Changing lives through the power of work. It’s a Goodwill® motto and the proof was in the pudding recently when the Goodwill® of Southern Piedmont recently celebrated the 100th graduation of their banking job training class. Goodwill’s® OST, occupational skills training program, features the banking job training class, a hospitality and tourism class and a construction class that bring training, resources and employment to the people Goodwill® helps. Goodwill’s® unique method of training disabled and disadvantaged people help them to not only find a job but give them the resources they need to keep that job. Goodwill’s® OST programs are more vital than ever in an economy where jobs are harder to come by and car donation is a vital resource to Goodwill®. When you donate a car to Goodwill®, you are helping the OST programs that Goodwill® brings to the community stay strong, resulting in helping more people become financially independent.

Goodwill® began accepting car donations over thirty years ago with the purpose of helping Americans who could no longer afford to keep their gas guzzling vehicles during the nationwide oil embargo. Today Goodwill® continues to help people by using auto donation as a means of funding the unique services they provide to communities across the country. Goodwill® has been bringing training, employment and career services to disabled and disadvantaged people for over a hundred years. When you donate a car to Goodwill®, your car donation helps keep Goodwill’s® OST programs available to those who want to find work and better their lives. Many organizations utilize vehicle donation to fund the services they provide but Goodwill’s® unique mission of changing lives through the power of work depends on people who can donate a car to charity. At a time when many people in this country are without a job, Goodwill® is helping people not only find work but find purpose in their lives. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are making it possible for someone to find a job, become financially independent and change their life. If you’re looking for a car donation program that makes a difference, donate a car to Goodwill® today and help someone build a stronger tomorrow.

Last week Goodwill®and the U.S. Census Bureau announced that they will partner together to achieve what will be the most complete and accurate count of the U.S. Population. The census count will take place in 2010 and the U.S. Census Bureau believes the partnership with Goodwill will increase participation.

Goodwill®has long been known as an organization that provides vital employment services to people in local communities across the country. Goodwill’s®participation in the Census Bureau once again shows their commitment to the communities it serves.

An accurate count is vital to the people who seek out Goodwill’s®help in job training, employment placement services and other support services. Goodwill’s®reach with extend to program participants, employees, donors, shoppers and volunteers. They hope their extensive reach and their unique role in these communities will get the word out about how important the 2010 Census is.

Goodwill®is North American’s leading nonprofit provider of education, training and career services for those who are disabled whether by welfare dependency, homelessness, lack of education or physical, mental or emotional disabilities. Goodwill®depends on donations of money, computers, clothes and most importantly vehicle donations.

Vehicle donation have become a major part of the donations needed by Goodwill®. Auto donation is used to keep the Wheels-to-Work program running for people who would have no means to get to work. There are many organizations that ask people to donate a car to charity but Goodwill®uses auto donation to help people stay on the job. Car donations that aren’t used directly by the Wheels-toWork program are used to fund important job training and employment programs for the disabled to help them succeed in the workplace.

The Wheels-to-Work program depends on auto donation to help the disadvantaged as well as the local businesses of the community by filling gaps caused by labor shortages or time constraints. Businesses can count on Goodwill®to bring them contract workers who are fully trained by
Goodwill®to fill needs for jobs for anything from document management to grounds keeping.
Goodwill®offers diverse training programs throughout the communities they serve.

If you have ever donated clothing or appliances to Goodwill®, you probably know that Goodwill® takes those donations for their Goodwill® stores. Donations such as these enable them to continue offering the disabled and disadvantaged valuable job training, employment and other career services. Goodwill® is also a place where people can find free preventative care that they may otherwise be unable to afford. Like the clothing donations that Goodwill® needs for their stores, Goodwill® needs people who can donate a car to charity. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are helping them to keep offering the services that they have been offering for more than a hundred years. With your car donation Goodwill® can now offer free preventative care that can save lives and bring better health to people everywhere.

