Success Stories

Robin Renae Harkins came to Cornelia’s Goodwill Career Center in May 2021. Her aunt, a Goodwill program graduate, suggested she might benefit from the agency’s programs. With funding provided by…
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Georgia Division of Family and Children Services SNAP Works referral Deja Trotter came to Goodwill in September 2019 because she was determined to become a welder. During her initial days…
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Lawrenceville resident Elijah House was looking for a summer internship to expand his work experience beyond his DJ business. He had a particular interest in retail and was delighted to…
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Gwinnett County resident Marva Conner was referred to Goodwill’s Pleasant Hill Career Center in March 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Her GVRA counselor believed that one of Goodwill’s training programs…
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From a jobless 18-year-old father to a thriving career. “In 2010, I walked into the South DeKalb Goodwill Career Center as a jobless 18-year-old father,” shares Quandarious Brinkley. Those fateful…
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Sandy Springs resident DeShauna Davis came to Goodwill’s Pleasant Hill Career Center in February 2020. She had seen opportunities with amazon advertised and was excited about the possibility of re-joining…
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Gainesville resident Cassy Summers came to Goodwill’s Oakwood Career Center in early February 2021. During her intake interview, she expressed a desire to work in traditionally male-dominated fields such as…
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Daisy Latimore came to Goodwill in 2001, seeking to expand her gift basket business into chocolate confections. A graduate of GoodBIZ, she built The Chocolate Box from a cart to…
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Although her educational background is in the arts, April Dean Hunter always had a passion for science fiction and artificial intelligence, especially for what the latter makes possible. During her…
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Working as a customer service representative, Veronica spent her days talking to clients and assisting them over the phone. While she enjoyed her job, she dreamed of branching out into…
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