GOODWILL Making News
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...
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky to reopen centers for education and employment
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is pleased to announce it will reopen its centers for education and employment to in-person traffic on Monday, June 15, under limited hours and strict health and safety guidelines. Despite the obstacles created by the...
A message from Goodwill Industries of Kentucky President and CEO Amy Luttrell
Throughout Kentucky, the United States and even in distant countries around the world, diverse groups of people are passionately uniting to demand equality and justice for African Americans. Although this is not a new battle, recent events have brought us to a pivotal...
Lexington Goodwill store to hold open interviews for retail positions
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s Mapleleaf store and donation center in Lexington will hold open interviews for any walk-in applicant interested in an opportunity in retail and beyond, as the nonprofit’s mission is to help Kentucky job seekers achieve and maintain...
Goodwill VP of External Affairs quoted in Business First article on racial tension, a way forward
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s mission is to serve vulnerable populations. For a greater part of those populations, this past week has been filled with a mixture of powerful emotions. Goodwill VP of External Affairs DeVone Holt was recently quoted by Louisville...
