Goodwill® Sale Delivers Five Great Reasons to Declutter Your Closet

Getting organized is about making decisions, and sometimes we need help figuring out when to let go of that sweater, shirt or dress that never quite fit. Here are some things to consider as you’re deciding what to donate during the Goodwill Sale, taking place March 13 – 29.

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Still Frozen? Put a Little Spring in Your Life Now!

I’ve had it with all the Polar Vortices and their impending snow-doom warnings. And now that I’m on maternity leave and cooped up in the house for the better part of the day – well, let's just say I needed a good dose of sunshine, so I headed to Goodwill®.

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Congress on the Long-Term Unemployed — Let Them Eat Cake?

Perhaps nowhere is the lack of action by Congress more acute than with its failure to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. Meanwhile, the families who stand to benefit from the extension struggle to pay for food, heat and other basics.

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Make Smart Use of Your Tax Refund

Nate from Oswego, NY asks "I recently filed my tax return and received a refund. What would you recommend I do with it?"

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Bret Michaels Performs, Donates to Detroit Goodwill’s Rock for Jobs

Bret Michaels, best known as the lead singer of Poison, recently played a sold out Rock for Jobs concert benefiting Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit (MI). With gross revenue of $90,000, the show was an overwhelming success. Profits will benefit area residents through the Detroit Goodwill’s job training and placement programs. The partnership between the

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My Story – Kylie Corp

During my school years I remember being an easy target because I was picked on a lot by the other kids. It got harder and harder for me to go to school, but I finally finished high school in 2007.  I had no future plans and remained home with my family for the next three

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It's Never Too Cold to Craft: Create a DIY Wall Garden

The bones of winter have gripped us hard this year, and my longing for spring becomes more urgent every day. As I type, 8 – 12 inches of fresh snow are softly covering up months-old layers from previous blizzards. To say that I’m ready for spring is an understatement! So, if I can’t see any green plant life outside, I might as well fix some up inside my home. Thus, a mini wall garden was born.

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It’s Never Too Cold to Craft: Create a DIY Wall Garden

The bones of winter have gripped us hard this year, and my longing for spring becomes more urgent every day. As I type, 8 – 12 inches of fresh snow are softly covering up months-old layers from previous blizzards. To say that I’m ready for spring is an understatement! So, if I can’t see any green plant life outside, I might as well fix some up inside my home. Thus, a mini wall garden was born.

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Goodwill® Aligns with Hundreds of Groups to Boost Job Training Funding

If the old adage that there is strength in numbers has any truth, then funding for job training programs could see a boost next year. Goodwill Industries International and Goodwill® members are joining hundreds of national and state organizations to make the case to Congress that it’s time to invest in America’s job training system.

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Want to Be a Great Manager? Try These Three Tips

Maureen from Tacoma, WA, asks, "I've recently been promoted to store manager where I work. It's the first time I'll have people reporting underneath me, and I want to do a good job. Any advice?"

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In Winston-Salem, Community College Partnership Expands Job Training Courses

Davidson County Community College (DCCC) and Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina (Winston-Salem) recently partnered to create a program that offers local residents access to a variety of different job training courses.

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Congress Finds a Lost Art —The Possible

I’ve written before about how this Congress seems to have started to move past the intensely bitter ideological battles that marked much of the past three years. Another sign of that came this week as the GOP-controlled House and the Democrat-led Senate approved a one-year extension of the nation’s borrowing authority, otherwise known at the debt limit. What made this event so newsworthy wasn’t the passage of the legislation, but rather what didn’t happen.

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