Category: Press Releases

Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Congressman Vern Buchanan (R–FL) as a recipient of its Goodwill® National Policymaker Award for 2010. The award recognizes a federal policymaker who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Rep. Buchanan was nominated by Goodwill Industries-Manasota, Inc. (Sarasota, FL) for consistent support of Goodwill’s public policy agenda. He co-sponsored legislation to expand Goodwill capacity and is a champion for Goodwill’s job training and reintegration efforts for veterans.

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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Congressman Brett Guthrie (R–KY) as a recipient of its Goodwill® National Policymaker Award for 2010. The award recognizes a federal policymaker who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Rep. Guthrie was nominated by Goodwill Industries of Kentucky (Louisville, KY), for his leadership in the House to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and for strengthening job opportunities for workers and job seekers in a struggling economy.

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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Congressman Norm Dicks (D–WA) as a recipient of its Goodwill® Policymaker Leaders Award for 2010. The award recognizes a federal policymaker who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Rep. Dicks was nominated by Tacoma Goodwill Industries for his ongoing support of Goodwill, including assistance in securing HUD Economic Initiative Funds for the agency’s Milgard Work Opportunity Center.

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Goodwill Industries International® is pleased to honor Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) as a recipient of its Goodwill® National Policymaker Award for 2010. The award recognizes a federal policymaker who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Senator Mikulski was nominated by Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake (Baltimore, MD) for her “close to 100 percent support of our 2009 policy priorities.”

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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Congressman Adam Smith (D–WA) as a recipient of its Goodwill® National Policymaker Award for 2010. The award recognizes a federal policymaker who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Rep. Smith was nominated by the Tacoma Goodwill for his recognition of Goodwill, including support of the agency’s Milgard Work Opportunity Center. In addition, Rep. Smith recently sponsored legislation that would expand Goodwill’s capacity.

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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D, Maine) as a recipient of its Goodwill® National Policymaker Award for 2010. The award recognizes an elected leader who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Rep. Pingree was nominated by Goodwill Industries of Northern New England (Portland, ME) for sponsoring and co-sponsoring several bills that align with Goodwill’s mission of providing employment for people with disabilities, those who lack education or job experience, and others facing challenges to finding employment.

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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor Congressman John Tierney (D–MA) as a recipient of its Goodwill® National Policymaker Award for 2010. The award recognizes a federal policymaker who has clearly demonstrated support for Goodwill’s public policy priorities. Rep. Tierney was nominated by Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries (Boston, MA) for his long history as a champion for the Workforce system. Tierney feels strongly about more accountability for the new legislation including youth being represented and helping both veterans and people with disabilities integrate into the workforce.

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Goodwill Industries International is pleased to honor its Advocacy Leader Award winners for 2010. The award recognizes Goodwill® agencies that have demonstrated leadership and commitment to Goodwill’s policy and advocacy efforts. Each agency is also recognized for its ability to effectively influence policy by its relationships with federal and state policymakers.

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Reconnect – a partnership between Dell and Goodwill Industries International that lets consumers drop off used computers for no-cost recycling— is getting its game on with support from Microsoft. Dell and Goodwill® announced today that in addition to collecting PCs and computer accessories, the 1,900-plus Goodwill locations participating in Reconnect will now for the first time collect Microsoft entertainment products including Xbox, Zune and accompanying accessories for free recycling. With its commitment and contributions to Reconnect, Microsoft joins Dell’s efforts to make electronics recycling free and convenient for consumers.

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More than 160 representatives from Goodwill® including CEOs, workforce professionals, volunteer board members, and program participants will gather on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 28 to urge Congress to invest in the American workforce through federal job training programs. Goodwill intends to engage policymakers in support of funding for critical job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs that Goodwill provides in 166 Goodwill agencies across the country.

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April 22, 2010, marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and one of the best ways you can be environmentally responsible is by donating and shopping at Goodwill®. By shopping at and donating to Goodwill, you are helping create much needed job opportunities in 90 percent of U.S. counties. Revenues from the sale of donations help Goodwill provide job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people with disabilities, those who lack education or job experience, and others facing challenges to finding employment. “For more than 105 years, Goodwill has been an environmental pioneer,” said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. “Goodwill has helped divert millions of pounds of items from landfills and created thousands of jobs for people who need it most.”

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Rockville, MD. — Goodwill® makes spring cleaning easy. This spring, millions of people will clean out their closets and send bags of unwanted clothes and other household items to Goodwill stores across the United States and Canada.  But Goodwill can help clean out more than just your clothes drawers. From the office to the garage,

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