January 2019
Inside this Issue: Goodwill Digital Learning Center; Trailways Camp; MicroEnterprise Institute; President and CEO John Nadeau; Where to take donations; Happy Birthday Edgar J.Helms.
Mission Moment: Digital Training
The Goodwill Digital Training Center (GDTC) is offered for individuals interested in enhancing their digital skills.

The free training can improve participants digital skills and earn them certifications. Our organization is a certified assessment center for the Northstar Digital Literacy Project.

We offer various group learning locations and online classroom availability.

Trailways Camp has Openings
Trailways Camp has a few openings left for upcoming 2019 sessions.

Campers are adults with disabilities who participate in swimming, fishing, arts and crafts, talent show and other events during the overnight camping experience.

Trailways Camp Fishing Pier
Learn How to Start a Business
Ever wondered what it'd be like to start your own business?

Goodwill's MicroEnterprise classes are designed to develop your entrepreneurial spirit and set you on a path toward starting or enhancing your small business.

The six-week classes begin Feb. 4 in Cape Coral and Feb. 25 in Naples.

Nadeau Named CEO; Stewart, COO
John Nadeau, Vice President of Operations at Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida for the past three years, is the organization's new President and CEO.

The Board appointed Nadeau after announcing the retirement of former President and CEO Rick Evanchyk.

Nadeau also has promoted current Vice President of Finance Doug Stewart to Chief Operating Officer of the non-profit organization.
Safety First Alert: Donation Area
Effective immediately, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida no longer accepts donations at the Transportation Dock behind the Opportunity Center's east entrance.

Donations can taken to the west side of the Opportunity Center, inside the Goodwill Outlet or donation attendants are ready to assist at the nearby Donation & Retail Center located at 4162 Palm Beach Blvd or the Challenger store at Six Mile Cypress, just south of Colonial Blvd.

For the safety of our staff and donors, thank you for choosing one of the alternative locations.
Mark Pierce 2013
Happy Birthday Edgar J. Helms
Goodwill's founder, Edgar J. Helms, was born Jan. 19, 1863 in New York. He grew up on an Iowa farm before attending Cornell College. Helms then followed a greater calling to study theology at Boston University. He was appointed pastor of a church in the Morgan Hill community of Boston, where he adopted the Goodwill model of collecting donated goods and giving people a chance to work to repair and sell those goods,

We salute his 156th Birthday by recalling the remarkable and legendary work he did on behalf of individuals with disabilities and disadvantages.

His motto still rings true today:

"We at Goodwill Industries will be satisfied only when every person in the global community has the opportunity to achieve his or her fullest potential."
Edgar J. Helms (1863 - 1942)

Edgar J. Helms
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.
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