Dr. Edgar J. Helms, Goodwill Industries International founder, was born this coming Sunday (19) back in 1863. In 1902 at the age of 39, the young minister was assigned to the Morgan Mission in Boston’s South End. He was appalled at the conditions faced by some of the immigrants in his parish, who found themselves in a new country without jobs and sometimes desperate for food, clothing, and ...
Announcements
Goodwill Industries International Highlights Local Google Event
The Grow with Google event, held at the Medford Library on October 29, 2019, was featured in Goodwill Industries International’s (GII) Weekly Digest in the first week of December. #GrowwithGoogle is an initiative that draws on Google’s 20-year history of building products, platforms, and services that help people and businesses grow. The event attracted 57 participants, who used laptops and ...
Gayle Byrne Legacy Club Created to Honor 25-Year Employees
Southern Oregon Goodwill recently inducted nine current and former employees into the Gayle Byrne Legacy Club for service of 25 years or more to Goodwill. The club’s name is in honor of retired President & CEO of Southern Oregon Goodwill, Gayle Byrne, who retired with 37 years of service to the organization. Employees with service anniversaries of 25 years or more will be invited into ...
Stories Behind the Store Celebration 2019
Goodwill Celebrates Success Stories Southern Oregon Goodwill® hosted an awards luncheon on Thursday, May 09 at Inn at the Commons for community members, Goodwill team members and volunteers to recognize achievement in employment, community business partners, and personal growth. The Goodwill Stories Behind the Store Celebration honored Goodwill program participants who overcame odds and ...
SOU’s Green House Takes Tour of Goodwill
On March 1, Southern Oregon University (SOU) students in the Green House program took a behind-the-scenes tour to learn how Southern Oregon Goodwill turns donations into jobs by recovering the most value from every donation. The Green House is a freshman seminar that helps students study and solve real-world problems by meeting with businesses and organizations outside of SOU. Students learn ...
Communities Coming Together to Help Californians
Goodwill® is a network of 161 community-based and independent organizations. Although it's 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 fire survivors in different ways from fundraisers to financial ...
