GOODWILL Making News
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky celebrates National Employ Older Workers Week
LOUISVILLE, KY. – The Goodwill Industries of Kentucky and its Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) are celebrating National Employ Older Workers Week — September 25 – 30, 2022 — which recognizes the vital role of older workers in the workforce and...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky to celebrate opening of The Excel Center®, Kentucky’s first high school for adults, with ribbon cutting
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky will celebrate the opening of The Excel Center®, its tuition-free high school for adults, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, September 28 at 1 p.m. in front of the school, located at 6203 Preston Highway,...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky to host series of Opportunity Expos for community partners, justice-involved individuals
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky and Norton Healthcare recently broke ground on a historic initiative in West Louisville: the Norton Healthcare Goodwill “Opportunity Campus,” which will house Goodwill’s new headquarters, a 120,000 square-foot...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky promotes Josh Houlette to director of project management
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is excited to announce it has promoted Josh Houlette to director of project management. Houlette served as the senior project manager since joining Goodwill in May 2021. Houlette has played an integral role in...
Dennis Ritchie and Kim Colbert discuss Goodwill’s housing program on WAVE 3 Listens Live!
Senior Director of Reentry and Young Adult Services Dennis Ritchie and Housing Program Manager Kim Colbert recently sat down with John Ramsey of WAVE 3 to discuss Goodwill's new housing program. Through a self-sufficiency matrix, Goodwill has identified housing as the...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky promotes Angie Kerrick to director of training and development
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky has named Angie Kerrick director of training and development. In this role, she will focus on providing personal and professional growth opportunities to Goodwill employees and program clients. Kerrick started in the...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky announces Marcia McClendon as director of human resources
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky has announced Marcia McClendon as its director of human resources. McClendon will oversee organizational development, diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, employee relations and recruiting for the 99-year-old...
Media roundup: Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus groundbreaking
On Tuesday, we joined Norton Healthcare to break ground on the $100 million Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus in West Louisville. The campus will house our headquarters, a full-service hospital and a collection of local social-service agencies....
Goodwill, Norton Healthcare break ground on $100 million Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus
LOUISVILLE, KY. - Today, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky and Norton Healthcare broke ground on the Norton Healthcare Goodwill Opportunity Campus at 28th Street and Broadway that will include a 120,000 square-foot opportunity center and the first hospital west of Ninth...
The Excel Center® – our first tuition-free high school for adults – under construction in south Louisville
In Kentucky, there are more than 300,000 working-age adults who have not completed high school or earned an equivalent certification. Their median annual earnings are $18,137 compared to the $25,191 per year that adults with a high school diploma earn. To help change...