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On Wednesday, September 05, 2012 SunTrust offered an interviewing skills workshop to Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.’s Job-Link clients.

Many people with disabilities are not in the workforce, but Goodwill seeks to provide the training and the opportunity for work. More people were placed in employment thanks to Goodwill by July 2012 than in all of 2011.

Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire, Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless and other local agencies will host the Ninth Annual Stand Down for Homelessness.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. cut the ribbon on its new Estero Retail & Donation Center on Friday, Sept., 14. The new Estero retail store is located at 10351 Corkscrew Commons Drive.

Most donations to Goodwill come in the form of clothing, housewares, electronics, and vehicles. However, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida just received a more unique donation-- an elevator-style wheelchair lift.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc., is happy to announce its selection by the Robert V. and Benjamin G. Miller Fund as its first organizational provider of Trailways Camp, a camp for adults with disabilities in Southwest Florida.

Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-27) visited Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. Tuesday, August 21, 2012. The visit was intended to spread mission awareness to the senator and to act as an opportunity to see the clients Goodwill serves.

In September, North Fort Myers-based Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. will open a Donation Center & Book Store in Naples and a Retail & Donation Center in Estero .

Naples bibliophiles will soon have a new book store to peruse. On September 7th, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. will open a Donation Center & Book Store, which will mark the company’s 26th retail location.

The Fort Myers Miracle baseball team will host a Goodwill donation drive August 24 through August 26. In addition to the donation drive, Saturday, August 25 will be a Goodwill Night featuring a Goodwill fashion show and more.

Elisabet Stadelman will provide job search and resume assistance, skills training, and family strengthening assistance at the Goodwill Job-Link center in LaBelle, Florida.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida employees and board members officially cut the ribbon on the agency’s new Englewood (Fla.) Job-Link center, which provides employment services, skills training, and family strengthening resources.

The website for the Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy includes an online newsroom, videos, success stories, and testimonials from parents of graduates. The Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy is a Fort Myers charter school for students with intellectual disabilities.

Students of the Goodwill L.I.F.E. Academy raised $1,200 by selling 30 hand-painted and decorated vases at the Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida Breakthrough Awards Luncheon in May.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. breaks ground at their new store, located in Estero.

Honoring The Franklin Shop Vendors and Giving Back to the Community by Benefiting Goodwill

Second Annual Goodwill Golf Classic to be held at Eagle Ridge Golf Club

Eight aspiring entrepreneurs are now one step closer to starting their own business, after graduating from Goodwill's Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise program on April 5.

Dr. Brune donates his time and talent to underprivileged in Haiti through Global Health Outreach

$25,000 gift is part of CVS Caremark Charitable Trust’s $4.3 million in grants to 98 organizations. Goodwill will utilize the funds, along with to $3,000 from the Computer Science Collaboration Project to support the High School/High-Tech program.

Escapism Founder, Artist John Ross Palmer, is thrilled to announce that he has been named the Featured Artist at the Fiesta-themed Goodwill Gala to take place at the River Oaks Country Club on April 21, 2012 in Houston, Texas.

Authors and pirate enthusiasts James and Sarah Jane Kasermen will bring their high-energy book-signing and pirate show to the Goodwill Donation Center & Book Store in Fort Myers on Saturday, March 31.

A late rally by Florida led the squad to victory against the US National Women's Team in the 2012 Florida Sled Hockey Showcase. Team Florida included players from the Ft Myers-based Florida Eels, sponsored by Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has expanded its mission services reach by opening a full-time Job-Link center inside its Towne Centre Store in Naples. Goodwill has served Collier and surrounding counties with mission services for 45 years.

Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire, Inc. will present a Celebrity Fashion Show on March 1 at The Historic Ritz Theatre in Downtown Brunswick.

Three graduates of the Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project are receiving startup grants of $2,500 each from Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida and Lee County Human Services.

The Florida Sled Hockey Association will host a free sled hockey clinic at the Fort Myers Skatium on January 28. Sled hockey is an adaptive version of ice hockey designed for people with disabilities, in particular lower body disabilities.

An anonymous "secret Santa" paid for the purchases of two young mothers on Sunday, December 18, at a Goodwill Industries store in Fort Myers, Florida.

The River District Alliances' "It's a Wonderful Life," adorned with bubble lights and tinsel, was the crowd favorite at the Goodwill Festival of Trees in Fort Myers. Other award winners were Camp-Rigby Roofing-Sheetmetal, CenturyLink, and ProFiles.

From Dec. 1 until the end of the year, area donors receive one year of movie tickets to use in 2012

Goodwill Industries of Eastern North Carolina believes our Veterans deserve our ongoing support for their service to & sacrifice for our country. GIENC is proud to offer free programs like GCFLearnFree.org that will help them return to the workplace.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK has joined forces with the Festival of Trees to provide tree deliveries for the fundraiser. The Festival of Trees and Tux & Trees Gala are the signature events of the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.

Trees provide a unique marketing opportunity for businesses and organizations. The 2011 Festival of Trees begins November 25 at the Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center in Fort Myers and supports the Southwest Florida Goodwill Foundation.

Colonial Bank FSB, with nine branches throughout southern New Jersey, is making a call for charitable partners for the 2011 holiday season.

MERS/Goodwill invites St. Louis community to help Judge Edwards win People Magazine’s $10,000 Prize

The Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project provides training for people with low-to-moderate income or other disadvantages to start their own businesses. A new six-week session of microenterprise classes will begin on Sept. 20.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida is hiring approximately 16 new part-time retail employees for a new retail store in Naples, Fla. The new store is expected to open in late September.

1-800-Junk-USA consolidates the successful College Hunk Hauling Junk franchise brand into one parent company to better reach the nationwide markets of junk removal, moving and donation pickup.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has earned a three-year renewal of its accreditation by CARF. Goodwill earned accreditation in the areas of job development, job support, job-site training, and comprehensive vocational evaluation services.

Nine future small business owners are ready to take their first step in self-employment, after graduating from the Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project.

Law Firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Florham Park, N.J. Donates Hundreds of Items

More than 2,800 Lee County elementary, middle, and high school students took part in a Goodwill donation drive, collecting 23,518 pounds of gently-used goods which will be re-sold to provide revenue for Goodwill’s mission.

Palmetto Ranch is an income-sensitive, independent-living community designed specifically for the needs of individuals with physical disabilities. It is Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida's first housing community in Hendry County.

The Goodwill Golf Classic attracted 139 golfers and raised $8,000 in net proceeds to benefit Goodwill's programs and services for people with disabilities and other disadvantages in Southwest Florida.

Robert L. "Bob" Haenggi passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 20, 2011. Haenggi was Vice President of Career Development Services for Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.

Gap stores and Fort Myers Miracle baseball are both partnering with Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida for separate donation drives in late May.

Carolina Rodriguez' volunteer work with Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida was so impressive at the agency's Lehigh Acres Retail & Donation Center that her supervisors recommended her for a management position with Goodwill.

Registration for Online Classes for Word 2010, Excel 2010, Access 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 is now open.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has named Ruth Moise of Port Charlotte as the agency's 2010 Chet Perry Achiever of the Year. The award is given to a Goodwill employee who has overcome obstacles on the path to their personal independence.

All profits from theTRIBE Productions' upcoming Hollywood musical, WORKING (by the composer of WICKED and GODSPELL), will be donated to Goodwill of Southern California.