Two Goodwill stores in Terre Haute will reopen on Monday

Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries is gradually reopening its retailers throughout Indiana.

Customers are required to wear a face covering while inside the store.

The afternoon.

Winds could ""we're not running at capacity right now.

We do ask that if you can hold onto your donations a little bit longer, and let us get ramped back up to handle all that stuff."

One local thrift store is preparing to open its doors.

This evening... officials have a message to pass along.

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Two terre haute goodwill locations will reopen this coming monday.

All 10 goodwill locations have been shut down since march 20th.

Indiana governor eric holcomb allowed retail stores to reopen at 50-percent capacity earlier this week.

We told you on first at five about plans for gradually reopening indiana's goodwill locations throughout the wabash valley.

News 10's tilly marlatt shares more on why you may want to hold off just a while longer before donating.

{pk} wabash valley goodwill industries is starting to reopen some of its retailers.

Two of the three terre haute stores will open starting this monday.

This includes the goodwill headquarters on south 3rd street and the wabash avenue.

President and ceo of wabash valley goodwill industries bill tennis says safety remains a top priority.

Sneeze guards have been installed at registers and staff will be wearing masks.

"there's also a requirement that our customers wear face coverings.

So if you don't have a face covering or choose not to do it, we're not going to allow you in our store.

For our safety and for our other customers' safety."

Tennis says they are expecting a higher volume of donations as stores begin to reopen.

"we're anticipating that once the public knows that our retailing is opening back up that there will be a surge of donations, because we have a tremendous amount of email and telephone calls with people that were stuck at home, and they were doing their spring cleaning, and they want to get rid of the stuff."

You're encouraged to hold off a little while longer before dropping off donations.

Tennis says they're currently not operating at full capacity.

"well, we've asked them not to drop-off until we get back and open.

Obviously, people have dropped stuff off after hours, but we're not encouraging people to bring us things until we open each facility."

Tennis says the community can find updates on the wabash valley goodwill industries facebook page and website.

We'll have that online at w-t-h- i-tv dot com.

Reporting in terre haute, tilly marlatt, news 10.>>