REACH, located in the first floor of Tacoma Goodwill’s Milgard Work Opportunity Center, 714 S. 27th St., will hold job-search workshops Tuesdays in August, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Three $25 gift cards will be given at the end of each Tuesday to participants who sign up. Multiple winners are possible. Participants mudst be between 16-24 [...]
Longview Goodwill Store hosts blood drive Monday LONGVIEW – A Longview Goodwill-sponsored blood drive will take place Monday, Aug. 2, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the store, 1030 15th Ave. in Longview. The Puget Sound Blood Center has a goal of 25 donors for the site. “While the need for blood donors is constant, in [...]
HOWARD STREET CLOSURE MAY IMPACT JOB TRAINING, PLACEMENT PROGRAMS PORT TOWNSEND – Construction along upper Sims Way that has closed a portion of Howard Street dropped donations of gently used clothes, shoes and household items to the Port Townsend Goodwill Store nearly in half and impacted funds raised toward the agency’s job training and placement [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
