The game started off easy for Jessica Shutt and Pete Webber. For the first few days, the young couple targeted closets and cupboards, gathering up long neglected shoes, pants and shirts, a Tupperware cake dish, pans and more.
An 81-year-old who overcame a language barrier to find a job and now rides his bike to work each day. A young man building his dream of owning a construction business. These were among the stories of achievement celebrated by Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee at its Impact Luncheon awards ceremony Thursday.
As Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee begins seeking participants in its first-ever Volunteer Program for the public, we asked our new partner, HON, a few basic questions.
On a pretty autumn afternoon, the downtown Nashville skyline looks like a scale model when viewed from the 18th floor observation deck of the Leah Rose Residence for Senior Citizens.
In early August, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee rolled out a new way to electronically track donations for tax purposes, while getting a discount on haircuts in the bargain.
The sponsor of new Tennessee regulations on donation collection bins says she believes the rules will go a long way to protect legitimate charitable organizations, such as Goodwill, and citizens who donate to them.
The path that brought Amgad to Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee began in Egypt, but in many ways it was similar to those taken by thousands of other people who get help from Goodwill each year.