Jessica Lentz was released from prison in January after serving a four-year sentence. It wasn’t the 40-year-old Shelbyville native’s first time behind bars, but she was determined to make it her last. Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry referred her to Goodwill Career Solutions, where she enrolled...
Khandi Hood was a frequent visitor of the Goodwill Career Solutions Center in Hendersonville before she became a client. Her mother, Amy Jones, is a client of Career Solutions and would often bring Khandi along during her visits to the career center. “Khandi was non-verbal. She...
Michael Mayfield can easily recall the many jobs he held before 1983: pizza-maker, Radio Shack employee, journeyman carpenter and more. But to remember the tasks he needs to perform in the next few hours, he needs a little help. Michael’s life changed dramatically in a...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee on Monday announced the appointment of five new members to its board of directors. Joining the board are K. Beth Duffield, director of Early Career Engagement for Ascension; Rick Ewing, director of Customer Success-Health Sciences at Oracle Corporation; Rob Ivy, chief...
Dana Ball learned at a very young age that if she wanted something, she would have to get it — or make it — for herself. The Illinois native and her siblings grew up in public housing with a parent suffering from drug addiction. Dana...
Goodwill stores across middle and west Tennessee will offer wedding dresses for as little as $49.99 during the local nonprofit’s Wedding Gown Weekend — Saturday and Sunday, March 18-19. Sale merchandise includes gently used bridal dresses and formal gowns donated by individuals as well as new-with-tags...
If someone had told Clarksville resident Angel Lawler Winn a few years ago that she’d soon be doubling her salary in a new career, she would have laughed out loud. But that is what happened. Angel dropped out of school at 16 to be the...
As a child, KeMonte Reed dreamed of one day building his own home, but these days the 33-year-old is focused on building a career. He says a free Goodwill training program showed him how to achieve both goals. KeMonte, a lifelong Nashville resident, is a...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee on Thursday, Dec. 1, launched a new program designed to reward shoppers for their loyalty and support of its nonprofit mission. Members of the new program, called True Blue Rewards, will receive the following benefits valid at all 29 of the...
For LeRicko Scruggs, spina bifida’s worst effects were invisible. The birth defect, which curved his spine and paralyzed his feet, meant he would spend his life in a wheelchair. But LeRicko’s mother was determined that he would learn to live independently, and she enrolled him as...
A formerly incarcerated father of six who became a business owner and teacher is among people whose inspiring stories of achievement were celebrated during Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee’s Impact Awards ceremony at the Music City Center in Nashville Thursday. The event recognized outstanding Goodwill...
Crossville area residents turned out in force for the Grand Opening of the community’s new Goodwill retail store, Donation Express Center and Career Solutions Center. Within a few hours of the Sept. 28 opening, Goodwill team members had given away more than 500 free shopping totes. With...
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee will begin providing area job-seekers with free education, training and employment assistance on Wednesday, Sept. 28, when it opens its first-ever store and Career Solutions Center in Crossville. The store will be managed by Crossville native Alecia Taylor, who personally...
At Goodwill, our nonprofit mission is changing lives. But what does that change look like? For many of our clients, it’s not just a single achievement, such as earning a certification or finding a job. Instead, it’s an upward trajectory marked by numerous milestones. Shaheera...
A new mobile Career Solutions Center will allow Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee to share its free education, training and employment services with job-seekers and others in communities across its 48-county service area. Goodwill officially put the mobile center — a 22-foot-long, 2022 Ford bus...
