Category: Press Releases

Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Congressman John Tierney (D–MA) as a recipient of its Goodwill® National Policymaker Award for 2010. The award recognizes a federal policymaker who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Rep. Tierney was nominated by Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries (Boston, MA) for his long history as a champion for the Workforce system. Tierney feels strongly about more accountability for the new legislation including youth being represented and helping both veterans and people with disabilities integrate into the workforce.

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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor its Advocacy Leader Award winners for 2010. The award recognizes Goodwill® agencies that have demonstrated leadership and commitment to Goodwill’s policy and advocacy efforts. Each agency is also recognized for its ability to effectively influence policy by its relationships with federal and state policymakers.

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Reconnect – a partnership between Dell and Goodwill Industries International that lets consumers drop off used computers for no-cost recycling— is getting its game on with support from Microsoft. Dell and Goodwill® announced today that in addition to collecting PCs and computer accessories, the 1,900-plus Goodwill locations participating in Reconnect will now for the first time collect Microsoft entertainment products including Xbox, Zune and accompanying accessories for free recycling. With its commitment and contributions to Reconnect, Microsoft joins Dell’s efforts to make electronics recycling free and convenient for consumers.

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More than 160 representatives from Goodwill® including CEOs, workforce professionals, volunteer board members, and program participants will gather on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 28 to urge Congress to invest in the American workforce through federal job training programs. Goodwill intends to engage policymakers in support of funding for critical job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs that Goodwill provides in 166 Goodwill agencies across the country.

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April 22, 2010, marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and one of the best ways you can be environmentally responsible is by donating and shopping at Goodwill®. By shopping at and donating to Goodwill, you are helping create much needed job opportunities in 90 percent of U.S. counties. Revenues from the sale of donations help Goodwill provide job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people with disabilities, those who lack education or job experience, and others facing challenges to finding employment. “For more than 105 years, Goodwill has been an environmental pioneer,” said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. “Goodwill has helped divert millions of pounds of items from landfills and created thousands of jobs for people who need it most.”

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Rockville, MD. — Goodwill® makes spring cleaning easy. This spring, millions of people will clean out their closets and send bags of unwanted clothes and other household items to Goodwill stores across the United States and Canada.  But Goodwill can help clean out more than just your clothes drawers. From the office to the garage,

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Goodwill Industries of Denver Honored with the 2010 Goodwill Volunteer Program of the Year Award Denver, CO — When a resource counselor at Goodwill Industries® of Denver saw that, without caring adult mentors to offer guidance, African-American males at a local high school faced multiple personal struggles, the agency created the Men at Work African-America

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ROCKVILLE, MD — The economy is showing signs of recovery, but a new survey from the National Association for Business Economics shows that job growth will likely be slow for the next couple of years. People who are already dealing with long bouts of unemployment need help to find jobs and take care of their

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ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International, one of the country’s leading nonprofit providers of job training programs and employment placement services, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a nonprofit organization that works with major U.S. universities, will recruit and train motivated, diverse leaders for key positions within the nonprofit sector. Goodwill® and its independent headquarter

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Goodwill Industries International recently received a $100,000 Green Capacity Grant Award from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. Authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Green Capacity Grant Awards fund training programs that ensure targeted groups are prepared to meet the needs of expanding green industries.

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ROCKVILLE, MD – Goodwill Industries International urges workers to check whether they qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) today, EITC Awareness Day. EITC can be the financial boost families need in these tough economic times — providing tax breaks to working people who earn low or moderate incomes, whether single or married, and

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Goodwill and Levi’s® are launching a new initiative this month, 'A Care Tag for Our Planet', designed at diverting billions of pounds of unwanted clothing from landfills. Levi’s jeans now feature a care tag that encourages owners to donate to Goodwill when no longer needed. The tags are a unique vehicle for educating consumers about how to care for their clothes responsibly.

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