SOU’s Green House Takes Tour at Goodwill

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  Behind-the-scenes at Goodwill On March 1, Southern Oregon University (SOU) students who are in the Green House program took a behind-the-scenes tour to learn how Southern Oregon Goodwill (Medford, OR) turns donations into jobs by recovering the most value from every donation. The Green House is a freshman seminar<https://sou.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies/seminar/house-seminar-experience/> that helps students study and […]

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Community Donations Increase in Wake of Netflix Show Popularity

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KOBI-NBC reporter, Rayvan Veres,  came to our White City store on January 31 to interview Southern Oregon Goodwill Marketing Director, Julie Fletcher, about a possible connection between a Netflix show about “tidying up” and any increases in recent community donations. Watch the story here. KMVU-FOX also ran the story on its broadcasts on the evening broadcasts […]

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Retail Certification Program Picks up Media Attention

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The newest program offered by Southern Oregon Goodwill® Industries, in partnership with the National Retail Federation (NRF) Foundation, the Retail Industry Fundamentals credential, garnered the attention of several media outlets. The Herald and News in Klamath Falls put out this story. Vice President of Workforce Development, Erin Young, was interviewed by the local ABC affiliate, […]

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New Retail Training Program Offered

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Southern Oregon Goodwill® Industries announces a new partnership with the National Retail Federation (NRF) Foundation and will offer local courses for the Retail Industry Fundamentals Credential. The new program will begin January 7, 2019 with courses designed to teach skills needed to land jobs in retail and steps toward a promising career. Course participants will […]

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Previewing Ashland’s Grand Re-opening Celebration

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The Ashland retail store on Tolman Creek Road went through a remodel, closed for one week and then re-opened on Friday, November 23. Several media outlets previewed the Grand Re-opening celebration scheduled for November 29 – December 2 and there was coverage by Ashland Daily Tidings of when it re-opened, the day after Thanksgiving.   […]

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Goodwill CA Fire Response Statement

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Communities Coming Together to Help Californians Goodwill® is a network of 161 community-based and independent organizations. Although not in our name, Southern Oregon Goodwill’s region includes Siskiyou and Del Norte counties in CA. We are aligning efforts for fire relief in Northern California with other Goodwill member organizations in CA. Each Goodwill is assisting the […]

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Media coverage of Ashland store remodel

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The Ashland Goodwill® on Tolman Creek Road is undergoing a remodel and will have a re-opening celebration at the end of November. Ashland’s Daily Tidings covered the changes and updates in an article published on Saturday, November 10. Read the full article here: http://dailytidings.com/submit-your-news/goodwill-store-to-close-for-remodeling The Mail Tribune also ran that story on the same day, November […]

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Halloween and Southern Oregon Goodwill TV coverage

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KOBI-5 TV in Medford had us on set for their morning show on Friday, October 19 with Allison Ross and Matt Jordan, which was a blast! We’d like to thank KTVL-10 for having us on their morning show the week after on Friday, October 26, to promote Halloween costume ideas at Southern Oregon Goodwill. We […]

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Ashland Store Getting a Facelift

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Donors and shoppers can look forward to an improved experience at a newly remodeled Goodwill on Tolman Creek Road in Ashland. Originally planning to demolish and put up a new building, Southern Oregon Goodwill is adding better lighting, more space, and changes to the donation lane. “We got more of what we wanted by renovating […]

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