GOODWILL Making News
Goodwill COO Rena Sharpe to take part in virtual mentoring opportunity through Louisville Business First
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky COO Rena Sharpe is set to take part in a virtual mentoring opportunity presented by Louisville Business First. Mentoring Monday offers the opportunity for attendees to be mentored in small groups by some of the most influential women in...
SCSEP’s laptop initiative to provide digital training for older job seekers
Our Senior Community Employment Service Program (SCSEP) exists to connect low-income individuals age 55 or older to on-the-job training that can help them move into employment. That mission has enhanced recently with the pilot of the SCSEP laptop initiative! With...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky donates $80K to Lexington VA
LEXINGTON, KY – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky donated $30,000 in vouchers to the Lexington VA Health Care System [Lexington VAHCS] in January, bringing its donation total to the facility to more than $80,000 in just under three years. The partnership between the two...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to sponsor Goodwill’s virtual expungement clinics
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky – in addition to many remaining partners – to continue to offer virtual expungement services in 2021. A $25,000 investment by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky...
Goodwill Director of Finance and Accounting Andrew Wise named to Business First’s 20 People to Know in Accounting
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Director of Finance and Accounting Andrew Wise has been named to Louisville Business First’s list of 20 People to Know in Accounting. The list is part of the publication’s recurring 20 People to Know series, where it highlights...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky purchases south Louisville property
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky recently purchased 12 acres of property at 6201, 6303 and 6321 Preston Highway and 453 Forest Drive in south Louisville and intend to use the property for new facilities and services. "Although definitive plans haven’t been determined,...
Why you should donate your unwanted items to Goodwill!
Cleaning out your closet or clearing up clutter around your home? Take your gently loved items to Goodwill! There's a common misconception that we pocket the proceeds made off your donated goods, but that simply is not true. In fact, nearly 90 cents of every dollar...
Goodwill Cars to Work places a record number of participants in 2020
Despite all the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Goodwill Cars to Work program and its manypartners placed more than 100 individuals into vehicles in 2020, which is a record for the program. Through our Cars to Work program, individuals who wouldn’t...
Goodwill seeking input from west Louisville residents, organizations before establishing “Opportunity Campus”
As we at Goodwill Industries of Kentucky prepare to move our headquarters to west Louisville and establish an “Opportunity Campus” for disadvantaged job seekers, we’re seeking input on our services from residents and organizations in the area. In west Louisville, a...
MacKenzie Scott’s $10 million donation to Goodwill Industries of Kentucky covered by national, local news outlets
We at Goodwill Industries of Kentucky are humbled by the unsolicited $10 million donation from writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and so very grateful for her belief in our mission to help Kentuckians with significant life challenges improve their quality of...
