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....
In early August, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee rolled out a new way to electronically track donations for tax purposes, while getting a discount on haircuts in the bargain. ...
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...
He was standing in the courtyard of the Nashville Rescue Mission, where he had been staying for six months since getting out of prison. He had initially told himself he would only be in the homeless shelter for a week. Instead, he had returned to...
The sponsor of new Tennessee regulations on donation collection bins says she believes the rules will go a long way to protect legitimate charitable organizations, such as Goodwill, and citizens who donate to them. ...
