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Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Published: October 7, 2009
Version: 1.0
Introduction
Goodwill Industries International and Rotary International have a mutual
interest in helping people around the world find and keep good jobs, and
share a commitment to creating and expanding opportunities for steady jobs
and reliable incomes for people who have trouble finding or keeping jobs.
Table of Contents
Who We Are .................................................................................................................................................................5
How can my Rotary club or district get involved? ..................................................................................................5
Job Readiness and Career Opportunities ............................................................................................................6
Donation Drives.......................................................................................................................................................7
Family Strengthening..............................................................................................................................................8
Support Goodwill ....................................................................................................................................................9
Community Awareness.........................................................................................................................................10
Volunteerism/Community Partnerships..............................................................................................................11
Additional Resources ...............................................................................................................................................12
Goodwill Locations in Your Area ............................................................................................................................13
Territory Map .........................................................................................................................................................25
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Who We Are
Goodwill Industries International is a network of 183 community-based, independent member organizations in
the United States, Canada and 13 other countries. Goodwill’s mission is to provide job-training programs for people
who have physical, mental, or emotional disabilities; people who lack education or job experience; and anyone else
having a hard time finding employment. Each member organization serves these populations by providing
education and career services, as well as job placement opportunities and post-employment support. To pay for its
programs, Goodwill sells donated clothes and other household items in more than 2,300 retail stores and online at
shopgoodwill.com. Through its services, the network helps people who are having a hard time finding employment
become independent, tax-paying members of their communities. Goodwill channels 84 percent of its revenues
directly into its programs and services. For more information, visit www.goodwill.org.
Rotary International is a worldwide organization of service clubs with more than 1.2 million business, professional
and community leaders as its members. Known as Rotarians, these volunteers provide humanitarian service,
encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are 33,000
Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotary clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and
open to all cultures, races, and creeds. For more information, visit www.rotary.org.
Job Readiness and Career Opportunities
When someone is having a hard time finding a job, Goodwill is there to help. Goodwill provides job-training
programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs in the United States and
Canada. Each Goodwill agency is independent and has its own specific procedure for people who walk into
Goodwill looking for a job. Usually, someone on the workforce development staff or a career counselor will ask
individuals about their backgrounds, education, work experience, any skills they have (such as computer or
customer services skills), and what their job interests are or what they’d like to do. Based on that information, the
staff member will recommend the Goodwill job-training programs suitable for each individual. Sometimes, the staff
member will even have specific jobs in mind based on the individual’s experiences. Examples of how Rotary clubs
can collaborate with Goodwill agencies include:
Interview readiness: The Rotary Club of Tucson (Arizona) and Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona
conduct mock interviews with students to provide them with in-person feedback, suggestions for
improvement and information on employer expectations.
Recruiting: Goodwill Industries of Kentucky (Louisville) has the Bluegrass Work Acceleration Program, in
which local employers hire Goodwill trainees and graduates, as well as adults lacking their high school
credentials. During the employment period, those lacking a high school diploma or general educational
development (GED) certificate will study for the GED and, when workers complete their GED, employers
hire them full-time.
Job training: The Rotary Club of St. Matthews (Louisville) provides operating support to Goodwill
Industries of Kentucky’s adult learning center. The Rotary Club of Columbia Valley Daybreak (Kennewick,
WA) helped Goodwill Industries of the Columbia trainees get experience with the Kennewick police records
department.
Internships: Business partners can consider Goodwill applicants for either paid or unpaid internship
programs, which provide work experience opportunities for individuals enrolled in Goodwill programs.
Career fairs: Rotarians in Macon, GA, organize job fairs with local Goodwill Career Centers and facilitate
career workshops.
Job shadowing: Rotarians can develop job-shadowing opportunities for participants at local employers to
get an up-front perspective of a specific job.
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Donation Drives
Goodwill agencies are innovative and sustainable social enterprises that fund job training, employment placement
services and other community programs by selling donated clothes and household items at Goodwill retail stores
and online, and through contract services, private and public grants, and individual giving. Contact Goodwill to work
with your school or business and launch a donation drive such as those listed below.
