GOODWILL Making News
Director of Reentry Services Dennis Ritchie details expansion of RISE program in Lexington on WTVQ
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s Reintegrating Individuals Successfully Every Day (RISE) program is a paid job-readiness training that paves the way back to employment for individuals with a criminal history. The program features assistance with consumer literacy,...
Director of Reentry Services Dennis Ritchie, Assistant Store Manager Mary Dickenson discuss expungement on WAVE 3 Listens Live!
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky pivoted to offering virtual career services for its program participants in response to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the reopening of our career services centers to in-person traffic, Goodwill is still...
Goodwill’s renewed mission highlighted by Louisville Courier Journal
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky prides itself on placing individuals into reliable jobs – and those services are needed now more than ever. Between March and June of this year, more than 550,000 Kentuckians filed new claims for unemployment insurance benefits, per...
Story Behind the Stores: Josh Clemmons
Josh Clemmons graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He promptly took a job within his dream career field upon graduating. His future looked bright. But in his mind, something wasn’t right. He had struggled...
Goodwill CFO Mark Hohmann shares insight on nonprofit industry in Business Journals
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky CFO Mark Hohmann joined nine of his colleagues from around the United States in contributing to a nationwide submission to the Business Journals as part of The Business Journals Leadership Trust. The expert panel featured different...
What is WIPA? Program Manager SuAnn Williams explains on WTVQ’s Great Day Kentucky
Have you ever heard of WIPA? It’s also known as Work Incentives Planning and Assistance. It’s a program offered in cooperative agreement with the social security administration and Goodwill Industries of Kentucky. Its goal is simple: Provide accurate information to...
Story Behind the Stores: Shannon Haynes
Shannon Haynes didn’t know what to expect when she started working at Goodwill in Hopkinsville on Dec. 9, 2019. To that point, she had a long history of addiction. The Wickliffe, Kentucky native relocated to Hoptown in 2015 at age 35 to admit herself into a long-term...
Story Behind the Stores: Malike & Feilure
Husband and wife Maihesuti Malike and Yinayata Feilure moved from Xinjiang, China to the United States last year. They left behind distinguished careers, Maihesuti as an electrical engineer and Yinayata as a personal, industrial and commercial banker, which begs the...
Goodwill Cars to Work program highlighted by WAVE 3 Listens Live!
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is so much more than its retail stores and donation centers. We offer career services programs that pave the way for self-sufficiency. One of those programs is Cars to Work, which provides secured auto loans to program participants with...
Goodwill VP of Career Services Marsha Berry highlights reopening of Centers for Education & Employment on WTVQ, WHAS
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is again welcoming in-person appointments at its Centers for Education & Employment, the key facilitators of its mission to provide job-readiness training and career-path advice to those in need. Career coaches have offered virtual...
