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_148" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Byron, a Career Solutions client, receives job training "][/caption] In every profession there are tools. Carpenters have their hammers, athletes have their game plan, and sales people have their merchandise. So how do you know when you've found the right career path and the...
[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...
[caption id="attachment_121" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Betty Johnson, Vice President of Employment Services "][/caption] 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....
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...
[caption id="attachment_108" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Karl Houston, Senior Director of Marketing & Community Relations "][/caption] 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...
“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...
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