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MoKan Goodwill Launches New Lives Campaign

MAY 2023 — Kansas City, Missouri Goodwill of Western Missouri & Eastern Kansas today announced their “New Lives” ad campaign. The campaign tells a compelling story about how donations to Goodwill help change lives by providing career training, jobs and other services to…


MoKan Goodwill Opens High-End Fashion Store in Leawood, Kansas

  Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas (MOKAN Goodwill) opened the region’s first-of-its-kind Goodwill retail shop featuring a curated design collection from the metro area’s other eight Goodwill stores.   “You can put together a beautiful outf…


MOKAN Goodwill Announces Winners of 2022 Power of Work Awards

  Metropolitan Community College, Clarkson Construction, and Hallmark featured as Award-Winning Business Partners   Kansas City, MO (September 1, 2022) – Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas (MOKAN Goodwill) announced the winners of the 2022 Power of Work Awards…


MoKan Goodwill Artemis Institute Graduates Five (5) from Bridge to Technology Program

Kansas City, Missouri, June 17, 2022 – Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas (MoKan Goodwill) recently celebrated the graduation of five students from its spring semester Bridge to Technology program at its midtown headquarters. The Bridge to Technology program, a FREE course…


IBM and MoKan Goodwill Collaborate to Prepare Learners for Rewarding Careers

Kansas City, Missouri, April 19, 2022 – Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas (MoKan Goodwill) today announced that it is working with IBM to provide education and career readiness resources to local job seekers. To that end, MoKan Goodwill is providing enhanc…


Mokan Goodwill Announces Hiring of Funmi Popoola As New President And CEO

Kansas City, Missouri (February 28, 2022) Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas (MOKAN Goodwill) has announced the hiring of Funmi Popoola as the organization’s new President and CEO. Popoola is succeeding Ed Lada, Jr., who has accepted a similar position wit…


MoKan Goodwill Launches Holiday of Giving Appeal

    Kansas City, Missouri (November 29, 2021) GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities by inspiring people to give back on November 30, 2021, and throughout the year. For th…


MoKan Goodwill Opens Its Newest Retail Store in Raytown

Kansas City, Missouri (October 21, 2021) Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas (MoKan Goodwill) now offers a spacious new location to shop with the grand opening of our latest retail store in Raytown, Missouri. The new store, located at 8648 East 63rd Street, has…


MoKan Goodwill to incorporate Federal Reserve Bank Benefits CLIFF Tool to Help Job Seekers Achieve Self-Sufficiency

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Gregg Hibbeler, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications816.929.9864GHibbeler@mokangoodwill.org   MoKan Goodwill to incorporate Federal Reserve Bank Benefits CLIFF Tool to Help Job Seekers Achieve Self-Sufficiency Kansas City, Missouri (Sept…


State Farm Awards $5,000 Grant to MoKan Goodwill

Goodwill Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas receives a $5,000 grant from State Farm. Local agent Chad Mitchell presented the check.   As a digital skills divide and related workforce development barrier exists in the Kansas City area, Goodwill Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas is …


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