Our Impact

Last week on The Good Works Show, two local nonprofits shared how they are making lasting impacts on the community. In the first segment, Literacy Action’s Executive Director Austin Dickson…

Goodwill of North Georgia and Lanier Islands are partnering from December 5 – 18 to give a little back to the community this holiday season. For those two weeks, when…

Year-end giving is almost here, which means it’s time to prepare your donations! Last year, we served more than 100,000 donors between December 26th and December 31st. As this busy…

With the sounds of holiday music playing all around and malls full of shoppers searching for something special, it’s evident the holidays have arrived. This time of year is often…

When the Thanksgiving turkey is eaten and the stuffing reduced to crumbs, conversations may turn to whether to go to the malls on Black Friday or opt to make holiday…

– Submitted by Ben Pitts, Career Coach for Goodwill of North Georgia Out of a stack of who knows how many résumés, yours was chosen as a potential fit for…

Mother Theresa once said, “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” This week, The Good Works Show features…

Goodwill of North Georgia got a shout out from the AJC’s Access Atlanta section in “5 hacks for thrifting Atlanta’s consignment racks” by Sarah Buehrle. There are some great tips in…

As the leaves start to fall and the holiday season rapidly approaches, it’s time for some fall cleaning and organization. Finding spaces for all of the excess stuff lying around the…

Meet Ivory Flemister-Reid Sometimes past mistakes are enough to completely derail a career. For Ivory Flemister-Reid, a single mother with a criminal background, history repeatedly kept her from jobs she…