Maybe you needed a coffee table for your living room or a chair for the office-you find great deals at your local Goodwill store. The Goodwill brand has existed since 1902, when a Methodist missionary named Rev. Edgar Helms hired poor immigrants to repair and sell donated items. Such a simple, yet innovative idea, led to successful Goodwill stores, not to mention jobs for disadvantaged Americans, throughout the country.
Now Goodwill is doing so much more. In response to so many Americans losing their employment, Goodwill has job centers that provide training and job-search assistance. You can find your local center by going to http://recovery.goodwill.org/career/. And, http://www.gcflearnfree.org is a Goodwill site that you may want to check out for free online training, along with help in everyday skills, such as saavy shopping and using bus maps.
We can help Goodwill in their mission by donating sellable items or our time as volunteers. As in Rev. Helms' time, community support is crucial.
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