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Goodwill Industries International, a leading social service enterprise, today launched an education movement to raise awareness about the importance of donating used items and the positive impact those items have on people and the planet. To commemorate the launch, Goodwill® announces the first-ever Donate Challenge with an online Donation Impact Calculator to help consumers quickly and easily determine the social and environmental benefits of their donations. Goodwill will be launching the “Donate Movement” with partner and leading consumer brand, Levi Strauss & Co.® Lorie Marrero, Certified Professional Organizer (R) and creator of The Clutter Diet®, will serve as spokesperson.
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Tucson Goodwill CEO Honored with 2010 Kenneth K. King Management Award
Rockville, MD — When Suzanne Lawder took the helm of Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona (Tucson) in 1987, the agency served fewer than 80 people per year and the nonprofit was on the verge of bankruptcy. Today, the Tucson Goodwill is a thriving $11 million organization serving close to 15,000 Arizonians annually. For her leadership
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Goodwill Industries International CEO Recieves Jefferson Award for Achievements in Public Service
Jim Gibbons is the 2010 National Jefferson Award recipient in the Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged category. As the current president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International and former CEO for National Industries for the Blind, Gibbons is honored for his tireless, dedicated service to enhance economic opportunities and professional development for people who are blind as well as to help people with disabilities and disadvantages reach their full potential through work.
Goodwill Industries International Receives Grant to Support Virtual Health Care Career Navigation
ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International will promote virtual career exploration and opportunities in the health care field through a new federal grant. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the release of $14.7 million in health care career grants supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Goodwill Industries International is one of
Goodwill Industries International and Prison Fellowship Join Forces to Help Reduce Criminal Recidivism
Goodwill Industries International and Prison Fellowship signed an agreement on June 16, 2010 to collaborate on job training and mentoring services for people who spent time in prison and at-risk youth, and to influence public policy initiatives. The partnership aims to help these populations make a successful return to their communities following their release, support the children of formerly incarcerated individuals and reduce the rate of criminal recidivism.
Bon-Ton’s Goodwill® Sale Event Collects a Record Four Million Pounds of Clothing and Textiles
For the first time in the history of the semi-annual Bon-Ton Goodwill® Sale, which began in 1994, customers donated nearly four million pounds of clothing and textiles. The sale event was held March 10 through March 24, 2010. The donated items have an estimated value of approximately $17 million in revenues, which will support Goodwill’s job training programs, community-based services and other supportive services for individuals in communities nationwide. The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. — which operates stores under the Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s, Younkers and Parisian nameplates — received donations for Goodwill at its 267 stores. Goodwill will sell the donated items in the communities where they were collected, and the revenues will support job training for people with disabilities, those who lack education or job experience, and others facing challenges to finding employment.
Washington Woman Builds Better Life with Goodwill’s Help
Goodwill Industries International recently named Autum Beel one of its 2010 Kenneth Shaw Graduates of the Year for overcoming an addiction to drugs and for developing a promising career and strong family. Beel became addicted to crystal methamphetamines when she was 13 years old. She ran away from home when she was in high school and sold drugs to support her addiction. By the time she was 19, she had two children, but she asked her mother to raise them. Beel’s drug addiction made it very difficult for her to find and keep a job, care for her children and lead a stable life.
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Florida Woman Becomes an Advocate for People Who Are Blind
Goodwill Industries International recently named Sandra Martin one of its 2010 Kenneth Shaw Graduates of the Year for her tireless work to improve the lives of people with visual impairments and disabilities in her community. Martin began losing her vision 30 years ago as a result of juvenile diabetes. She lost her sight completely when her daughter was just a few weeks old. When her daughter was in high school, Martin overheard someone telling the teen that she’d have to take care of her mother for the rest of her life. In that moment, Martin decided she needed to find a job to become more independent.
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Goodwill® Employment Programs Benefited Nearly 2 Million People in 2009
Last year, Goodwill provided job training programs, career counseling and other support services to a record-breaking 1.9 million people, a 28-percent increase over 2008. This Goodwill Industries Week, May 2–8, Goodwill is encouraging people to donate their gently used household goods and clothing so that the organization can continue to provide critical community-based programs to people in need. Through its network of 166 independent headquarter agencies throughout the United States and Canada, Goodwill collectively garnered an estimated $3.7 billion in revenues in 2009, and channeled 83 percent of those revenues directly into programs to help people improve their lives, families and communities.
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Texas Man Builds Career at Goodwill® After Recovering from Addiction
Goodwill Industries International recently named Richard Lopez its 2010 Achiever of the Year for overcoming addiction and building a strong career at Goodwill. Lopez started doing drugs when he was 12 years old. At 17, he was selling drugs and addicted to alcohol. When he was 36, Lopez and his wife, who also had an alcohol addiction, made the choice to get sober together. They wanted to be better parents to their young children, and they supported each other as they worked toward their shared goal.
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Goodwill® Holds Travelin’ Trunk Show for Goodwill Industries® Week
In honor of Goodwill Industries® Week (May 2-10), Goodwill Industries International will be hosting a “Travelin’ Trunk Show” at its headquarters location to showcase racks of contemporary and vintage fashions. The donated clothes will be available for sale to the public and the revenues from the sale will go to support Goodwill® of Greater Washington’s mission to educate, train, employ and place people with disabilities and disadvantages in jobs throughout the greater DC area. Goodwill of Greater Washington is one of 159 headquarter agencies in the United States.
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Goodwill Industries of Hawaii Receives 21st Century Initiative Award from Goodwill Industries International
Goodwill® Contract Services Hawaii (Honolulu) successfully manages a federal contract to provide property management services for 6,500 single soldier barrack units in 56 buildings across five Army bases in Hawaii. The Army Hawaii Soldier Housing (ASH) contract created 65 full-time equivalent jobs, including 28 for people with severe disabilities. The contract exemplifies an important tenet of Goodwill’s 21st Century Initiative — to prepare people with special needs for the 21st century workforce. The contract and Goodwill Industries® of Hawaii are honored this year with the 21st Century Initiative Award from Goodwill Industries International. Employees work as property managers, desk clerks, laborers, stock clerks and maintenance workers. The contract allows Army personnel to focus on specialized military job duties while creating jobs for civilians.
