Jeffrey McCaw Steps Up to Lead Goodwill’s Finance Department Rockville, MD –Jeffrey McCaw, CPA, has been named as Goodwill Industries International’s chief financial officer (CFO), effective immediately. McCaw has served as the organization’s controller for more than six years. In his role as CFO, McCaw will oversee all activities associated with finance, reporting, planning and
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“Workin’ It” program will allow Goodwill to serve even more people who face employment challenges ROCKVILLE, Md. — Goodwill®, in collaboration with eBay Giving Works, eBay’s charity fundraising program, today launched a fundraising campaign that focuses on helping people find and keep jobs. From February 7 to 13, Goodwill will be a featured nonprofit on
For Once In My Life is an inspiring, expectation-defying look at the Spirit of Goodwill® band, a unique assembly of 28 singers and musicians, all with disabilities —ranging from autism and behavioral disorders to cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and visual impairments — who share an uncanny gift for music, joy and friendship.
As a Goodwill spokesperson, veteran wide receiver talks about tough upbringing and helping others succeed through work. ROCKVILLE, MD — He’s played in three Pro Bowls, is one of only two players to catch for more than 1,000 yards in each of the past six seasons, and is the longest-standing member of one of football’s
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Goodwill Industries International announced today that it will continue its partnership with FLW Outdoors, the world’s leading tournament-fishing organization, as part of its professional fishing tour. As part of the partnership, award-winning angler Chad Grigsby will serve as the Goodwill® ambassador in 2011, sporting the Goodwill jersey and Smiling G logo at live FLW Outdoors tournaments across the country, which begin in Clewiston, Fla., on Thursday, February 3. The partnership between Goodwill and FLW Outdoors came about through Irwin L. Jacobs, who is the chairman and chief executive officer of FLW Outdoors, the creator of FLW Fantasy Fishing and a major contributor to local organizations that serve people with disadvantages.
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Young People Need Your Help this National Mentoring Month Rockville, MD — January is National Mentoring Month, and Goodwill Industries International is helping youth succeed by helping them overcome disadvantages and avoid delinquency through the Goodwill® GoodGuides® youth mentoring program. The effort is part of a national program that helps teens finish school and transition
The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) named Goodwill Industries International as the winner of its 2010 Excellence in New Communications Award in the online publishing/blogging category. SNCR sponsors the prestigious awards to honor individuals and organizations that are pioneering the use of social media and Internet communications technologies (ICT) in business, education, government, media, nonprofits/non-governmental organizations, and technology. SNCR presented the award to Goodwill® at the 5th Annual SNCR Research Symposium & Awards Gala held at Stanford University.
Goodwill® announced today a new partnership with CharityDeductions.comTM that will give people who donate to Goodwill an easy and accurate way to value their donations for increased tax returns. From a link on Goodwill’s donate page, visitors are sent to CharityDeductions.com and offered a free trial for the first $500 in donation values received, as well as an exclusive discounted membership.
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Goodwill Industries International received two platinum Ava Awards for the video Goodwill®: Building Job Opportunities, Stronger Families and Vibrant Communities, which showcases Goodwill’s mission of helping people transform their lives and strengthen their communities through the education and career services as provided by Goodwill agencies across the country. Members of the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals judged and administered the awards. See the video on the Goodwill Industries International YouTube channel.
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Rockville, MD — On December 14, President Barack Obama named Goodwill Industries International President and CEO Jim Gibbons to the newly established White House Council for Community Solutions. Gibbons is one of 25 nonprofit, corporation and foundation leaders on the council, which is committed to social innovation and civic engagement. To help lift up community
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ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International is pleased to name Alexandria Santangelo of Bradenton, FL, the winner of its first-ever Donate Movement photo contest. Santangelo will receive the grand prize — a Levi’s prize pack worth $400 and other prizes — for submitting the most creative photo in the contest. The contest was judged by
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Dell and Goodwill Industries International has added 100 Goodwill® donation sites to the Dell Reconnect computer recycling program, making it convenient for more than 42 million U.S. households to drop off computers and related accessories for free, responsible recycling. The new collection sites, located in Delaware, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, are now among more than 2,200 Dell Reconnect collection sites across the United States and Canada. The new sites are expected to divert approximately 5 million pounds of e-waste from landfills each year.
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