Clothing and textile donations: The Rotary Club of East Portland (Oregon) and Goodwill Industries of the
Columbia Willamette team up for Good Turn Day, during which people go door-to-door collecting donated
clothing and other items.
Clothing donations: The Rotary Club of Tucson and Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona team up
each spring and fall for Closet Cleaning Day. Rotarians bring their gently worn clothing to their weekly club
meeting, and Goodwill staff members haul the donations to Goodwill retail stores. This program is a
convenient way to collect high-quality donations.
Vehicle donations: The Rotary Club of Hamilton A.M. (Ontario, Canada) donated a 12-passenger van to
Goodwill The Amity Group to transport participants to and from Goodwill Works, a career and training
program. (A photograph of the van can be found on the first page of this toolkit.)
Electronic donations: Rotary clubs can donate their electronics to local Goodwills, which accept and sort
donated computers and computer equipment through the Dell Reconnect program. Dell’s product recovery
partner then recycles and remarkets the materials, including plastics, glass and metals. Proceeds from the
sold materials benefit Goodwill’s programs and services.
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Family Strengthening
Goodwill believes in and embraces the concept of family strengthening. For more than 100 years, Goodwill has
strived to empower people with disadvantages and disabilities to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to
achieve economic self-sufficiency and improve their lives and the lives of their children. The family strengthening
philosophy permeates how Goodwill does business. By adopting a focus on family needs, Goodwill is able to help
people address issues proactively before they can influence work. The result is that participants can better focus on
employment and career goals once home conditions are stable. With its family strengthening philosophy, Goodwill
is able to support people as they move from poverty to economic self-sufficiency. Examples of how Rotarians can
assist Goodwills with their family strengthening needs include:
Scholarships: In Alabama, the Rotary Club of Mobile works with Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast
to cover tuition and transportation so that 100 children and adults with disabilities can attend Camp ASCCA
(Alabama's Special Camp for Children and Adults), a weeklong recreation and education experience.
Financial literacy: Like Goodwill program participants, many Goodwill employees have difficulty managing
their finances and obtaining affordable access to financing. Rotarians can share their expertise on the
basics of financial planning, buying a home, balancing a checkbook or investing in a 401(k).
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Support Goodwill
Goodwill trains people for careers in fields such as financial services, computer programming, and health care, as
well as in emerging industries. Rotary and Goodwill can continue to strengthen communities and families and
promote independence and dignity for people who need it most by pooling resources in the areas of grant funding,
fund raising and financial contributions. Examples of current best practices and opportunities for collaboration
include:
Purchasing from Goodwill: Rotarians can purchase new and like-new merchandise from Goodwill stores.
Goodwills receive a good mixture of items daily, including automotive items, grills, furniture, clothing,
electronics and other products.
Using Goodwill contract services: Goodwill’s contract services provide a valuable service for area
businesses that need assistance to meet seasonal demands, for ongoing production, to bring a new
product to market, and/or to occasionally rework either at their place of business or at another area facility.
Rotarians who know of businesses in need of a contract consultation should contact Goodwill Industries
International.
Special events: Rotarians can hold banquets, picnics, holiday parties or other events to raise funds for
Goodwill programs.
Grants: Goodwill of Central Arizona receives an annual grant from the Rotary Club of Phoenix that helps
support youth and family services programs.
Financial support: Goodwill Industries of Central Virginia received a donation of $10,000 from the Rotary
Club of Richmond to refurbish its fleet of trucks. The Rotary Club of Los Angeles has contributed nearly
$250,000 to Goodwill Industries of Southern California to support its programs and services.
