GOODWILL Making News
Media roundup from press conference announcing $100 million investment in west Louisville
Yesterday, we announced a historic $100 million investment with Norton Healthcare in west Louisville, which will result in our “Opportunity Campus” and the area’s first hospital in more than 100 years. West Louisville is a nine-neighborhood community where the median...
Goodwill and Norton Healthcare partner for historic $100M investment in West Louisville
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, Norton Healthcare and Governor Andy Beshear today announced a $100 million investment in West Louisville that will bring a collection of life-enhancing programs and services to one of Kentucky’s most underserved...
Goodwill teams up with Recycled Rides to help donate vehicle to Pikeville man
We were proud to partner with National Auto Body Council Recycled Rides program to donate a car to Pikeville resident Jeremy Yeager last week. Yeager wasn’t able to see his kids and walked as much as three miles to work and seven miles to the grocery store. "I...
Story Behind the Stores: Store manager for nearly 24 years, Donna takes pride in the mission
Our Middlesboro store may be small – but the effect it has on its community is big! In 2021, it earned the Store of Excellence Award and was named a Fab 5 store in each quarter. In March, it broke its all-time monthly sales record. But for Donna, the store manager,...
Goodwill provides $30,000 in vouchers to VA of Lexington for third straight year
We’re proud to announce we’ve partnered with Veteran Affairs of Lexington to provide $30,000 in vouchers to the health care system for a third straight year. The voucher program provides veterans with free clothing and other needs. Vouchers are in the amount of $10...
How Kentucky is celebrating Black History Month
At Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, we are proud to celebrate Black History. By highlighting historical events, figures and employees and events within our organization throughout the month of February, we hope we can help capture what Black History Month means to us....
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky CFO Mark Hohmann graduates GII’s Executive Development Program (EDP)
We’d like to congratulate and highlight our Chief Financial Officer Mark Hohmann for graduating the Goodwill Industries International Executive Development Program (EDP). The EDP is a 16-month curriculum that blends classroom instruction and applied learning with a...
Goodwill holding Excel Center Career Expo to find candidates for new adult high school
At Goodwill, we pride ourselves on providing life-changing resources for Kentuckians in need. In fall 2022, we plan to take that mission to another level by opening Kentucky’s first tuition-free high school for adults, The Excel Center, in Louisville. To help us...
Goodwill partners with iHeartMedia Lexington to promote young adult reentry services
Each year in Kentucky, hundreds of unaccompanied young adults age 18-24 are unhoused for a variety of reasons — from family breakups to substance abuse to mental health challenges. Adults in this age range are especially vulnerable because they have aged out of many...
Goodwill partners with BCTC to launch reentry program in Lexington for young adults
We are excited to announce the launch of The Goodwill LifeLaunch: Ignite 2.0 Reentry Program in Lexington, made possible by a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The program serves young adults age 18-24 who have criminal backgrounds. Participants...