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Tacoma Goodwill 2008 Highlights
5,248
people received job preparation, training &placement services
1,023
people placed in jobs
$11
million savings from welfare and disabilitypayments no longer needed and new payrolltaxes for every 1,000 people placed in jobs
105
youth re-enrolled in school
881,191
generous donors gave gently used clothesand household items
2.5
million shoppers who took advantage of Goodwill’sgreat selection and value pricing
21
retail stores where people with disabilities and disadvantages have anopportunity to work, including: Tacoma (38th Street; 72nd Street, Outlet),Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Spanaway, Puyallup, Federal Way, Auburn, Kent,Maple Valley, Lacey, South Lacey, Olympia, Centralia, Longview,Port Townsend, Port Angeles, Ellensburg, Selah and Yakima.
Goodwill helps people with disabilities and other barriers to employment go to work by providing jobs, training and educational opportunities.
As the four people featured in this year’s annual report demonstrate, there are many roads to success.Brittany, Cody, LaTasha and Pedro prove that overcoming obstacles and having the perseverance tocontinue down a chosen course is the key to reaching one’s dreams. At Tacoma Goodwill, our purposeis to provide people the tools they need to get their lives back on track and to open doors that onceseemed shut forever.Last year, we continued to widen our path of services as more than 5,200 people received job trainingand support through the dozens of programs we offer. For the second year in a row, we placed morethan 1,000 people in jobs, a real achievement during challenging economic conditions. A major focus forus continued to be providing support to at-risk youth. This past year, we helped more than 100 youngpeople return to school. And with the assistance of a $550,000 grant from the federal Department ofLabor, our YouthBuild program continued to expand and change lives.Milestones were many in 2008. We broke ground on the new Milgard Work Opportunity Center, afacility that will serve as a vital community resource and transform the delivery of job training andplacement services. The centerpiece of the building will be the REACH (Resources for Educationand Career Help) center, a partnership of more than a dozen organizations, working in new andinnovative ways to tackle the growing challenges young adults face in today’s world.The services Goodwill provides would not exist without our donations and retail store sales. In 2008,we opened our 21st store in South Lacey. Our retail operations grew 8 percent, while our online salesnearly doubled. Of course this is all due to the generosity of our donors, who provided nearly 49 millionpounds of gently used goods.The road ahead presents many challenges as more people than ever turn to Goodwill for help inthese tough economic times. But our determination to deliver on our mission is unwavering. Thankyou for being a part of our efforts to help more people
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nd their way to a better life through work.
Terry A. Hayes
CEOTacoma Goodwill
Bob Bruback
2008 Board President Tacoma Goodwill
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