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Program Manager Started Her Goodwill® Career as a Front Desk Receptionist Boise, Id. – Laura Tompkins, program operations manager at Easter Seals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain, is the recipient of Goodwill Industries International’s 2018 Edgar J. Helms Award for Graduate Staff. Tompkins leads all Goodwill workforce development programs in Southern Idaho and Billings, MT. Most recently,
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Late Goodwill® President and CEO Honored by Goodwill Industries International
2018 Watkins Award for Mission Advancement Posthumously Awarded to Jane P. Seckinger Columbus, Ga. – Goodwill Industries International is honored to announce that the posthumous recipient of its 2018 Watkins Award for Mission Advancement is the late President and CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers (GoodwillSR), Jane Prince Nichols Seckinger. Seckinger led GoodwillSR
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Minnesota Woman Honored by Goodwill Industries International
20-year Goodwill® Employee Recognized for Long-Standing Commitment to Mission Saint Paul, Minn. – Maureen Gaedy has worked for Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota since 1997, but her longevity with organization is just one indication of her commitment and passion for its mission. Gaedy has weathered continuous change and unprecedented growth — in her staff, territory, programs, participants,
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Goodwill® Volunteer Receives Award for Volunteer Service
Margo Burnside Receives Goodwill Industries International’s 2018 Volunteer Mission Leader of the Year Award Jackson, Miss. – Goodwill Industries International is recognizing Margo Burnside with its 2018 Volunteer Mission Leader of the Year Award. As the president of the Goodwill Industries® Volunteer Services (GIVS) board at Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, she leads the 35-member volunteer
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Long-Time Goodwill® Employee Honored for Excellence in Leadership
Local CEO recognized for sustainable impact in the community Austin, TX. – The President and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Texas, Gerald “Jerry” Davis, has been named the 2018 Goodwill Sustainability Champion Award. Davis has been with the Goodwill network for nearly 25 years, and Goodwill Industries International is pleased to present him with
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Three Local Goodwill® Organizations Designated as Centers of Excellence
ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International (GII) has designated local organizations in Wilimington, DE; New Orleans, LA; and Long Beach, CA, as its 2017 Centers of Excellence. These Goodwill® organizations were selected for their hard work and strong impact across all three strategic mission priority areas: career navigation, financial wellness, and inclusion and equitable access.
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Goodwill® Celebrates Mission During Annual Goodwill Industries® Week
When You Shop at Goodwill, You Are Helping Build Futures for People in Your Community ROCKVILLE, MD — It’s Goodwill Industries Week, a time during which Goodwill organizations celebrate the 116-year-old anniversary of the founding of Goodwill, and the impact of the mission on communities throughout the United States and Canada. This year, the commemoration
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Pride and Purpose Through the Power of Work
Goodwill Industries International Names Timothy Zarzecki its 2018 Achiever the Year Virginia Beach, VA — At age 52, Timothy Zarzecki has found a place — and a purpose — through his job in food services at a military base in Virginia Beach, VA. Born with a physical disability and diagnosed with depression, he was out
Passion For Radio-Controlled Cars Leads Florida Man To New Career
Goodwill Industries International Names Michael Merriman its 2018 Graduate of the Year Okeechobee, FL. – When Michael Merriman was six months old, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which heavily impacted his mobility and ability to speak. Yet that hasn’t stopped him from working toward a career, achieving professional success and exploring new ways to
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Goodwill Industries International Announces Resignation of President and CEO
The Goodwill Industries International (GII) Board of Directors today announced that Jim Gibbons, president and CEO, will resign after more than ten years of service to pursue new opportunities in social impact investment and entrepreneurialism.
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The Best Ways Goodwill® Helps to Reduce and Reuse on Earth Day
Goodwill, the country’s leading workforce development nonprofit, is once again lending a hand toward the world’s largest environmental movement, Earth Day. The theme of this year’s Earth Day – Sunday, April 22 – is to end plastic pollution by employing the principles of conscious consumerism: reduce, refuse and reuse/recycle.
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Maine Senator Honored by Goodwill® For His Active Involvement with Goodwill Workforce Development Efforts
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is one of nine members of Congress who received the Goodwill Industries International Policymaker Leader Award this week. The award honors elected officials who support Goodwill’s public policy agenda. Awardees were announced on Thursday, April 19 at Goodwill’s annual advocacy event in Washington, D.C.
