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Make good on that New Year’s resolution.
What would you say if we told you it would take just one hour a week to complete your New Year’s resolution–and that you could change our community forever at the same time? Here’s how: Become a...
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Goodwill grads & volunteers on FOX News Rising!
Some of our favorite Goodwill supporters, from left: Andre Austin, Shell Richardson, Clairsean Alexander-Floyd, Kim Smalls-Gray and Ray Collins. Some of our favorite people will gather tomorrow at our...
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One hour a week can be life-changing!
To celebrate the final day of National Mentoring Month, we’re sharing the story of Kim and Jasmine, who were matched up through our GoodGuides Youth Mentoring Program. Seventeen-year-old Jasmine came...
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Goodwill offers ‘A Unique Opportunity’
Goodwill team member Charles Reid opened the event. On Feb. 18, 25 participants from our WIA Youth and GoodGuides programs gathered at our Career Development Center to learn about opportunities in...
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National Volunteer Week
Jasmine (left), poses with her GoodGuides mentor, Kim. Every time you stop by one of our stores or donation centers to make a donation or hunt for treasures, you’ve become a volunteer for Goodwill....
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Local youth talk issues, solutions
This week we hosted 10 local teens for an event that was part of President Barack Obama’s Roundtable with Young Americans initiative. Students from West Mecklenburg High School, Garinger High School...
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Identify Goals and Pursue Passion: Goodwill Hosts HBCU and Career Day for Youth
Students gather before checking out HBCU Awareness and Career Day On Tuesday, Feb. 21, we hosted our second annual Historically Black College & University (HBCU) Awareness and Career Day for...
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Teens: 3 tips for how to land your first job
Asia Please welcome Asia, one of our GoodGuides mentees, to the blog today! Asia is an inspiring teenager who is planning to enter college this fall. She’s been a part of our GoodGuides mentoring...
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The Perils of Long-Term Unemployment
A recent study published in The Atlantic found that people who have been out of work for more than six months are overwhelmingly ignored by potential employers during the job application process....
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Success Story: Kaliyah
Not many 15-year-olds can call themselves entrepreneurs, but for Kaliyah, a participant in Goodwill’s Career Leadership Academy for Youth (CLAY) program, launching a baking business was something that...
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