Archive for Goodwill in the News
Posted by Julie Fletcher on March 27, 2020
Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries is asking people to hold off their donations at its locations while their doors are closed under Oregon Executive Order 20-12. Goodwill has eight stores in (Ashland, Central Point, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Medford, Roseburg, Sutherlin, and White City) and is asking people not to leave donations outside of their local […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on January 16, 2020
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 […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on October 7, 2019
Local media showed heavy coverage for the final job fair of the season on Monday, October 7, taking place in Medford at the Regional Headquarters. KOBI-TV NBC5, KAJO-AM, KMVU-FOX, KTVL-CBS, KDRV-ABC spread the coverage between evening, 11 pm and morning shows. Participating employers included Cartwright’s Market, ESS SubDesk (school employment), Express Employment Professionals, First Student […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on September 27, 2019
Grants Pass-based radio station, KLDR, posted and announced the September 19, 2019 Job Fair, which saw approximately 55 job seekers attend. The Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce also posted the event in their weekly and monthly email newsletters: The Daily Courier also published an article in the newspaper and online also on Wednesday, […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on September 4, 2019
KDRV-Newswatch 12 stopped by our Job Connection in Ashland for a Job Fair on Thursday, August 29. It aired on the 6 pm newscast that night. KDRV news story at Ashland Job Fair KTVL, KDRV, KMVU-Fox, and KOBI all covered the August 29 Job Fair in Ashland a total of 10 times over Wednesday, August […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on June 21, 2019
KOBI-TV NBC5 in Medford highlighted the first Job Fair of the 2019 season held in Klamath Falls on June 12, 2019. 88 community members came through the Job Connection on 3401 Washburn Way, along with about 10 local employers. For the full list of the 2019 Job Fair schedule, head over to our Job […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on June 6, 2019
KDRV-Newswatch 12’s, Adam Schumes, stopped by the Garrison’s Home showroom in Central Point as the company was honored for its partnership with Southern Oregon Goodwill. Owner, Brian Garrison, and Garrison’s employee/Goodwill client, Travis Green, were both unable to make it the Stories Behind the Store Celebration event in May so they held a private event […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on May 31, 2019
The Siskiyou Daily News featured the business partnership between Southern Oregon Goodwill and Mountaineer IT in Yreka, which was honored at the annual Stories Behind the Store Celebration at Inn at the Commons in Medford on May 9, 2019. Mountaineer IT took on Dennis Cisar through an internship from Far Northern Regional Center in 2018 […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on January 4, 2019
Ugly sweaters and holiday season shopping at Southern Oregon Goodwill were featured in a couple of morning shows on the radio during the month of December. Jason and Ashley at Q100.3 had Julie Fletcher on during the morning show Friday, December 7 and these are two of the sweater samplings they donned for the cameras. […]
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Posted by Aaron Nilsson on December 28, 2018
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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