Company Profile for Goodwill Industries International.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) Goodwill Industries International is a network of 207 independent, community-based organizations in 24 countries, which provide education, job training and career services to people with disabilities, welfare recipients, low-wage workers, and other job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. . Founded in Boston Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. in 1902, Goodwill Industries first put people to work by hiring them to repair and sell donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. goods. Today, Goodwill trains people for careers in fields such as financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , computer programming and health care. To pay for its programs, Goodwill sells donated clothes and other household items in more than 1,900 retail stores, and online at www.shopgoodwill.com. The organization also builds revenues, and creates jobs, by contracting with businesses and government to provide a wide range of commercial services, including janitorial work, packaging and assembly, food service preparation, and document shredding shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. . In 2003, more than 600,000 people benefited from Goodwill career services, and the organization reported $2.21 (b) billion in revenues. Goodwill channels 84 percent of its revenues directly into programs and services.
Company: Goodwill Industries International
Headquarters Address: 15810 Indianola Drive
Rockville, MD 20855
Main Telephone: (301) 530-6500
Website: www.goodwill.org
Type of Organization: Non-profit
Industry: Human Services
Key Executives: President: George W. Kessinger
Chairman: Michael Elder
Public Relations
Contact: Christine Nyirjesy Bragale
Phone: (240) 333-5264
Email: christine.bragale@goodwill.org
Public Relations
Contact: Tia Galloway
Phone: (240) 333-5266
Email: tia.galloway@goodwill.org
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