Goodwill store coming to Fountain Valley in spring 2024

Goodwill of Orange County continues its expansion efforts with a new store coming to Fountain Valley by April.

The nonprofit confirmed that construction work observed by City Council member Kim Constantine at a former Tuesday Morning on Magnolia Street is indeed its next new store.

“We welcome this Goodwill to our community and I hope it does well,” Constantine said.

Goodwill of OC earlier this year announced a 10-year plan to double its retail presence in the county. In recent weeks, the organization opened a new store on North Tustin Street in a former Big Lots in Orange, the second for the city. Another store debuted in September at 790 N. Brookhurst St. in Anaheim.

The organization stresses that each store helps it expand its workforce development mission.

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“When most people think of our name, they think donation centers and retail stores,” Goodwill OC CEO Nicole Suydam said in September. “What we are really most proud of is what we are doing to change lives and help people develop careers.”

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For every donated item that is bought at a Goodwill OC store, 94 cents of every dollar goes into workforce programs offered by the nonprofit.

Suydam said the nonprofit is focusing much of its expansion to the south, where it doesn’t have a big presence.

Goodwill has 1,300 employees. It adds about 25 new jobs with every new store.  It operates 24 secondhand thrift stores in Orange County, including five OC Goodwill Boutiques and its e-commerce online store ShopGoodwill.com.

Address: 17120 Magnolia St., Fountain Valley

Staff writer Heather McRea contributed to this report.