Awards Ceremony Honors Commitment and Success
 Individuals and Businesses Honored at the Annual Awards Ceremony
 

Each year the Annual Awards Ceremony highlights individuals with disabilities and disadvantages who have made outstanding achievement in overcoming barriers to employment, as well as those individuals and businesses that have made Goodwill's service to the community possible.
Goodwill Hosts Prom for Individuals in Day Support Program
Individuals with Disabilities Enjoy a "Hollywood Night" to Remember
On May 20th, the Goodwill Center in Rocky Mount hosted a Prom for the individuals that it serves through the Medicaid Waiver Day Support program. Parents, caregivers, local businesses in the community, and Goodwill staff worked together to provide an experience that would not soon be forgotten.
Area Youth With Disabilities Graduate from Project SEARCH
 Students in Roanoke and Tazewell complete the Project SEARCH program
 
In late May, the Project SEARCH program celebrated graduations in both Roanoke and Tazewell. There were five program graduates from Roanoke and 10 program graduates from Tazewell. These young adults now have new experiences to bring into the workforce and hope for their future.
 
Goodwill Challenge Highlights the Amazing Goodwill Finds!
 Take the Goodwill Challenge or issue it to us!
Goodwill is issuing you a Challenge! Think about what you might need to purchase in the next few weeks and challenge yourself to find it at your local Goodwill store. Do you need a great outfit to wear to an outing this Summer? What about vacation clothes for the kids, or a tablescape for a party you're having? Save money, and take the Goodwill Challenge!
Goodwill's Regional Economic Impact Continues to Grow
 Building a Better Community through Job Placement
 
Every two years, the Virginia Goodwill Network (VGN) does a study on the economic and fiscal impact of Goodwill in the Commonwealth. The study is done by the Elliot D. Pollack & Company and results are shared with the public through our economic impact statements. Together, the six Goodwill agencies that make up the VGN had a $785.2 million impact on communities and governments in 2015. This represents an impressive 72% increase in only two years.

Goodwill to Operate Additional Programs in Southside VA
 West Piedmont Workforce Development Board Awards Grant to Goodwill
 
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys has been awarded, by the West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board, a contract to provide services to youth, adults, and dislocated workers through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), beginning July 1, 2016. Goodwill currently operates these programs for individuals in other areas of the Commonwealth including Charlottesville, Shenandoah Valley, Lynchburg, and the New River Valley. Goodwill will also operate any Workforce Centers established in the region covered by the contract.

 Click here to learn more about additional Goodwill programs in Southside Virginia.
Donor Spotlight
Lori Emry
 
For many years, Lori Emry only knew of Goodwill as the place to take her family's household donations. After her husband attended a Real Goodwill Tour in 2015, she realized that there was so much more to Goodwill beyond its retail operations. She was very impressed by the success stories of individuals served by Goodwill that were shared during the tour, including employment of persons with disabilities, individuals that had been incarcerated, and seniors seeking work.
Communications Empower, Inspire, and Engage the Team
A message from our President & CEO, Bruce Phipps

We recognize that Goodwill is a very large, complex organization. Most of our employees do not have email and some are working at locations where they are the only employee. Imagine the old game of telephone using strings and cans. Sometimes we felt our communications were not as effective as this childhood game. So last year we asked a group of our mangers to look at internal communications within Goodwill Industries of the Valleys.

                             


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Goodwill Mission
Helping people and families in our
community achieve a better life
through  work and independence.
Goodwill Vision
Through the work of Goodwill all 
people  with have the opportunity
to achieve their greatest potential.

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