GOODWILL Making News
Community Engagement Coordinator Ben Haydon talks back-to-school shopping on WTVQ’s Good Day Kentucky
Whether your kids are going back to school in person or virtually, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is your answer for affordable back-to-school clothing. Goodwill offers a sizeable selection of styles in all its 66 stores across the Commonwealth, which includes...
Story Behind the Stores: Crystal Tincher
Crystal Tincher began volunteering at Goodwill as part of the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP) six and a half years ago. Like many who are first introduced to Goodwill, Crystal assumed it was just another thrift store. But she learned it’s so much more....
Goodwill VP of External Affairs DeVone Holt discusses West Louisville expansion on WHAS11 Great Day Live
The core of Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s mission is helping those most vulnerable on their way to self-sufficiency. This primary goal is the reason Goodwill, as a result of a years-long search, has pegged West Louisville as a location to expand its headquarters...
Goodwill’s RISE program mentioned in Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s press conference regarding digital inclusion
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s Reintegrating Individuals Successfully Every Day (RISE) program was highlighted during Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s recent press conference regarding digital inclusion efforts. To battle digital inequity – which has been amplified...
Story Behind the Stores: Terry King
Terry King was released from incarceration on January 14. He was headed back to his hometown of Morehead, Ky. But he wasn’t looking forward to it. Terry was afraid. He spent 52 months behind bars after originally receiving a 12-year sentence for a drug-related...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, Anthem partner to launch RISE-Pikeville
Louisville, Ky. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield have announced a partnership to launch Pikeville’s Reintegrating Individuals Successfully Every Day (RISE) program, a job-readiness training program aimed at connecting low-income...
Director of Career Services Martha Stephenson details UPS grant on WHAS11 Great Day Live
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky partnered with 945 employers to help place more than 2,900 individuals into jobs in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the nonprofit to pivot to virtual career services, and despite the reopening of its Centers for Education &...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky to collaborate on program for young adults with criminal history
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, in partnership with Goodwill Industries International and by way of the U.S. Department of Labor Young Adult Reentry Partnership Grant, will provide job skills and career training to adults ages 18-24 who were recently involved with...
Goodwill Director of Communications and Public Relations Barnard Baker named to 2021 Leadership Louisville class
Goodwill Director of Communications and Public Relations Barnard Baker has been named to the Leadership Louisville class of 2021, an honor given to 54 of the area’s most established community leaders. This is the 42nd cohort of influential leaders, selected each year...
Goodwill CEO Amy Luttrell featured in Louisville Business First panel of nonprofit executives
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky CEO Amy Luttrell recently joined a panel of nonprofit executives to shed light on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sector. In Louisville Business First’s Executive Insights: Nonprofits panel, Luttrell discussed the difficult...