Goodwill® recognizes that besides financial issues, many people who should be getting preventative tests and screening may not do so due to transportation problems. For women, Goodwill® brings screening tests like mammograms to them. Your auto donation makes it possible for the people who have no transportation to get the tests that may save their lives. Your auto donation makes preventative care accessible and free. When you donate a car to Goodwill® your car donation makes it possible for people who have never had any preventative care to get it. Goodwill’s® car donation program not only helps people get the training they need, but also helps them to take better care of themselves. There are few organizations that go the extra distance with free preventative care that Goodwill® offers and your car donation makes a difference. Though Goodwill® is known for their training and job placement services, the free preventative care is offered to the disabled, disadvantaged and those who can not afford the services. Goodwill® stores and centers all over the country work hard to help the disabled and disadvantaged and your vehicle donation now helps Goodwill® offer good health.

Whether it’s good or bad economic times, it’s often still tough for people to find a job. People who are fortunate to have a good education, job skills or specialized training will find themselves with an edge, making their job hunt a little less frustrating or difficult. For people who have a disability, finding a job is a bigger challenge as they find themselves with unique hurdles. Goodwill’s® mission for more than a hundred years has been to provide job counseling, training, education, and job search skills to help people with disabilities find jobs. Disabilities can range from physical handicaps to hearing and speech impairments. Even a learning disability can be a barrier to employment. When you donate a car to Goodwill®, you are helping Goodwill® fund these vital programs to help people with disabilities break down the barriers that keep them from employment. Goodwill® actively seeks people who can donate a car to their vehicle donation program to keep reaching out to the disabled who look to them for help in finding a job.

When you donate a car to Goodwill®, your auto donation is a valuable resource that helps Goodwill® determine interests and abilities of the disabled people they work with. Your car donation means that Goodwill® can help them get the training and skills they need to ensure on the job success. Goodwill® realizes the full potential of people with disabilities and with your car donation they train people and bring out the skills and talents they already have. Your car donation to Goodwill® is much more than just a donation. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are helping a disabled person reach their fullest potential. Goodwill’s® job connection program helps the disabled dispel the common belief that the disabled are unable to learn and perform certain jobs. When you donate a car to Goodwill® your car donation means the difference between struggling or thriving for a disabled person. Car donation is a vital resource for Goodwill® and the people they reach out to. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are helping Goodwill® break barriers to employment for the disabled community.

Since it began in 1902, Goodwill’s® mission has always been to create jobs and job opportunities for people with disabilities or disadvantages. Disadvantages can be lack of education, lack of job skills and for some, like Charlie Sheets, a serious injury that changed his life. Back in 1992, Charlie Sheets was hit by a bus on his way home from his job as a roofer, leaving him with serious head trauma and a severely broken leg. He spent twenty one days in a coma during recovery and four years in a wheelchair. Not certain if he would walk again, his future was uncertain but one thing was certain. He would no longer be able to work as a roofer. However, Sheets had no other job skills or education. Charlie Sheets found out about Goodwill® and their work adjustment training program. The program helps people with disabilities get back into the work force through on-the-job training, something Charlie would need. Today Charlie works for Goodwill® as a data entry associate thanks to Goodwill’s® training. For people like Charlie, Goodwill® helps them during times when they face a major life change and you can help Goodwill® help them with a car donation. Goodwill® uses a vehicle donation program to help keep their employment, training and career services available to people who need them most. When you donate a car to charity, consider Goodwill’s® auto donation program and the people you will be helping.

Goodwill® is America’s leading non-profit provider of education, training and career services for the disabled and disadvantaged. Whether someone is disadvantaged due to welfare dependency, homelessness, lack of education, or, like Charlie Sheets, a major trauma, Goodwill® helps them get the training they need. Your car donation helps fund the Goodwill’s® training programs that help people realize their dream of finding a job. Your auto donation means financial independence for them and their families. Along with that financial security, Goodwill’s® programs give disabled and disadvantaged people dignity and a chance to reach their fullest potential. When you donate a car to Goodwill®, your donation will bring dignity and a second chance to the disabled or disadvantaged. With your car donation, Goodwill® will continue to reach out to people like Charlie Sheets and change lives. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are helping them change lives and build futures.

