When people think about Goodwill they think about shopping and making donations to help other people go to work. But what they may not know is that Goodwill is also about helping young people in middle school and high school learn about the importance of...
By Crystal Tyler, Computer Instructor Twice a week, every Monday afternoon and Friday morning, the computer lab at our Berry Road Career Solutions Center transforms! It becomes the home of our forklift training program. Most forklift operators will tell you, “I’ve driven for years and never...
By Gail Champion, OnlineGoodwill.com Manager [caption id="attachment_326" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Item of the Day - 32' LED HDTV!"][/caption] The countdown is on. You officially have just a wee bit more than two weeks to buy online and have the perfect gift ready to go under the tree! How to...
[caption id="attachment_318" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Jennifer Kalifa, Donations Manager"][/caption] I’ve been a part of Goodwill for almost 18 years and, let me tell you, it’s been exciting! I have seen the company grow and what’s been especially important to me is how many lives we’ve changed. It’s...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee diverts many products to salvage and recycling opportunities that would have ended up in the landfill. Among these products are textile, shoes, purses, belts, hats, backpacks, toys and stuffed animals, household goods, books, paper, cardboard, electrical appliances, electronics, cell phones,...
[caption id="attachment_203" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Niketa Hailey-Hill, Marketing Manager"][/caption] Last Thursday, a big yellow school bus rolled up to our headquarters filled with 40 students and two teachers who ventured into Nashville from Murfreesboro eager to learn more about Goodwill. (I have to admit I was a little...
[caption id="attachment_134" align="alignright" width="209" caption="David Lifsey, President and CEO"][/caption] It is interesting to interact with people who think they know about Goodwill, but who learn they don’t know the whole story. It is also fun to see the surprise in their eyes when they see what...
[caption id="attachment_108" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Karl Houston, Senior Director of Marketing & Community Relations "][/caption] The fall fashion magazines are on the newsstands, enticing you to shop for new sweaters and slacks, shoes and stocking fillers. Now that we’re heading towards Thanksgiving and Christmas, the ads will...
[caption id="attachment_134" align="alignleft" width="209" caption="David Lifsey, President and CEO"][/caption] There’s a new term that’s gaining momentum, both in the for-profit and not-for-profit world. That term is social entrepreneurship and at its core, it places emphasis on conducting business for the greater good, for social change. The...
The Goodwill Career Solutions division provides job readiness, job training, job placement and job retention services for people who are unemployed and seeking employment. We offer many choices or “flavors” for clients to select. We’ll speak more specifically about these choices in future postings....
Going Green is a natural state for Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee. If you think about it, what we do everyday in this organization is the process of recycling. The goods we receive in donations still have another cycle-of-use directly into the homes of our...
How can we say, ‘Thank you,’ to all of our donors? Words certainly aren’t sufficient. For the first time ever, our Goodwill has served more than one million donors by mid-October, allowing us to continue our mission of providing employment and training services in middle...
“I have changed my mind about retiring, and our board has graciously allowed me to do that,” was the message David Lifsey sent to Goodwill Industries International in September. Months after informing our Board of Directors that he planned to retire as president and CEO...
