Apr 08, 2015
Organizer on Spring Cleaning: Start Small, Get Help, Consider Donating to Goodwill

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A Nashville-based professional organizer recently offered a few tips to make Tennesseeans’ spring cleaning efforts easier and more successful, including a suggestion on how to help others in the process. Debbie Keller, owner of Home and Office Transitions and a board member of the Nashville Chapter...

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Apr 07, 2015
Donation Site Launch Coincides with Lebanon ‘Think Green’ Event

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Schools Hosting Goodwill Donation Drive April 11 at Lebanon Premium Outlets The opening of a new Goodwill Donation Express Center in Wilson County will coincide with a community cleanup and recycling event that includes a donation drive for Goodwill by a dozen local schools. The donation center,...

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Apr 01, 2015
Jerry’s Story

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After nine months behind bars, Jerry walked out of jail and into a world almost as cold and hostile as the one he had left. He was homeless and unemployed for a year. He finally entered a church seeking help. From there Jerry was taken to...

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Mar 30, 2015
Hours Expanding at Local Goodwill Stores

Posted at 03:29 PM in News Releases, Shopping by Chris Fletcher 0 Comments

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Change Scheduled for April 1 Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee is extending business hours at its stores to better serve customers. Starting April 1, stores will open one hour earlier. New store hours will be 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Sunday.The...

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Mar 30, 2015
Reel in Some Fun and Change a Life: Goodwill Bass Challenge Set May 9

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Top Five Fishermen to Receive Cash Prizes in Tournament. Cash prizes are on the line for anglers who hook up with a good cause at the Goodwill Industries Bass Challenge fishing tournament scheduled for 6 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, at Old Hickory Lake. Professional fishing...

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Mar 17, 2015
Davidson Co. Judge Visits Area Goodwill Store To Praise Probationer

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After Years of Trouble with the Law, Man Achieves Sobriety, Lands Job Darnell Whitworth had faced Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Steve R. Dozier half a dozen times over the years, but never like this. He was nervous, fidgeting with his uniform as he stood looking...

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Mar 11, 2015
FirstBank Conducts Goodwill Donation Drive

Posted at 10:40 AM in Donations, News Releases by Chris Fletcher 0 Comments

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Sixteen Branches Gather Gently Used Clothes, Household Items from Customers and Employees Sixteen FirstBank branches around middle and west Tennessee are conducting a donation drive for Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee to benefit its mission of providing employment and training opportunities for people struggling to find...

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Mar 06, 2015
‘Blessed’ by Goodwill: Shopping Trip Proves Memorable for Family, Store Employees

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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...

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Mar 05, 2015
Goodwill Stores Likely To Open, Many Other Facilities Closed By Winter Weather

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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....

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Mar 04, 2015
Wedding Dress Sale Under Way at Rivergate Goodwill

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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...

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