Heather McComas: A Local Creator Bringing Her Art to Life

Meet Heather McComas! She started her journey with Goodwill back in 2017 when she came to us seeking help finding a job in the local area in Huntington, West Virginia.

Heather lost her vision during childhood due to retinoblastoma and is completely blind. With the help of Goodwill, Heather was placed with Heritage Farms, located in Huntington, West Virginia as an in-house artisan. She is an incredibly talented basket weaver and has been basket weaving for more than 20 years, completely by touch! She says she can envision the baskets in her mind and bring it to life through her hands.

Heather actually began selling her baskets and starting her own business by accident. She would make them as gifts for her professors at Marshall University, who then encouraged her to sell them. Before you know it, Three Blind Mice basket weaving was born.

Now that her business has grown, she returned to Goodwill for a second job to supplement her business costs. In January 2022, she was accepted to sell her goods at Tamarack, a well-known artisan seller in West Virginia, where her merchandise will be available in the spring. She also sells on ShopGoodwill.com!

Stories like Heather’s inspire us here at ShopGoodwill.com. Supporting local artists like Heather is one way we see our mission in action and are positively reminded to do something good with something great.

ShopGoodwill.com was designed to provide an engaging online shopping destination to further the Goodwill mission to help people overcome challenges to build skills, find jobs and grow their careers. All revenue from these auction sales fund Goodwill’s life-changing programs and services for people with disabilities and other barriers.

Story made possible by Goodwill of KYOWVA