ROCKVILLE, MD – The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for the donation of household items. It is also one of the busiest times of the year — period. As a result, many people look for the quickest, easiest way to donate their used goods. This practice can, unfortunately, have
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Rockville, MD– shopgoodwill.com, the first and only Internet auction site run by a nonprofit organization, has earned $100 million in support of the Goodwill® mission of helping people find jobs and build careers. Since August 1999, shopgoodwill.com has sold donations online. Revenues provide job training programs and other community-based services to people with disabilities, those
Rockville, MD – Burlington Coat Factory has donated 32,000 children’s books to Goodwill® agencies to support Goodwill’s mission of helping people find jobs and strengthen their communities. According to the Online Donation Impact Calculator on donate.goodwill.org, this generous donation of books will help provide more than 533 hours of Goodwill career services, such as job
Goodwill Wins SmartCEO Magazine’s EcoCEO Award for the Washington/Baltimore region ROCKVILLE, MD— Goodwill Industries International won an EcoCEO Award in the implementer category for medium sized businesses and nonprofits. The EcoCEO Awards, given by SmartCEO Magazine, recognize Washington DC area businesses and nonprofits that are implementing environmentally responsible products, services and technologies into their operations.
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The League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) awarded Goodwill Industries International a platinum award, the highest award in the organizational video category for the 2010 Spotlight Awards. The video, Goodwill®: Building Job Opportunities, Stronger Families and Vibrant Communities, showcases Goodwill’s mission of helping people find jobs, be independent and strengthen their communities. See the video on our YouTube YouTube channel.
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Rockville, MD – Veterans have made sacrifices to serve our country and they deserve nothing less than our full support to successfully reintegrate back into civilian society. When veterans return, they often face difficulties making the transition from active duty to civilian life. Balancing this transition during tough economic times, and a slow job market
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ROCKVILLE, MD — The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT) is pleased to announce a record-breaking year for its semi-annual Goodwill® Sale, which collected 8.3 million pounds of donations between its spring and fall sales. Bon-Ton’s Goodwill Sale has been occurring since 1994, and the latest event took place from September 15 through September 29, 2010,
Documentary Film Shows How People with Disabilities Work to Inspire Audiences ROCKVILLE, MD — From New York to L.A. and from Austin to Edmonton, a movie about The Spirit of Goodwill® Band made up of program participants at Goodwill is winning awards and charming audiences. For Once in My Life is a film that shows
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Goodwill Industries International, a leading social enterprise, is pleased to announce that it has been globally ranked as a top ten workforce development nonprofit by Philanthropedia, an organization devoted to improving and measuring nonprofit effectiveness. The organization surveyed a large group of experienced nonprofit experts, including foundation professionals, government officials, nonprofit senior staff, academics, researchers, and others, and asked them to identify some of the highest-impact nonprofits working in their sectors. The experts were surveyed about topics that were both timely and relevant to the country, and it was from that angle that they decided to study workforce development.
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From November 1– 22, Goodwill® is asking the public to find items to donate to Goodwill, mark them with Donate Movement stickers, take photos of their donations, and share the photos with Goodwill Industries International. Each entrant will be eligible to win, with the grand prize winner for the most creative photo receiving a Levi’s® prize pack worth $400.
Reduce your clutter and refresh your spirit by donating your gently used coats and boots to a worthy cause this Thanksgiving weekend. Goodwill® and Sears Canada Inc. (TSX: SCC) invite Canadians to visit their local Sears department stores and donate their gently used coats and boots and, in exchange, receive a coupon for $10 off a minimum purchase of $100 of new outerwear and boots, good through October 29, 2010, to get the entire family winter-ready.
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Goodwill Industries International is urging employers to consider the unique talents, perspectives and contributions that people with disabilities bring to the workplace. Communities throughout the United States and Canada need workers ready to help rebuild our economy. People with disabilities are a talented source of labor ready and able to work. For more than 100 years, Goodwill® has been giving people with disabilities the tools they need to find jobs, build their careers and be independent.
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