by Kyle Williams | Aug 5, 2024 | Success Stories
Earlier this year, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council awarded Goodwill $400,000 to facilitate a new housing program called Hand Up for Housing. Through the program, Goodwill helps eligible clients obtain stable housing, pays their first month’s rent and...
by Kyle Williams | Jul 15, 2024 | Success Stories
Jennifer – a mother of three – was deep into addiction, living at a hotel, when she was charged with a misdemeanor. “The judge gave me a chance to do treatment, and I was really grateful, even though I didn’t want to go,” Jennifer said. “I went to a sober living home,...
by Kyle Williams | Jul 8, 2024 | Success Stories
After losing his job in his hometown of West Memphis, Arkansas, AJ moved to Radcliff in 2017 to live with his brother and find temporary employment so he could buy his daughter a Christmas present. His ultimate goal was to obtain his Commercial Driver’s License...
by Kyle Williams | Jun 17, 2024 | Success Stories
Due to an abusive relationship, Sarah relocated from Florida to Kentucky when she was 35 weeks pregnant but had trouble obtaining meaningful employment. “No one wanted to hire me, either because of my record or my belly,” she said. “I was a single mom with two babies,...
by Kyle Williams | Jun 10, 2024 | Success Stories
Sarah was residing in a sober living home near our Ring Road store in Elizabethtown when she became interested in working for Goodwill. “I saw a Goodwill advertisement and thought, ‘What a good place to work,’” Sarah explained. “I could see myself standing behind...
by Kyle Williams | Jun 3, 2024 | Success Stories
Tevin was homeless when he learned about Goodwill. Tevin accepted one day of work as part of Goodwill’s Another Way program. Program leaders use Goodwill transportation to canvass highly trafficked areas of the city, such as homeless shelters, highways, byways and...
