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2009 – Volume 12, Number 2
Goodwill
®
Participants
Show theWorking World
Who’s Boss
Creativity,Confdence
Exhibited by
Goodwill
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Artists
Taking aHolistic Approach to
Serving Those Who’ve Served
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Stay Hopeful.Build Your Skills.Goodwill
®
Is There for You.
Recovery.Goodwill.org offers an online, one-stopcollection of resources and information, and conveysmessages of hope for all people affected by thecurrent economic conditions.Visit the site to gain a wealth of information about:
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Job training
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Education
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Housing
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Transportation
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Childcare
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Nutrition
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Safety
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Insurance
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Tax credits
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Community resources
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And much, much more!Do you have a story of hope to share? Join the onlinecommunity to tell your story and give hope to otherswho are facing challenges similar to yours.Follow Goodwill on Facebook and Twitter.
RECOVERY
.GOODWILL.ORG
President and CEO
Jim Gibbons
Sr. VP, Communications and Public Affairs
Kim Zimmer
Managing Editor
Katherine Michaud
Writers
Jenni BakerDebra BerkowitzArlene McCrehanMandy Mikulencak Cody Switzer
Art Director
Thomas Roszkowski
Printing
United Litho, Inc.
Ashburn, VA
A Publication o Goodwill Industries International, Inc.2009 — Volume 12, Number 2
Working!
is published by Goodwill Industries International, Inc.15810 Indianola Dr., Rockville, MD 20855© 2009 Goodwill Industries International, Inc. All rights reserved.Reproduction o any part o this magazine by non-members o theGoodwill
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network requires the written permission o the corporation.Contact editorial oces at (301) 530-6500, ext. 5262,or e-mail contactus@goodwill.org or reprint permission.For more inormation about Goodwill, or to nd the Goodwillnearest you, call (800) 664-6577 or visit our web site at
The Goodwill Industries
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Mission
Goodwill Industries will enhance the quality and dignity o lie or individuals, amilies, and communities by eliminating barriers to opportunity and helpingpeople in need reach their ullest potential through the power o work.
More and more ormer Goodwill program participants are not just embarking on careers, but running their ownbusinesses and showing the working world who’s boss.
Goodwill artists nd the value o their masterpieces is the condence, dignity and pride they eel during thecreative process, and they carry these virtues over into their daily lives.
A holistic approach to serving veterans means addressing their complex needs, rom untreated mental illness andaddiction to homelessness and chronic unemployment.
Volunteers support Goodwill in a number o powerul and lie-changing ways, rom mentoring and tutoring to reetax help and nancial planning.
A amily-strengthening approach goes beyond serving individual job seekers to supporting and enhancing the qualityo lie or their amilies and communities.
goodwill.com, Goodwill’s own Internet auction site, celebrates 10 years o spreading an international brandname beyond Goodwill’s brick-and-mortar stores.
Table o Contents
Table o Contents
On the cover:
Veronica Jones,Owner o EnvironmentalCleaning OrganizationPhoto by:Scott Turner Photography,Tacoma, WA
Editor
Mandy Mikulencak
Contributors
Elissa GrossMelissa Jones
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