WHO:
Texas State Representative Nicole Collier; Texas State Senator Kelly Hancock; Tarrant County Precinct One Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks; Nick Stanley on behalf of U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger; Anne Hagan on behalf of U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey; Goodwill North Central Texas President & CEO David Cox; former (1988-2000) Goodwill North Central Texas President & CEO Bernard Kern; representatives of partner agencies and Goodwill North Central Texas staff.
WHAT:
Goodwill North Central Texas will host a 70th anniversary celebration of the organizations founding as the 100th Goodwill in the country, and offer tours and an open house of the agency’s headquarters location. The anniversary celebration event will feature remarks from local officials, as well as an open house.
Since 1949, Goodwill North Central Texas has grown from its modest roots at 665 South Main with four employees to one of the largest nonprofit organizations in North Texas, employing nearly 1,000 and serving ten times that many each year. Nationally-recognized job training and placement programs continue to help countless thousands experience the “power of work” in transforming lives of dependence into lives of independence.
In 2018 alone, Goodwill North Central Texas touched the lives of 10,372 individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment through job training and placement services including those tailored for the homeless, the formerly incarcerated, veterans, at-risk youth and those with lack of education or work experience.
WHEN:
Thursday, October 24, 2019
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Open house and tours of Goodwill North Central Texas regional headquarters
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.: Remarks by Goodwill North Central Texas President & CEO David Cox and local officials
WHERE:
Goodwill North Central Texas Regional Headquarters
4005 Campus Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76119
817.332.7866
WHY:
Goodwill is more than a thrift store. The largest employer of people with disabilities in the world, Goodwill believes that work has the power to transform lives by building self-confidence, independence, creativity, trust and friendships. Everyone deserves this chance.
Goodwill North Central Texas’s 25 retail locations provide revenue through the sale of donated goods to support Goodwill’s mission – job training and career services for people with disabilities, such as physical or mental disabilities and other barriers to employment including lack of education or work experience and homelessness. For more information on Goodwill North Central Texas, please visit www.goodwillnorthcentraltexas.org.
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