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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.”

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Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries was founded in 1895 in Boston’s South End to provide residents with jobs and to furnish the community with low-cost goods. It was the first in what is now a worldwide network of 175 independent affiliates.

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Antonio Stroud - I Will Aspire

“It was very spontaneous,” Antonio Stroud said. He was on the train when he learned his friend was going to a program at Goodwill where they give you a mentor and help you with your homework.

From that spontaneous moment when he declared, “All right, I’m coming with you,” Antonio has been coming to Goodwill regularly to meet with his mentor through Goodwill’s youth mentoring program. The program that began in 2010 matches young people, ages 12 to 17, with a role model to provide friendship, support and guidance to help ensure they will reach their potential.

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