While we always appreciate your donations of clothing and household goods, you can also support Goodwill’s mission by donating your time and talents. Goodwill volunteers help people build skills, earn jobs, and strengthen their finances. Professionals invest their pro bono assistance to improve Goodwill’s social and environmental impact. Connect with opportunities to share your knowledge, mentor, and more.
We create opportunities for people to enhance their lives through training, workforce development services, and collaboration with other community organizations.
Oh, and of course we like to have fun.
Laura came to Goodwill through Career Connections. She began working as a cashier and described her experience this way: “It makes a world of difference when you can personalize the customer’s experience and feel good about it, as opposed to, I’m just here because I need a job.”
Without Goodwill’s help, I would probably still be going in and out of jobs. Goodwill has good, level-headed people who help you find opportunities.
Ebony’s job at a nonprofit health clinic ended at the same time she enrolled in graduate school. She discovered an opportunity to participate in the “Getting Ahead” program that explores factors impacting poverty sponsored by The Partnership on Prosperity. Ebony brought a unique perspective to this class because she could look at the issues...
Kiandra, a young single mom, was trying to finish high school and hold down a job. Goodwill’s Career Connections Center in Lexington helped her apply to receive services from Work First.