TACOMA – A successful leader of business and nonprofit organizations became the newest president of the Board of Directors for Tacoma Goodwill at a Jan. 27 board meeting. Jane Taylor joins five new board members in leading the organization, nearing its 90th year.
Taylor, of Tacoma, most recently consulted with the Middleton Foundation for Ethical Studies, [...]
Goodwill’s 25 stores will hold a January Two Day Sale Jan. 15-16 at all its stores with savings of up to 50 percent. Receive 30 percent off all books, furniture, shoes, lamps, handbags and jewelry. Remember: When you shop at Goodwill, you are supporting job training and placement services for people with disabilities or disadvantages.
There is still time to help Eduardo Vilog, a Tacoma Goodwill employee, who lost his wife in the tragic Dec. 22 apartment fire in Lakewood. The Eduardo Vilog Family Fund would help pay for funeral and related expenses in helping bring his wife, Aida, home to the Philippines. Here are stories that ran yesterday and [...]
Donations to Goodwill support job training and placement services
TACOMA – With the end of the year just days away, there are more opportunities than ever to receive tax benefits for making donations of gently used clothes, shoes and household goods to Tacoma Goodwill.
The donations support the agency’s job training and placement programs, which in [...]
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BONNEY LAKE – A new Goodwill store in Bonney Lake will open Thursday, Dec. 3, with a weekend grand opening sale. The long-anticipated store will feature thousands of new items in a “fashion-forward” shopping experience, with a convenient donation site and be a site for workers with developmental disabilities and disadvantages.
A store-opening ceremony will take [...]
Learn about how REACH helps young adults in this TV Tacoma program, which first aired live Oct. 22, 2009.
TACOMA – A job fair with employers focusing on young adults will be held Wednesday in Tacoma Goodwill’s new Milgard Work Opportunity Center.
The event is free and open to the public and will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the REACH portion of the Milgard Center, 714 S. 27th St. For information, contact Goodwill Youth [...]
Tacoma Goodwill Custodial Skills program graduate Veronica Jones is featured on the cover of the latest edition of Goodwill Industries International’s “Working!” magazine. Jones owns her own company, Environmental Cleaning Organization, and has hired other program participants.
Working Magazine GII October 2009
One-stop center focuses on career exploration for young adults.