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Community Awareness
Rotary clubs can continue to help raise awareness about Goodwill’s mission, enhance Goodwill’s brand image, and
generate visibility and resources for Goodwill agencies in local communities. Rotary International encourages clubs
and districts to share their successful projects with its staff by e-mailing programs@rotary.org or submitting them as
model projects on Rotary’s ProjectLINK database, www.rotary.org/projectlink. Examples of how Rotarians are
currently raising awareness and suggestions for additional efforts include:
Outreach: Goodwill of Greater Washington (DC) launched a “Get to Know Goodwill” tour, during which
Goodwill staff members coordinate with more than 10 local Rotary clubs throughout the DC-metropolitan
area to visit volunteer and civic groups, chambers of commerce and others identified by local Rotary clubs
to share information about the transformational power of Goodwill.
Service awards: Rotary clubs can join Goodwill in organizing a recognition event. Goodwill Industries of
Akron (Ohio) offers area employers an opportunity to recognize stellar employees through Goodwill’s
Employee of Distinction Award luncheons. Employers can nominate the employees that they wish to be
publicly recognized. Rotary clubs can assist Goodwill with informing local employers about this opportunity
for recognition and appreciation.
Meetings: Rotary clubs can hold their meetings at local Goodwill offices.
Social events: Rotarians can chaperone program participant field trips to sporting events, movies,
concerts, libraries, or museums, or help celebrate participant birthdays, accomplishments, etc.
Service projects: Rotary clubs can organize one-day service activities to raise awareness, such as
establishing community gardens, donation drives, construction projects to make buildings wheelchair
accessible, extreme makeover projects, and murals.
Promotion: Rotary clubs and districts can promote the Goodwill mission at Rotary gatherings and
meetings of other interested groups.
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Volunteerism/Community Partnerships
People from all walks of life can help to make a difference at the Goodwill in their communities. Here are a few
ways:
Child literacy: Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia and the CSRA (Macon) has a collaborative
partnership with Cox Communications and the Rotary Club of Downtown Macon called the Reading
Adventure program, in which Rotarians volunteer their time at the Good Books Café to read to school
children, educate them about Goodwill, and provide them with books, school supplies, and nutritious
snacks.
Tax preparation: Goodwill is supporting an effort to help workers who earn low wages save money.
Goodwill Industries is partnering with the Internal Revenue Service to offer Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) sites nationwide in order to provide free tax preparation to workers with low incomes and
individuals with disabilities, among others. Through its partnership with the IRS and financial literacy
programs, Goodwill Industries promotes the Earned Income Tax Credit, which gives tax breaks to working
people who earn low or moderate incomes, whether single or married — as much as $4,824 in refunds for
some families. Goodwills that operate VITA sites are in need of volunteers; training will be provided.
Partnerships: Goodwill Industries of Central Virginia (Richmond) provides collection, workspace, storage
and distribution support for a local Rotary program that collects and refurbishes used bicycles during the
fall. The refurbished bikes are given to children who may not receive gifts at Christmas through Sgt. Santa,
a local charity. Rotarians volunteer their time and expertise on Saturdays to clean and repair bikes. This
program has provided more than 2,000 bikes since it became a joint effort.
