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Our training programs help people get jobs.
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Our stores provide good things at good prices.
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Our youth programs make the future brighter.
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Just as there are things you recycle, there are things you donate.
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Careers at Goodwill
Goodwill, founded in Boston in 1895, is a leading non-profit organization in Massachusetts.
Bruce Bird: Goodwill and Vinfen Connect for Jobs
Good Workers from Goodwill
Vinfen is a growing nonprofit organization that plays a vital role in helping individuals in the community who have disabilities. In fact, Vinfen is one of the largest providers of mental health services in Massachusetts.
Established in 1977, the organization provides a broad array of services that help children, youth, and adults with psychiatric, developmental and behavioral disabilities.
"We provide a pathway for individuals from the hospital to a halfway house and then to a group home," says Vinfen CEO Bruce Bird, Ph.D. "We were way ahead of the curve in developing our facilities and programs."
Bird adds, "What Vinfen does is fulfill the real promise that people with more than the usual challenges can live happy lives. We have a great model and a great team. We also have a great need – a caring workforce. That’s why our connection to Goodwill is so important."
The connection between Vinfen and Goodwill began many years ago and has since grown into a formal partnership. "Goodwill is a true partner," says Bird. "It’s hard to find good people for entry-level positions in the human services arena. Goodwill has a wonderful program called ‘HELP’ that stands for Human Services Employment Ladder. The individuals that graduate from their HELP program are a great source of good workers for Vinfen."
Bird adds, "The job training they receive at Goodwill is an excellent background for our own rigorous training and evidence-based best practices. Goodwill’s HELP graduates make the transition easily and move into the workforce where they have a solid career. And they have something even more important – hope for a productive, responsible life."
Did you know?
Thanks to your donations, Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries annually diverts between 18 and 20 million pounds of goods from local landfills.
Rugenia Zimmerman: The Career-Course Connection
For Rugenia Zimmerman, the recession was a wake-up call. She had been working in the healthcare field for 25 years and knew that caring for people was her passion. But she also knew that losing her job as a patient observer at a local hospital was a very real possibility due to cutbacks and layoffs. Wisely, Rugenia sensed it was time to look into job training options that would help her transition to a better job with more security. She found out about Goodwill’s Human Services Employment Ladder Program (HELP) and enrolled. For Rugenia, this eight-week class that prepares individuals to work in the human services industry was just the ticket she needed to advance in a line of work she already loved.
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