LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Kentucky has received a $50,000 donation from Walsh Construction through the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District’s (MSD) Community Benefits Program. The generous contribution was recognized during a check presentation held at Goodwill’s West Louisville Opportunity Center on Tuesday.
These funds will directly support Goodwill Kentucky’s mission to help individuals across the Commonwealth find pathways out of poverty through career training, job placement, and essential support services. By investing in Goodwill’s work, Walsh Construction and MSD are helping to create lasting opportunities for Kentuckians to build stable, sustainable futures.
“We’re incredibly grateful to Walsh Construction and MSD for their generous support of our mission,” said Andrew Gillette, Director of Development at Goodwill Kentucky. “This donation will help us continue empowering Kentuckians to overcome barriers, gain valuable skills, and find meaningful employment. Partnerships like this make a real difference.”
Walsh Construction and Goodwill Kentucky, in partnership with the University of Kentucky, recently launched a Pre-Apprenticeship Program, designed to introduce participants to careers in the skilled trades through an eight-week, hands-on learning experience. The initiative is tied to the construction of the UK Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building.
“We are proud to join Goodwill Kentucky’s efforts to remove workforce barriers through their job-readiness training program, RISE,” said Kendra Simon, Walsh Group community relations manager. “This workforce development initiative empowers our neighbors as they pursue gainful employment and opens the door of opportunity for a brighter future that strengthens individuals, families, and our community at large.”
Each year, MSD invests millions in building and maintaining infrastructure for wastewater treatment, stormwater management, and flood protection. Its Community Benefits & Strategic Partnerships division is focused on generating social impacts that go beyond these core infrastructure projects.
“Through our Community Benefits Program, MSD is dedicated to demonstrating compassion and social responsibility by ensuring that the investments we make in infrastructure also invest in people and neighborhoods,” said Tony Parrott, Louisville MSD executive director. “Our partnership with Walsh Construction reflects that commitment—showing how progress at the Morris Forman Water Quality Treatment Center can extend far beyond construction, creating opportunities that uplift people across the communities we serve.”
For more information about Goodwill, visit GoodwillKY.org. To learn more about Walsh Construction, visit WalshGroup.com. For more about MSD’s Community Benefits Program, visit LouisvilleMSD.org/CommunityBenefits.
About Goodwill Kentucky
For more than 100 years, Goodwill Kentucky has helped Kentuckians find pathways out of poverty through the transformative power of work. Operating in 103 of Kentucky’s 120 counties, Goodwill Kentucky places over 3,000 Kentuckians into jobs each year through its 1,400-plus employer partners and its own retail stores. These life-changing opportunities are made possible through donations to our stores and community support. The organization reinvests approximately 90 cents of every dollar earned in its retail stores into job training and workforce programs. When you give to Goodwill, you do a lot of good.
About MSD
The Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) works to achieve and maintain clean, environmentally safe waterways for a healthy and vibrant community. The organization’s 800 employees provide wastewater management, drainage, and flood protection services across the 376 square miles of Louisville Metro, and wastewater service in portions of Bullitt and Oldham counties. In addition to operating and maintaining Louisville Metro’s sewer system, floodwall system, water quality treatment centers, and flood pumping stations, MSD invests in hundreds of infrastructure improvement projects each year, plants more than 1,000 trees and other vegetation annually to enhance water filtration and reduce runoff, and provides numerous outreach programs to inform and educate the community about protecting our waterways.
About Walsh Construction
Walsh Construction is a part of The Walsh Group, a 127-year-old family-owned company providing client-focused construction services across the water, transportation, and building markets. Operating as Walsh Construction and Archer Western Construction across 21 regional offices in North America, the company is consistently ranked among the largest treatment plant contractors in the United States, with 2025 rankings as the No. 2 Water Treatment Plant Builder and No. 2 Wastewater Treatment Plant Builder, according to Engineering News-Record. The Walsh Group offers clients the highest level of internal expertise, safety, a fully integrated suite of services, and a family approach to business. Connect with The Walsh Group at www.walshgroup.com; LinkedIn; X; Facebook; and Instagram.