GOOD NEWS
Fifty Years. Ten Cakes. One Fun Birthday Bash.
More than 800 Central Texans visited the Goodwill Community Center on Thursday, June 12 to participate in Goodwill’s 50th year celebration! Everyone that attended enjoyed live music, fun family activities, and a lot of food. It is the community’s support that helps Goodwill Industries serve thousands of individuals with barriers to employment find, obtain and retain competitive employment. Thank you to everyone that joined us and to our sponsors.
Read more about the 50th Anniversary celebration here >>.
Goodwill Industries Of Central Texas In Top Ten Best Places to Work
Goodwill Industries Of Central Texas (GICT) employees have another reason to celebrate. We have once again been named in the Austin Business Journal’s top ten Best Places to Work for a large-sized organization. We also received this honor in 2006.
Our placement in the top ten was based off of a survey taken by full time employees between the months of April 14 – May 9. Employees of Goodwill have a positive, open and creative work environment along with generous benefits, including: health insurance for both full and part time workers, a 403(b) retirement plan with company matching, and a tuition reimbursement plan.
VP LEADS AUSTIN GOODWILL’S SUCCESSFUL ELECTRONIC WASTE EFFORTS
Christine Banks Honored with 2008 Robert E. and Charlotte Watkins Award for Excellence in Mission Advancement
As electronic waste began entering the donation stream at Goodwill Industries of Central Texas (Austin), Vice President Christine Banks sensed an opportunity for a viable, high-tech, occupational skills building program for people with disabilities and other employment barriers. Computer Works, a successful computer refurbishing and recycling business, was the result and has earned Banks the 2008 Robert E. and Charlotte Watkins Award for Excellence in Mission Advancement from Goodwill Industries International®.
Low-Income Fathers See Workplace Success Thanks to Austin Goodwill
Goodwill Industries of Central Texas Honored with 2008 Workplace Skills Award
In its first year, the Fatherhood Works Program in Travis County, TX, provided job search, placement and retention services to 85 low-income job seekers, most with criminal histories. Of the 62 men placed in jobs, 84 percent were still employed 90 days later thanks to the program implemented by Goodwill Industries of Central Texas, the recipient of the 2008 Workplace Skills Award from Goodwill Industries International.
