Meet Sean. When Sean graduated in 2013 with a degree in Speech Communications, he didn’t anticipate how difficult it would be to find a job.
Meet Dwaylan. Dwaylan enrolled in Goodwill Quest Academy eager to grow and learn. Quest Academy participants split their time between the classroom and a local internship to gain job skills and work experience. Dwaylan chose an IT internship and impressed his superv…
Meet Brett. Brett moved to his mom’s home in the summer of 2015. He was selling his plasma weekly to pay for their utility bills. Brett desperately needed a job, but a disability impaired his ability to read and write, and consequently pass a written driver’s test. Without a driv…
Meet Paul. Paul was ready for his second chance. He had great work experience as a store manager, but Paul also had barriers to employment. He has a health condition and a criminal record. His family situation deteriorated along with his health, and, after serving time in jail, he lost his f…
Meet Shelley. Shelley was a Goodwill client in early 2014, when we first provided guidance and an opportunity for her to succeed. She quickly earned employment at a local janitorial company. After a couple of years, Goodwill saw the company slowly decline and a handful of clie…
“I remember hearing about how Goodwill taught him [grandpa] to fix small appliances and helped him find work.” Fast forward 50 years and Goodwill is providing the same service for Kim Lewis.
“When I called Goodwill for the first time and [someone] picked up, I knew what I had found. I found a good place…and it just kind of went from there.”
Meet Tim. Tim and his family were told to be happy with participating in the Special Olympics and that the only work he would do would be in a sheltered environment. That wasn’t good enough.
Meet Ron.
Looking for a job can be overwhelming, especially if it’s your first job – this was the case for Ron.
Ron came to Goodwill in May for job search assistance, having never been employed before. The AbilityOne team worked with him to identify important work-related skill…
Meet Colin.
Colin has been working for Goodwill for six years! Pretty awesome, right? He works on the Computer Recycling Center (CRC) team, which is a transitional employment program that partners with Dell to recycle computers. Though six years doesn’t seem transitional, at Goodwill …