Additional Resources
Recovery.Goodwill.org
http://recovery.goodwill.org
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UNITED STATES
Alabama
California
Alabama Goodwill Industries
2350 Green Springs Highway Goodwill Industries of Orange County, California
Birmingham, AL 35205 410 North Fairview Street
(205) 323-6331 Santa Ana, CA 92703
http://alabamagoodwill.services.officelive.com (714) 547-6308
www.ocgoodwill.org
Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast
2448 Gordon Smith Drive Goodwill Industries of Santa Cruz, Monterey &
Mobile, AL 36617 San Luis Obispo Counties
(251) 471-1581 350 Encinal Street
www.gesgc.org/index.htm Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 423-8611
Goodwill Industries of Central Alabama www.scgoodwill.org
900 Air Base Boulevard
Montgomery, AL 36108-0349 Goodwill Industries of San Diego County
(334) 263-4633 3663 Rosecrans Street
San Diego, CA 92110-3226
(619) 225-2200
www.sdgoodwill.org
Arizona
Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo
1940 E. Silverlake, Ste. 405 and Marin Counties
Tucson, AZ 85713 1500 Mission Street
(520) 623-5174 San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 575-2100
www.sfgoodwill.org
Arkansas
Goodwill Industries of Silicon Valley
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas 1080 North 7th Street
1110 West 7th Street San Jose, CA 95112
Little Rock, AR 72201 (408) 998-5774
(501) 372-5100 www.goodwillsv.org
www.goodwillar.org
Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay
1301 30th Avenue
Oakland, CA 94601
(510) 698-7200
www.eastbaygoodwill.org
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Colorado Florida
Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs Goodwill Industries of North Florida
2320 West Colorado Avenue 4527 Lenox Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80934-6300 Jacksonville, FL 32205
(719) 635-4483 (904) 384-1361
www.goodwill-colosprings.org www.goodwilljax.org
Goodwill Industries of Denver Goodwill Industries of South Florida
6850 Federal Blvd. 2121 N.W. 21st Street
Denver, CO 80221 Miami, FL 33142
(303) 650-7700 (305) 325-9114
www.goodwilldenver.org www.goodwillmiami.com
Pueblo Goodwill Industries Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1020 Constitution Road 1715 Tiffany Drive East
Pueblo, CO 81001 West Palm Beach, FL 33407-3277
(719) 543-4483 (561) 848-7200
www.pueblogoodwill.com www.gulfstreamgoodwill.org
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Goodwill Industries of the Monocacy Valley Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids
400 East Church Street 3035 Prairie Southwest
Frederick, MD 21701 Grandville, MI 49418
(301) 662-0622 (616) 532-4200
www.gimv.org www.goodwillgr.org
Missouri
New Jersey
The Helping Hand of Goodwill Industries
1817 Campbell Street Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey and
Kansas City, MO 64108 Philadelphia
(816) 842-7425 2835 Route 73 South
www.mokangoodwill.org Maple Shade, NJ 8052
(856) 439-0200
MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries www.goodwillnj.org
1727 Locust St.
St. Louis, MO 63103
(314) 241-3464 New Mexico
www.mersgoodwill.org
Goodwill Industries of New Mexico
5000 San Mateo Boulevard, N. E.
Montana Albuquerque, NM 87109
(505) 881-6401
Easter Seals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain www.goodwillnm.org
4400 Central Avenue
Great Falls, MT 59405-1695
(406) 761-3680 New York
www.esgw-nrm.easter-seals.org
The Association for the Blind and Visually
Impaired-Goodwill Industries of Greater
Nebraska Rochester
422 S. Clinton Avenue
Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska Rochester, NY 14620
1804 South Eddy Street (585) 232-1111
Grand Island, NE 68802 www.abvi-goodwill.org
(308) 384-7896
www.goodwillne.org
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North Carolina
Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio
Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina 626 North Huron
4808 Chin Page Road Toledo, OH 43697
Durham, NC 27703 (419) 255-0070
(919) 941-9600 www.goodwillnwohio.com
www.goodwillenc.org
Marion Goodwill Industries
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina 340 West Fairground Street
2701 University Parkway Marion, OH 43302
Winston-Salem, NC 27105-4223 (740)-387-7023
(336) 724-3625 www.mariongoodwill.org
www.goodwillnwnc.org
Goodwill Industries of Akron
Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina 570 East Waterloo Road
1235 S. Eugene St. Akron, OH 44319
Greensboro, NC 27406 (330) 724-6995
(800) 789-9530 www.goodwillakron.org
www.triadgoodwill.org
Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont East Central Ohio
2122 Freedom Drive 408 Ninth Street, S. W.
Charlotte, NC 28266 Canton, OH 44707
(704) 372-3434 (330) 454-9461
www.goodwillsp.org www.goodwillclevecanton.org
Wyoming
Quebec
Goodwill Industries of Wyoming
612 West 17th Street Industries Goodwill Renaissance Montreal
Cheyenne, WY 82001 7250 Saint-Laurent Blvd.
(307) 634-9128 Montreal, Quebec H2R 2X9
www.goodwill.org/states/wy/cheyenne.htm (514) 276-3626
www.renaissancequebec.ca
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Territory Map