The Family Empowerment Program offers longterm case management for up to 24 months, one-on-one financial counseling, housing search and placement, assistance with educational goals for parents and children, connection to affordable health care, assistance with goal-setting and referrals to community resources. ...
Every dollar spent by Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee creates an additional $3.30 in benefits to the 48 counties it serves, and total economic impact of the not-for-profit is approaching a half billion dollars....
A customer at the Goodwill store on Indian Lake Boulevard in Hendersonville put a new spin on supporting the not-for-profit....
In just a few months, a fledgling Goodwill service that picks up gently used furniture and other household items from donors’ homes has expanded from a single Nashville subdivision into communities across 16 Middle and West Tennessee counties....
A vast selection of clothing will be available for just 79 cents per pound during this special, three-day event at the Goodwill Outlet store at 780 Berry Road in Nashville from Thursday, Oct. 29, to Saturday, Oct. 31. ...
The Grand Opening of the Jackson’s newest Goodwill store in one of the city’s premiere shopping areas will be celebrated on Tuesday, Oct. 20, with a ribbon-cutting and numerous door prizes....
They weren’t quite magic beans, but they did open up a new world. As Debbie Grant held the 16-ounce can of baked beans in the aisle at Kroger, four teenagers huddled around her, peering at the can's label and hanging on her every word....
Can’t park your car in your cluttered garage? Can’t find your stepladder, much less a hammer and nails? Enter Goodwill’s Great Garage Rescue contest!...
Director of Production Joan Sundstrom will retire on Sept. 24, 2015, after more than 18 years working with Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee. Before she leaves, she shares some of her most memorable moments. ...
Joshua was often ignored by other students in junior high school because of his autism and his speech impediment. Because he was home-schooled after that, he had few opportunities for socializing, much less work experience....
Myka Bertrand wanted to look like Peter Pan, but not for a trip to Never Never Land. She was headed to her workplace on Nashville’s Music Row, where they were having a Halloween party for employees....
Judy Bond has donated her gently used clothing and small household items to Goodwill for decades, because she believes in the not-for-profit’s mission of helping people find work. ...
Parents and students don’t have to wait for the state’s tax-free weekend to save money on back-to-school apparel ...
Last year alone, the Goodwill Career Solutions Center in Union City assisted 1,888 people with employment opportunities and training, including 720 Obion County residents or about 5.6 percent of the county’s total workforce. Of those served, 676 people landed a job....
Over the decades they had gathered around it to eat thousands of meals, blow out hundreds of birthday candles, hold dozens of memorable family discussions and share countless laughs. But on this March day Bob DeLacey, his sister Mary Tamburin and his wife Debbie sat...
