Regional Goodwill focuses on job training
When most people hear "Goodwill," they think "thrift stores." Maybe they should think "jobs" instead. Goodwill Industries across the country are all autonomous organizations that are given a charter and a territory. For Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers Inc., that territory stretches from Newnan, Ga., in the north and to Valdosta, Ga., in the south, then west to the Auburn-Opelika metro area, according to Kim Cantrell, senior v.p. for mission services for the regional nonprofit. For this Goodwill company, the focus is reducing poverty by reducing underemployment and unemployment.
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