Source: http://www.goodwill.org/my-story/charlie-sheets/

Goodwill® has a long history of bringing employment, training and career services to the disabled and disadvantaged community. The Goodwill® stores offer training for people who lack education and experience in order that they can find a job. Not only does Goodwill® help people find a job, but they also offer financial education courses to help individuals and families get financially secure. In order for Goodwill® to help build financially strong individuals and families, Goodwill® depends not only on monetary donations but their auto donation program as well. When it comes to financing the many life changing services that Goodwill® offers to people who are disabled or disadvantaged they have long realized the value of car donation. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are helping them continue teaching people how to not only earn money but keep more of it. When you donate a car to Goodwill® your car donation adds up and builds on the resources that Goodwill® can put into programs like the financial education classes. In today’s economy, it’s more important than ever to be educated about money and your vehicle donation makes that possible.

As more and more people find themselves with diminishing finances, financial know how has become critical. For people who are disadvantaged due to lack of education or job skills, Goodwill® gives them a chance by helping them get job training and job placement. Goodwill® knows that once people with disadvantages have steady employment, they often need assistance learning how to handle their finances. Car donation is a priceless resource that enables Goodwill® to go beyond helping people find a job by helping them learn how to get financially secure. At a time when we need to find ways to keep more of our money, Goodwill® offers people the financial know how they need to survive during tough economic times. Through your car donation, Goodwill® continues to help more people become independent through job training and financially secure through their financial education classes. Today you can donate a car to Goodwill® and help someone plan for a financially independent tomorrow.

There are Goodwill® chapters throughout the United States, working hard to help the disabled and disadvantaged become independent through their employment, training and career services. Today the Upstate/Midlands South Carolina chapter is celebrating America Recycles Day by running a computer drive. Anyone with a computer, monitor or laptop they no longer want can donate it and help keep unwanted computers out of landfills. Not only will those donations keep computers out of the landfill, but Goodwill® refurbishes and resells the computers that can be recycled. The proceeds go directly to further their mission of helping people obtain the skills they need to find jobs. The Goodwill® Computer Recycling Center is just one way you can donate to Goodwill®. Goodwill® also actively seeks car donations to help them continue their vital mission.

No stranger to recycling car donations, Goodwill® has been ready when someone wants to donate a car to charity for more than thirty years. If you have a car you no longer need or want, you can donate a car to Goodwill® and support their job training and placement programs. Whether a person is disabled or disadvantaged, your vehicle donation can make sure they receive assistance when they are seeking employment. Your auto donation can help Goodwill’s® Job Connections program which helps people in communities throughout the country find jobs. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are also helping Goodwill® train people with disabilities or disadvantages get the skills they need for a specific occupation. The Goodwill® programs that bring training and employment to people who need them are kept going when someone says ‘donate my car’. Your car donation may mean the difference between someone losing their job because of transportation problems and their being able to maintain a job through Goodwill’s® Wheels to Work program. Auto donation is the backbone of the Wheels to Work program, and every time someone donates a car to Goodwill® they help another person get to work. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you help people who are disabled or lack education and training become independent and better their lives.

Sources: http://www.goodwillsc.org/news/111309.php

Goodwill’s® one hundred and sixty-six community based Goodwill® stores thrive on material donations all year round. These material donations help Goodwill® to continue offering job training and employment placement to people with disabilities as well as people who lack education or job experience. That support even includes helping people who need English language trainning to help them overcome job challenges. Goodwill® also helps people get access to transportation to and from work as well as childcare, making it possible for them to work and better the lives of their families. Goodwill® depends on car donation to make that transportation possible. When you donate a car to Goodwill® your unwanted vehicle helps meet a vital need of someone in the community that Goodwill® serves. If you no longer need a car, your vehicle donation will go towards vital programs that Goodwill® has been providing for more than a hundred years.

