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02 Jan

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For nearly two decades, Shelley lived a secret life. “I was a meth addict for 19 years, and then the inevitable happened,” she said. In 2010, police arrested Shelley for the first time. The judge sentenced her to two years of supervised probation and ordered her...

02 Dec

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Shenita is always in a good mood. "I like to make people laugh," she says. Shenita worked at Goodwill years ago when she was in school. Then she worked on many different projects through another local organization that helps adults who have disabilities find work. In...

02 Oct

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A car accident left Ian with permanent brain damage—damage that made it difficult for him to find work. "No one would take a chance on me," he said. That is, until Goodwill hired Ian as a greeter at the store in Lexington, Tenn. Since then, Ian has proven...

01 Sep

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Charles had been an industry supervisor most of his life. After retirement, he decided he needed something else to keep him going. Charles had been looking for work for six months yet, with all of his experience, he couldn't find a job. He stopped by the...

01 Aug

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Two years ago, Randall had been out of work for months and needed a job. He decided to turn to Goodwill Career Solutions for help. During his job hunt, Randall participated in several classes, attended multiple "job jams" and completed his forklift certification. Just a few...

01 Jul

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Laura had been out of work for three years and desperately needed to find a job to support her three children. In 2006, a friend told Laura about Goodwill Career Solutions and, just two days later, she got a job at Goodwill. “I’m working for my...

31 May

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Steve had been working from home repairing electronics when he got a job offer he couldn’t refuse. “I was shopping at the Goodwill store in Cookeville, and an employee asked me to put in an application,” he remembers. “They called me before I got home.” That...