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Peer Navigator Zachary helps Mainers affected by addiction connect to jobs, recovery resources
March 22, 2021 At 29 years old, Zachary Walker knows his life’s purpose: Help people who struggle(d) with addiction, like he did. In his job as a Peer Navigator at Goodwill, he stands beside people who want to get back to work and achieve personal stability – people who have been affected by Maine’s opioid epidemic in one way or another. “This is…
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AmeriCorps members get coats to New Hampshire kids in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 25, 2021 A coat drive complicated by COVID-19 What started as a community service opportunity in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day grew into a passion project for Mitchell Young, a Goodwill NNE AmeriCorps member serving in New Hampshire with the Nashua School District. The result? Over 250 pieces of cold weather apparel delivered to people in need in the community….
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Announcing an exciting investment in our mission
January 7, 2021 Goodwill NNE recently was awarded a significant grant to support our mission. We are humbled by this investment and belief in our work by author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This gift will help us advance our mission to help people achieve personal stability in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. We do that through holistic workforce programming that helps people get…
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The everyday items you should buy at Goodwill for a fraction of what they cost new: plates, pants, and pillowcases
August 25, 2020 Walking into a Goodwill store is a chance to stumble across an unexpected treasure, like a swanky little vase for the bookshelf or a cozy and colorful sweater that perfectly suits their style. But Goodwill is also an excellent resource for those functional necessities — the bedsheets and spatulas and coffee makers that we use every day. It’s also a place…
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Gov. Sununu helps launch COVID-19 response AmeriCorps program in New Hampshire
July 10, 2020 Manchester and Nashua, NH – Sixteen founding members of NH COVID Community Care Corps were sworn in as AmeriCorps members to begin their eight-week service term on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The members will serve in nonprofit organizations and city departments across Manchester and Nashua. They will help with New Hampshire’s COVID response. The AmeriCorps members were joined via Zoom…
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Free virtual workshops for job hunters in July
June 29, 2020 Workforce Solutions is excited to offer the following free virtual career-readiness workshops and info sessions. Workshops are appropriate for individuals of all ages, education, and work experience who live in a coastal country in Maine (York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Knox, Lincoln). Details for reach workshop, including a link to register, can be found below. You will need a smartphone, tablet…
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Saying “I do!” to a thrifty wedding: Decorating with style on a budget
June 26, 2020 Words and photos by Vermont Goodwill shopper Jennie Lutton We have always been a thrifty family. The treasure hunt of garage sales and thrift shops has always been a thrill for me. My kids learned the fun of the game of secondhand early on. Their favorite weekend activity was shopping for sales with a few dollars in their pockets to…
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AmeriCorps member Maggie helps student fight effects of poverty at two rural Maine schools
June 26, 2020 “When I was thinking about my own elementary school experience and the things I remember that stuck with me, it was the special touches that educators around me did,” said Maggie Burgos, a member of Goodwill’s AmeriCorps Multilingual Leadership Corps. For the last two years, Maggie has served with the TREE (Transforming Rural Educational Experiences in Education) Program out of…
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How to decorate and organize your home with thrifted finds
May 20, 2020 This article was originally posted on aragostamama.com and is used with permission: I’ve written before about how I like to organize and decorate. (I’ve also written about how cleaning can be a coping mechanism for me.) I like things with character and things that are different way more than something you might find at your average box stores. There’s something…
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AmeriCorps member Olivia helps at-risk kids in New Hampshire during the Covid-19 pandemic
April 30, 2020 Back in February, Olivia mentored fourth-graders after school. She made sure they did their homework, ate nutritional snacks and worked on any behavioral issues. She helps children build skills so they can succeed at school and in life. It’s work she loves. But like all of our jobs, Olivia’s changed a lot in response to COVID-19. Olivia is a Goodwill AmeriCorps…
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AmeriCorps member Grace helps feed children in Portland, Maine through this global pandemic
April 30, 2020 Grace Montgomery wants to give back to her community while getting hands-on knowledge about food systems after studying agriculture in college. As an AmeriCorps VISTA she began her service by writing grants and creating promotional materials for her host site, Food Fuels Learning, a community coalition focusing on feeding at-risk children. Then, six months into her year of service, the global Covid-19…
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Randy got out of prison and found a career doing an essential service during the pandemic
April 28, 2020 Randy served 10 years in Maine State Prison. When he got out he had only the clothes on his back. Life is tough without a car or a place to call home — add in a criminal record and a disability and life gets exceptionally difficult. Randy connected with the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), where he received vocational counseling…
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Job Connection helped Naomi secure housing, keep working and get back on her feet
April 22, 2020 When Air Force veteran Naomi found Job Connection this winter, she needed support. She didn’t have a place of her own anymore, which led her to couch surfing in her adult children’s homes around New England. Family time is nice, of course, but she yearned for her own personal stability back. Like every participant in Job Connection, Naomi had several…
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VR goggles help clients gain real-world skills at Goodwill NeuroRehab
March 18, 2020 It’s a typical trip to the grocery store: remembering what to buy, reaching around fellow shoppers for items on the shelf, pacing an aisle to find the baking soda. Except this shopper isn’t really at the grocery store. She’s at a Goodwill NeuroRehab Center, navigating a computerized produce department and cereal aisle, thanks to virtual reality (VR) technology. Virtual reality…