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"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
--Muhammad Ali
 Ever wondered what you might have in common with the world’s greatest boxer?! Through service to others, you’re both paying equal rent for your rooms here on earth. By supporting Goodwill of Greater Washington, you are providing people with disadvantages and disabilities the tools they need to find employment that will in turn allow them to serve others through the job skills they’ll learn and the paychecks they’ll earn. Thank you for paying your rent here on earth and helping others pay theirs.
Catherine Meloy
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A Graduate’s Ode to Goodwill
Denise Robinson, a recent graduate of Goodwill’s Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program wrote the poem below upon completing the program. She has graciously allowed us to share this poem with our supporters because the reality is that this poem is for you.
First I want to thank God, for putting me in this place where I have some working tools for the industry that I will face. I want to Thank the staff for all that you have done, there were times to be serious and also times to of fun. I am a woman, no longer a little girl. (Read More)
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Goodwill’s First Trunk Show a HUGE Success!
 Goodwill of Greater Washington launched its first Travelin’ Trunk Show March 28th at the Air Rights Building in Bethesda, MD with the support of Calvert Group, Ltd and Jones, Lang, Lasalle Property Management.
The trunk show was more successful than we could have hoped, introducing Goodwill’s quality retail store apparel to a whole new audience, while also generating additional retail revenue and educating hundreds of people on Goodwill’s mission and how shopping and donating to Goodwill benefits our community.
In addition to the trunk show, Calvert employees and building tenants donated hundreds of quality donations to Goodwill which will be sold in our retail stores to continue funding our mission.
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News from the DC Career Campus-
The Training & Employment department graduated another PART class on Friday, March 23rd. Thirty-six students graduated and nine have already obtained jobs with Davis Construction, the Sheet Metal’s Union, Hefferon Plumbing, the Electrical Union #26, and Perlectric.
On Friday, March 16th, ten of our recent students graduated from the Sherwin Williams 2-week painting class. Four are already working for Davis Construction! Congratulations to the DC Career Campus team for helping all these students obtain jobs!
News from the Arlington Career Campus-
A recent hospitality training program graduate received her orientation at the Crowne Plaza Crystal City where she has been hired as a Buffet Attendant. A hotel human resources official told Goodwill that thanks to our graduate’s participation in the training program, she came to the hotel with more knowledge of the hotel industry and operations than any of the other new-hires! Congratulations to all of our hospitality training program graduates and trainers on their mutual success!
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Goodwill CEO Featured in CNNMONEY Online Article
Goodwill of Greater Washington President & CEO was recently quoted in an online article at CNNMONEY.com about business leaders who choose to pursue a new path in life that provided greater personal reward.
Money Magazine and Salary.com sought out the best jobs for anyone ready for a new challenge.
By Jennifer Merritt, Carolyn Bigda and Donna Rosato
Successful second acts
Late Changer: Corporate exec to nonprofit exec
Catherine Meloy
A phone call out of the blue prompted Catherine Meloy to trade in her fast-paced career as a Clear Channel executive and become president of Goodwill of the Greater Washington area.
"I was in broadcasting for 25 years and loved what I did. Then one day I got a call from a friend who is a headhunter who wondered if I knew anyone interested in being president of Goodwill. That was July of 2003. Two weeks later I got the job. I was the perfect age - too early for retirement and had a strong business background that gave me an edge." (Read More)
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Hearing Reviews Education and Training Funds
 The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing March 19 on funding for Employment, Training and Placement Programs planned for fiscal year 2008.
The panel heard testimony from Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) for the U.S. Department of Labor. She highlighted the need for improvements in the nation’s workforce development system
“The workforce investment system suffers from heavy infrastructure costs, a lack of integration, which causes too much money to be spent on supplicate of services and infrastructure, and not enough on meaningful education and training,” said DeRocco.
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House Passes Bills Aimed to Improve Veterans’ Benefits
Legislation to improve the overall care of the nation’s veterans passed the House this week. One of the bills, H.R. 327, would create a suicide prevention program at veterans’ medical centers. Other legislation, H.R. 797, would expand benefits for veterans with impaired vision. In addition, a routine cost-of-living increase (COLA) for veterans with service-connected disabilities, H.R. 1284, was approved.
Iowa Democrat Leonard Boswell sponsored the suicide prevention bill which mandates the screening of all patients at VA medical facilities for suicide risk factors and the tracking of at-risk veterans. Each VA medical center would designate one suicide prevention counselor and conduct outreach to veterans and their families. The bill would also mandate 24-hour availability of mental health care and a toll-free mental health hotline for veterans. Senator Tom Harking (D-IA) has introduced a companion bill in the Senate, S. 479, but the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee has yet to take action on the bill.
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Goodwill
of Greater Washington would
like to recognize its Employee
of the Month for March.
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 March 2007:
Curtis Brooks - BKB - Contracts
Sponsored in part by McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant and M & S Grill.
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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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