Goodwill’s® training, employment and various career services help people in communities across the country live a more dignified life. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are helping them continue their mission of bringing quality of life to men, women and their families. People everywhere know how tough it is to find a job in an ever diminishing job market, especially during today’s tough economic times. Just imagine how much more difficult it is to find a job when you are facing challenges such as lack of education, language barriers or lack of marketable skills. When you donate a car to Goodwill® you are knocking down those barriers and making it possible for people to find a job that supports their families. Though Goodwill® always needs material donations, Goodwill’s auto donation program continues to be a valuable resource. Goodwill® believes that every person should have the opportunty to reach their potential and your car donation means another person will be able to reach their goal. Car donation is especially critical during the cold months as cold and snow makes it harder for people without a car to maintain employment. As we inch toward the half way mark in November, December is just around the corner but there is still time to donate a car to Goodwill® before the cold weather hits. Donate a car to Goodwill® today and help someone make sure that tomorrow, when the cold weather is here, they can continue to use the vital job skills that Goodwill® has provided for them.

It’s Friday the 13th today and what makes this 13th even more unique is the fact that it’s the third time in 2009 that the 13th has fallen on a Friday. According to experts that’s the most times it can happen in one year. For centuries the 13th has been a day when the superstitious would rearrange their day’s plans, even going as far as to change travel plans or stay home.
University of Delaware mathematician Thomas Fernsler, having spent numerous years studying the number 13, has said that even Franklin Delano Roosevelt would not take a train trip on the 13th. A story told by his then personal secretary recounts how the president would order the train to leave the station before midnight on the 12th or after midnight on the morning of the 14th. Ironically FDR died in 1945 on the 12th of April. Superstitions can be fun, but during tough economic times organizations like Goodwill® depend on people who donate a car to charity to keep their important programs available. Vehicle donation has helped many organizations offer vital services to communities across the country. When you see an ad or billboard that is campaigning for auto donation, you can make it a lucky day for people who depend on Goodwill’s® employment, training or career services.

If you find yourself lucky enough to be able to buy a new car, you can bring a little luck to someone in need when you donate a car to Goodwill® . When you donate a car to Goodwill®, the people they serve don’t have to rely on luck. Goodwill® is proud to let its donors know that eight-four percent of the funds they raise go directly to their programs, helping the communities they serve. Goodwill’s® programs have been successfully helping the disabled and disadvantaged change their lives with training that leads to employment. Auto donations also fuel Goodwill® programs such as the Wheels to Work program, a program that connect6s affordable cars to low income individuals enabling them to continue working and provide for themselves and their families. The people that Goodwill® serves through auto donation need more than a little luck. They need people to become more aware of auto donation and how their car donation can help make a difference in someone’s life.

This past Sunday, the women’s basketball team of Frederick Community College played ball against West Virginia’s Potomac State College. Unlike the usual college basketball game, this game was a first ever. The tournament was a joint effort between Goodwill® and FCC to increase not only interest in the local team’s games but to bring attention to Goodwill’s® mission of bringing hope, jobs and a future to the communities they serve. The goal was for spectators to the game to bring material donations to the game. Though the group effort did not yield as many donations as they would have liked, the are aware that it’s the first weekend of games. The goal for Goodwill® was to get the word out that Goodwill® needs donations because this is their busiest time of the year. Aside from material donations, Goodwill® seeks auto donations from communities throughout the area to support their mission of providing employment, training and career services for the disabled and disadvantaged.

Though Goodwill® is most known for its Goodwill® stores, they are continuing to find ways to bring awareness to communities everywhere in efforts to keep their many vital programs available to those who need them. Goodwill® is a leading non-provider of education, training and career services for the disabled as well as those who are disadvantaged due to welfare dependency, homelessness or lack of education. Car donation has become another viable means of funding programs that help people go from disadvantaged to independent. Auto donation is not new to Goodwill® as they accepted donated autos from people more than thirty years ago. Today Goodwill® continues to rely on people who want to donate a car to charity. Goodwill’s® car donation program enables them to provide programs such as their Wheels to Work program going, providing low cost cars people who without auto donation would be unable to obtain a job. You need not attend any event in order to help Goodwill® reach out to the community. You need only call and say ‘donate my car’ and you can make a difference in someone’s life.

Sources: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=97572&utm_source=links&utm_medium=ws&utm_campaign=headlines&utm_content=2009111102_MD_Basketball