About Goodwill

Our mission is to provide exemplary job training and related services to help individuals with disabilities and other barriers to self-sufficiency to achieve independence and dignity through work.

Gerry Petelis: I Will Work

Gerry Petelis - I Will Work

Gerry Petelis exemplifies the Goodwill mission.

A long-term participant with developmental disabilities, Gerry worked for many years in OutSource Resource at the Salem Job Training Facility doing packaging and assembling.

Now Gerry is working at ERC Wiping Products in Lynn, his first outside job.

He is more independent and self sufficient and is able to walk to work.

“I like working there,” Gerry says. “The people are friendly.”

Did you know?

The Goodwill Stores are run as social enterprises, meaning they support Goodwill’s mission to provide job training for individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment while also providing jobs and good quality, low-cost goods to individuals and families looking for value.

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Shara Nelson – I Will Aspire

Shara Nelson used to spend her summers in Haiti. Now, she spends her summers in South Athol, Massachusetts, at Goodwill’s Fresh Air Camp.

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