Goodwill Industries International honors Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) as a recipient of its National Policymaker Award for 2011. This award recognizes a federal policymaker who has demonstrated support for the public policy priorities of Goodwill and is an advocate of the organization’s job training programs.
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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Aaron Bishop, executive director of the National Council on Disability (NCD), with the Goodwill 2011 Outstanding Leadership Award for Federal Executives. The award is given by Goodwill Industries International and its board of directors public policy committee.
Goodwill Industries International has named Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley (Frederick, MD) as its Advocacy Leader in 2011. The award recognizes a Goodwill® agency that has demonstrated leadership and commitment to advancing Goodwill’s policy and advocacy efforts to further Goodwill’s mission of helping people secure employment and build stronger communities. The agency is also recognized for building strong relationships with federal and state policymakers.
More than 175 representatives from Goodwill® including CEOs, workforce professionals, volunteer board members, and program participants will gather on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 12 to urge Congress to secure the country’s economic recovery by preserving and expanding federal job training programs.
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Goodwill Industries International has partnered with the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) to further advance social enterprises in communities around the world. Social enterprises are organizations or ventures that apply business methods to achieve their social mission and find solutions to social problems. SEA is the largest member network in North America dedicated to supporting and advancing the field of social enterprise.
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Goodwill Industries International’s headquarters in Rockville, Maryland has been named a Green Power Partner by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of its efforts to reduce the risk of climate change through green power purchasing. For nearly 110 years, Goodwill® has been an entrepreneurial leader, environmental pioneer and social innovator of the “reduce, reuse, repurpose” practice. In addition to diverting billions of pounds of usable goods from landfills each year, Goodwill has taken integral steps to place increased emphasis on sustainable building and operations practices.
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Spring presents the perfect time to take a fresh look at the items in your home and decide what should stay and what should go. As you de-clutter your home, Goodwill Industries® can put your unwanted items to good use. When you donate your gently used clothing, housewares and electronics, you are helping Goodwill® provide job training, education programs and community- based services to people in local communities every year.
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By purchasing your spring wardrobe essentials at participating Bon-Ton stores, you’ll not only look good, you’ll do good for your community as well. Between March 9 and 23, customers who donate clean, gently used clothing and textiles during the semi-annual Goodwill® Sale at any Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s, Younkers or Parisian stores, will receive coupons toward the purchase of new merchandise.
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Goodwill Industries International, a leading social services enterprise, is teaming with Hanes®, America’s No. 1 Basic Apparel Brand to launch a Clean Out Your Drawers effort and encourage Americans to donate responsibly. Building on the strength of the Goodwill® Donate Movement, a global public awareness initiative focusing on donating responsibly, the new partnership with Hanes will help consumers learn more about how they can donate their gently used items to make a positive impact on their community and the environment.
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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to announce that Hanes® — America’s No. 1 Basic Apparel Brand , with products in nine out of 10 U.S. households — and Planet Green™ — the television network devoted to sustainable living — are the newest partners to join the Donate Movement. Hanes and Planet Green join Family Circle Magazine and Levi's in a platform of iconic brands that support the Donate Movement, which encourages consumers to consider the positive impact their donations have on both people and the planet.
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Goodwill Industries International has been named a certified green business through the Montgomery County Maryland Green Business Certification Program. The program recognizes businesses and other entities that have taken voluntary steps to protect, preserve and improve the environment on behalf of the Department of Environmental Protection and Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce.
A new program, funded by the Walmart Foundation and administered by Goodwill®, empowers single mothers with all the tools they need to find employment, succeed in the workplace and permanently support their families. The Walmart Foundation’s grant of $ 2.5 million will support the program, known as Beyond Jobs, at Goodwill agencies in the five key markets of Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles County, Detroit, and New York City, through 2012. The funding has already assisted single mothers with job training and placement at select locations.
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