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Goodwill offers discount on books to local teachers
In an effort to help teachers provide access to books that some of their student’s may not be able to afford, the Goodwill Retail Store in Sterling, VA will be offering a 10% discount on all books to local teachers and educators.
“Goodwill’s mission is to educate, train, employ or place people with disadvantages or disabilities”, said Brendan Hurley, Goodwill VP of Marketing & Communications.
“The manager of our retail store in Sterling understands this and wanted to help the teachers in his community in their efforts to educate and train as well.” If the program proves successful, Goodwill may enhance the program market wide.
Any teacher can receive the discount at the Sterling, VA Goodwill Retail Store just by showing a valid teacher ID. The discount program will continue through the end of 2006.
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Goodwill Needs Your Donations This Holiday Season!
In 2005, the world responded to several major natural disasters: Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita and the Tsunami that devastated parts of Thailand, Indonesia and other areas of Southeast Asia.
Americans were as always, extremely generous in their efforts to assist those whose lives were destroyed by these tragic acts of nature. They provided each of us with a sense of purpose, a mission and a drive to help in whatever way we could.
Fortunately, there have been no huge natural disasters recently, but the sense of urgency to help others in need this holiday season should be just as critical as it was last year! Many of the people Goodwill serves do not have the means to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for their families or gifts for their children because they don’t have the skills necessary to find sustainable employment. They eat at soup kitchens because they don’t have the money to buy food. They live in shelters because they can’t afford to pay rent. They allow injuries to go untreated because they can’t afford health care. Your donations can help change all of that. With a job, these disadvantaged and disabled members of our community can afford to put food on the table. They can secure insurance through work. And they can find a place to call “home”. Goodwill needs your help now more than ever. Please give to Goodwill today. Your gift will make a lasting impact on someone else’s life…forever! Please click here to make a charitable contribution. Thank you!
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Goodwill Construction Training Program Highlighted in Two Part Series in the Afro American Newspaper
Afro American Newspaper journalist Valencia Mohammad recently completed a
two part series on Goodwill’s construction pre-apprenticeship training program.
The training program is designed to provide disadvantaged, unemployed or underemployed
members of our community the skills they need to find careers in a booming local industry.
The programs, supported by NCRC and the Washington Area Women’s Foundation have proven to be
highly successful and Goodwill is looking to replicate the program as soon as possible.
Click here to read a copy of Article 1 & Article 2
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Fashion of Goodwill Runway Show & Gala Receives Significant Coverage in Capitol File Magazine
 The Fashion of Goodwill 2nd Annual Runway Show & Gala was covered in both the summer
and fall issues of local society magazine Capitol File. The magazine gave the event,
which took place on September 9th, several mentions in the summer issue and two additional
mentions, plus an entire page of photos from the event in the fall issue. Click here to see
photos from the gala that were featured in the magazine. If you attended, maybe you made the cut!
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DC to Offer a Holiday Tax Holiday!
The week following Thanksgiving will be a great week to shop in the District of Columbia if you
hate paying sales tax! The district government has decided to offer tax free shopping between
November 24th and December 3rd. By shopping in the district during these dates, you will be exempt
from the 5.75 percent sales tax for shoes, clothing, and accessories under $100.
By the way, Goodwill has a fantastic retail store attached to our corporate offices at
2200 South
Dakota Avenue, NE in the district. Click here for directions.
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Update on Pension Protection Act of 2006
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 provides that in 2006 and 2007, a person over age 70½ can make charitable gifts from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) of up to $100,000 per year. The donor will benefit by not having to report the IRA distribution as taxable income, although the donor will not be able to claim a charitable income tax deduction for the gift. The new law permits distributions to be made from IRAs directly to charities.
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Goodwill
of Greater Washington would
like to recognize its Employee
of the Month for October.
This award is given to the Goodwill
employee who has demonstrated
his or her ability to provide
the best in customer care and
dedication to the Goodwill mission.
Goodwill
of Greater Washington's Employee
of the month for October 2006
are:
Retail - Yvette Butler, South Dakota Avenue Goodwill Store
Contract - James Edwards, Andrews Air Force Base
Production - Jorge Pelzer, South Dakota Avenue Donation Center |
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Goodwill Works with Safeway & the Salvation Army to Provide Community Services and Hot Meals at Thanksgiving
 Goodwill partnered with Safeway and the Salvation Army for the 7th annual Feast of Sharing at
the Washington, DC Convention Center on Wednesday, November 22nd. The day long event gave a
hot turkey dinner to those members of the Washington, DC community who don’t have the means to
prepare a Thanksgiving meal for themselves and their families. In addition to the meal, the
5,000 guests were also treated to a free community service and career fair managed by Goodwill
and Workforce Organizations for Regional Collaboration. The fair included other social service
providers, job skill workshops and free health screenings. Hundreds of volunteers helped make
this year’s Feast of Sharing the best yet. Other partners included The Washington DC Convention
Center, Centerplate, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Suntrust Bank, Amerigroup and the Gleaning Network.
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Mental Health Tips By Diane Kern, Ph.D.
What is Mental Illness?
A serious mental illness is a condition that affects the brain and disrupts a person’s thinking, mood, ability to interact with others, and ability to cope with the demands of life. Mental health professionals typically consider the severity of a mental illness, based on the degree to which a person is suffering and feeling badly, subjective distress; and/or the degree to which a person’s daily functioning or ability to carry out normal life activities is impaired...(more)
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GOODWILL
OF GREATER WASHINGTON'S MISSION
Goodwill
of Greater Washington's mission is to educate,
train, employ and place people with disadvantages
and disabilities, creating a stronger workforce
and a more vital community while building
dignity for the people we serve through the
removal of barriers to personal success.
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