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
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