[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Doctors told Debi she might never sing again. Of course, at the beginning of her medical odyssey, it was all doctors could do to keep the former professional singer breathing. A massive heart attack in 2004 set off a...
His ringtone may be “Bad to the Bone,” but Brian Davis is good to his word. The 37-year-old former Eagle Scout told employees at the Goodwill store on Indian Lake Blvd. in Hendersonville, Tenn., that he was going to reward them for finding and returning his...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee far exceeded its mission goals for 2014, providing free employment services and job training to 28,159 people and helping 9,558 land jobs. Goodwill’s goals for last year were to assist 20,000 people and to place 6,000 in jobs. Those benchmarks were...
For 38 years, James worked in the funeral home business. He was there for people in their hour of need, consoling their sorrows. But when James lost his job in 2011, it appeared that no one would be there for him. He applied for jobs at...
They are six days that make a difference in thousands of lives. Each year from Dec. 26-31, the number of donations at Goodwill Donation Express Centers skyrockets. In 2013, donations of clothing and household goods during that period rose by 80 percent compared to other...
Goodwill ranked No. 11 this year in an annual survey of America’s most inspiring companies – surging past ubiquitous and revered brand names such as Disney, Apple and Starbucks, according to Forbes magazine. The survey was conducted by Atlanta consulting firm Performance Inspired using 3,300 online...
For Laurie Gagliano, Goodwill's stock of gently used sweaters is a godsend. Or part of a godsend, anyway. After years as a schoolteacher, the pastor's wife and mother of seven found herself in a new role: as stay-at-home day care provider to her grandchildren. "I really prayed...
New Site Behind White House Heritage High School(Middle Tenn.) — Donors in White House will now have a new place to drop off their gently used items. Goodwill will open a Donation Express Center on Monday, Dec. 15, behind White House Heritage High School at...
