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08 Feb Launchpad for Promising Futures: The POWER Youth Employment Initiative

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Davidson County residents age 16-19 have a unique opportunity to gain work experience and skills relevant to their interests in a supportive environment — all while earning a paycheck. Applications are now being accepted for high school internships through the POWER Youth Employment Initiative, funded...

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12 Oct Wake-Up Call: Goodwill Training Program Gives Hand Up to Community Helper 

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Eva Franklin stays so busy helping others, she sometimes fails to consider her own needs. That was the case in April of 2021, when she walked into Goodwill’s Career Solutions Center in Nashville. Over two decades, Eva served as a foster parent to more than 200...

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14 Sep Formerly Incarcerated Mother of Two Finds Path to College Through Goodwill

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A Goodwill program that prepares promising employees for career advancement did even more for one recent participant — it inspired her to go to college. Mandie Underwood always thought she wanted to be a nurse. But Mandie quit high school in her senior year. Though she...

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02 Aug Goodwill Tech Course Helps Woman Achieve Lifelong Career Goal

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When Kara Isreal was 16, she glimpsed an exciting future for herself in the technology industry. As part of a women’s networking program, the teen from South Central Los Angeles spent a day with a marketing manager from Accenture, a global business management consulting firm specializing...

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11 Jun After Troubled Past, Woman Finds Renewal, Growth in Job at Goodwill

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Erica King describes her job duties in a way some people might find surprising. She says she “gets” to sort donated clothes and she “gets” to put them on hangers. The 31-year-old Goodwill retail associate talks about other parts of her life with the same...

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13 May Goodwill’s Forklift Training Launched Career For Struggling Veteran

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Sylvester Groves drove tanks as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, but he faced his toughest battle as a civilian during the Great Recession. After a decade in the military, the Nashville-area native worked private-sector jobs, including one as the manager of a cleaning company....

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12 Apr Badge of Goodwill: Retired Lawman Finds New Mission

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Herman Barnes knows the value of a second chance. Every day, as a donation attendant at Goodwill’s South Jackson retail store, Mr. Barnes receives items people no longer need, processes them for sale and sees customers purchase them to give them new purpose....

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17 Nov Meet Goodwill’s Ambassador of the Year: Jennifer Hicks

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Jennifer Hicks is a 31-year-old nurse practitioner who specializes in helping people with drug addiction. She is married to Jordan Hicks, and they have two children — Lucy, 2, and Joaquin, 4 months. Originally from Ontario, Ore., Jennifer moved to Nashville in 2013, earning her...

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05 Nov Job-seekers, Employers Connect at Goodwill Job Fairs, Despite Pandemic

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When he retired from a 23-year career with the U.S. Army, former ammunition tech Roy Loudermilk thought office work sounded appealing. But after a few months, Roy’s interest in his job with an electronics company began to fizzle. ...

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22 Sep Lowes Grant Is Helping Goodwill Clients Build Careers

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A grant from home improvement retailer Lowe’s is helping Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee to equip people more effectively with the skills needed for rewarding careers in the construction industry. ...

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