Michael Mayfield can easily recall the many jobs he held before 1983: pizza-maker, Radio Shack employee, journeyman carpenter and more. But to remember the tasks he needs to perform in the next few hours, he needs a little help. Michael’s life changed dramatically in a...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee on Monday announced the appointment of five new members to its board of directors. Joining the board are K. Beth Duffield, director of Early Career Engagement for Ascension; Rick Ewing, director of Customer Success-Health Sciences at Oracle Corporation; Rob Ivy, chief...
Dana Ball learned at a very young age that if she wanted something, she would have to get it — or make it — for herself. The Illinois native and her siblings grew up in public housing with a parent suffering from drug addiction. Dana...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee on Thursday, Dec. 1, launched a new program designed to reward shoppers for their loyalty and support of its nonprofit mission. Members of the new program, called True Blue Rewards, will receive the following benefits valid at all 29 of the...
For LeRicko Scruggs, spina bifida’s worst effects were invisible. The birth defect, which curved his spine and paralyzed his feet, meant he would spend his life in a wheelchair. But LeRicko’s mother was determined that he would learn to live independently, and she enrolled him as...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee will begin providing area job-seekers with free education, training and employment assistance on Wednesday, Sept. 28, when it opens its first-ever store and Career Solutions Center in Crossville. The store will be managed by Crossville native Alecia Taylor, who personally...
At Goodwill, our nonprofit mission is changing lives. But what does that change look like? For many of our clients, it’s not just a single achievement, such as earning a certification or finding a job. Instead, it’s an upward trajectory marked by numerous milestones. Shaheera...
A new mobile Career Solutions Center will allow Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee to share its free education, training and employment services with job-seekers and others in communities across its 48-county service area. Goodwill officially put the mobile center — a 22-foot-long, 2022 Ford bus...
Caroline Coley began her working life after college on top of the world — interning at Disney Studios and then teaching for a year in Nepal. But after returning home to Jackson, Tenn., where she got engaged, Caroline’s career momentum sputtered. Despite her bachelor’s degree,...
When ShiAnn Toporski came to Goodwill’s Career Solutions Center in Jackson, Tenn., she was heading into her senior year after changing schools 12+ times in her young life. She couldn’t imagine starting over again, making new friends and meeting new teachers in yet another new...
