Program Participant Stories

SNAP – Welding – Athens Originally from Colombia, Javier Gongora immigrated to Georgia in December 2019. He came to Goodwill’s Athens Career Center in February 2020, interested in the welding…
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Twenty-five-year-old Jake Cunningham and his family moved from Long Island, NY to Lawrenceville in 2013. They had friends in the area and were pleased with the quality of life in…
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Riverdale resident Rishard Graham is no stranger to Goodwill. In 2019, he used the Career Center services in his job search and landed a position at the Marriott hotel on…
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EVS – Cobb WorkSource — Smyrna In Fall 2019, Austell resident Pamela Mozley was a frequent guest at the Smyrna Career Center, grateful for the ability to use the computers…
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Welding – SNAP – Oakwood 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…
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Caitlin Garner was referred to Goodwill of North Georgia by Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation in early 2017. She participated in job readiness training and received job placement support to help her…
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Fulton County resident Kayla Washington came to Goodwill in July 2020 with an interest in obtaining full-time employment. At twenty years old, she felt it was time pursue a career…
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Goodwill’s Oakwood Career Services team has had a long-standing relationship with the Lanier College Career Academy (LCCA). Surveys of LCCA students have revealed that the ability to work on campus…
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It’s been nearly 18 months since Marcus Collins first came to Goodwill. Although he graduated in 2016 from Mundy’s Mill High School in Jonesboro, he felt that the technical training…
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Vietnam veteran Gary Lucas enjoyed his life in Florida. The sunshine state allowed him to spend time on its beautiful beaches when he wasn’t working on his home improvement business…
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