Last June, Goodwill Industries International launched the global initiative to raise awareness about the positive impact of donating to Goodwill Industries®. When you donate to Goodwill, you are not only keeping gently used clothing and household goods out of landfills, but you are supporting vital...
Betty Johnson, Vice President of Employment Services I am excited to announce that for the first time Goodwill is offering an online community space where clients can interact with each other, with counselors and trainers, and learn much more about the job search process. www.goodwillcareersolutions.org is our...
Courtesy of Goodwill Industries International When Rev. Dr. Edgar J. Helms founded Goodwill Industries® in 1902, he couldn’t have envisioned our reliance on social media, nor the role it would play in educating the public about our mission. Yet, web sites, blogs, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and...
By Elizabeth Lee, Account Executive at DVL We live in a world that is constantly on the go and we are always connected. Our mobile phones can do more than I believe the creators of mobile phones ever expected them to. Technology has evolved from a...
In our Goodwill Employee Handbook there is a section about the company’s Core Values. The second point expresses our promise to treat people with dignity and courtesy “at all times.” We don’t specify which people. We mean everyone, and we mean all the time. Rules serve...
When I look at my own wedding pictures I get excited all over again. I can remember how important it was for me to find the perfect dress for my big day. As we prepare the wedding gowns for the Goodwill Wedding Gala I am...
One of my favorite movies, “Pay It Forward,” starred Haley Joel Osment who portrayed a 12-year-old boy who wanted to make the world a better place. In the movie, he does a favor for someone, without any expectation of being paid back. That simple concept...
The Goodwill Wedding Gala is fast approaching. It will be so much fun to watch brides as they find their dream wedding gown. As I think back about my own special day, I can remember dreaming about my wedding, and how I wanted everything to...
[caption id="attachment_174" align="alignleft" width="104" caption="David Lifsey, President and CEO"][/caption] I wasn’t a Goodwill employee long before I learned that success means many things. Until I came here, I thought of success as having a lot of money, won/lost records and items that I’ve accumulated. But Goodwill...
Great talent and a beautiful location for our Goodwill photo shoot equals one fabulous Look Book. On January 28th, the Goodwill team and Goodwill employee models all met at the Gaylord Opryland Resort to create our 2011 Look Book. We had been planning this photo...
Spring is in the air! Yes it is. Does anyone feel like you need to do some Spring cleaning? Cleaning out closets and drawers is a great way to start a new season. Really, come on get these items into Goodwill, where...
A little more than a year ago, we started a new project to compliment our established metal recovery program in the salvage/recycling department. We send all of our electronics to a responsible electronics recyclers, but before they go out the door our goal is to cut...
[caption id="attachment_395" align="alignleft" width="121" caption="NaTisha Moultry, Community Relations Manager"][/caption] It’s that time of year around here. It’s my favorite time of year. What I like to call wedding season. When I mention this most people ask, “Don’t you work for Goodwill? What does Goodwill have to...
Our Goodwill has come to view ripples, and the circles that follow as a drop falls into the water, as something of a company mascot, not as exciting as a bear or tiger, perhaps, but meaningful for us nevertheless. The significance is the spreading impact of...
By Tom Lee, Career Solutions Trainer Whether we intend to or not, we all make assumptions. A chef assumes anyone could scramble an egg. A mechanic assumes anyone should be able to change a flat tire, and a computer instructor might assume anyone, in today’s world,...
