{"id":1397,"date":"2014-02-04T13:12:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T18:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2015-07-09T14:25:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T14:25:38","slug":"winter-blues-got-you-down-warm-up-with-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/winter-blues-got-you-down-warm-up-with-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter blues got you down? Warm up with color!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By stylist and blogger, Annette K.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s winter. It\u2019s cold and it\u2019s snowy. Frigid temperatures stop us in our tracks. Days are short and skies are dismal. We wear our staple clothes – the blacks, browns and grays. It\u2019s easy to become complacent. We\u2019re bored.<\/p>\n

Add some color, prints and textures to your wardrobe. Don\u2019t give in to the blacks, browns, and grays. It will help brighten your appearance, transform your mood and warm your spirits.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Ross, 72-year-old resident of Cumberland County, knows all too well the battles of keeping her spirits up. And during these winter months, it\u2019s especially challenging.<\/p>\n

Carolyn is a two-time breast cancer survivor, had double bypass heart surgery, and received a bone marrow transplant for treatment of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at John Hopkins two years ago. She said, \u201cAll those times that I was getting treatments, I always dressed in bright colors.\u201d<\/p>\n

When I met up with Carolyn at the Goodwill in Mechanicsburg (Hampden Township) last week, she just came from the gym (yeah, you read that right\u2026the gym). She had on leggings and a cute red sweatshirt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to wear color,\u201d she said. \u201cIt makes me feel young and active.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tremendous research has been done on the psychology of color and its effect on mood and energy level. The color red, for example, evokes energy and confidence, while pink suggests femininity and grace. Purple conjures up creativity and green a sense of calm.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let the winter blues get you down. And Valentine\u2019s Day is right around the corner and offers us a reason to celebrate! And while preparing to celebrate, stop by your local Goodwill store for a quick winter wardrobe update and huge selection of colors and styles.\"Slide2\" <\/a><\/p>\n

Special thanks to Store Manager Barry Hackman and Sales Associates Cynthia Diodato and Leslie Oneglia from the Goodwill store in Mechanicsburg, PA \u00a0and to Carolyn Ross for sharing her story.<\/i><\/p>\n

Are you an aspiring fashion designer?\u00a0 Enter the Goodwill Re-Design Contest. The Re-Design Contest offers aspiring fashion designers, students, fashionistas and hobbyists the opportunity to show their creativity by repurposing items purchased at Goodwill. Finalists will have the opportunity to display their work at the Goodwill Runway Show on April 24, 2014 at the Body Zone, Wyomissing, PA. Doors open at 4:30pm, the show begins at 6:30pm. The show is Goodwill’s largest fundraiser in Berks County. For more information about the Goodwill Runway Show, go to <\/i>www.yourgoodwill.org\/<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        By stylist and blogger, Annette K.   It\u2019s winter. It\u2019s cold and it\u2019s snowy. Frigid temperatures stop us in our tracks. Days are short and skies are dismal. We wear our staple clothes – the blacks, browns and grays. It\u2019s easy to become complacent. We\u2019re bored. Add some color, prints and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.yourgoodwill.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}