For example, one truck will be dropping off “product” at a store on Midvale that doesn’t get enough donations, before picking up excess donations at another store in an affluent neighborhood. “People call me up from the stores and say, ‘I need wares!’ ” He laughs. “Oh well, I’ll tell the donors!” But he’s not joking, entirely. Goodwill chooses its store and donation sites in part on where it expects to receive donations that can feed into stores that don’t receive enough. When Schmidt dispatches trucks, he’s bridging social and income inequalities.
