By the time she got to the cash register, Nicole U’ren’s two shopping carts were heaped head-high with clothing and other merchandise. Other customers were looking, and she and her daughter were laughing. “It was a sensation at the store,” she recalls. Nicole felt like celebrating. The...
Most Goodwill stores across middle and west Tennessee were open Thursday, although many other Goodwill facilities closed because of another round of snow and ice. Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee declared a bad weather day and encouraged all employees to make their safety the top priority....
Hundreds of beautiful wedding dresses and prom gowns will be sold at bargain prices at Nashville’s Rivergate area Goodwill store from now until April 4. The sale is being held in lieu of Goodwill’s annual Wedding Gala, which was put on hold this year but will...
“He’s very close with the people that work with him,” explained store manager Chuck Nebel. “He is a pleasure to work with. He sees joy in everything and loves Goodwill.” Repeat donors who bring their gently used clothes and household items to the Goodwill store on...
Former Toys "R" Us Space To Include Career Solutions CenterGoodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee is expanding with a new store, Goodwill Career Solutions center and covered, drive-through Donation Express Center in the former Toys “R” Us location in Nashville’s Bellevue community.The thoroughly remodeled, 35,091-square-foot building...
All but one of Goodwill’s 34 stores opened on time Wednesday as snow fell in some parts of Middle and West Tennessee, keeping salt trucks and snowplows busy for a third consecutive day. The store at 205A Indian Lake Boulevard in Hendersonville was without power at...
Goodwill stores were open Tuesday as the effects of an ice storm extended into a second day across much of middle and west Tennessee, but many other Goodwill facilities remained closed for the safety of employees. David Jenkins, vice president of retail for Goodwill Industries of...
While most Goodwill stores were open Monday, most other Goodwill facilities across middle and west Tennessee closed for the protection of employees after an icy winter storm made roads treacherous. Several Donation Express Centers on government property were already closed because of President's Day, and many...
Paula Cowden offered a brief phrase to sum up the recent Goodwill donation drive she participated in. “It was a win-win,” she said. The treasurer of the Hendersonville High School Soccer Foundation and mom of a soccer player ought to know. The group has done more than...
Girls Learn to Feel Great About Themselves While Shopping on a Budget Bella LeMieux snagged a silver top and feathery peach skirt for $9. Kaitlynn Hibdon chose a grey sweater-dress, pink leggings and sparkly boots for $14. And Christina Brenner bought light-blue pants and a “really...
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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...
It was a Christmas gift, a joyful surprise, a random act of kindness. When representatives of a Mt. Juliet church walked unannounced into that town’s Goodwill store on Friday, they chose an employee with a big smile and a sweet personality and handed her $100...
