Success Stories

When the odds seemed stacked against her, Lyric McGhee found solace in the living room of her sister’s apartment – specifically, the couch. “I had to sleep on the couch…

Thirty-three-year-old Akin Odebiyi was born and bred in New Jersey. He graduated Thomas Edison State College with a degree in information technology and began his career, never thinking he would…

Gainesville’s Nathan Oliver joined the Marines right out of high school. He served for about six years, which included a combat tour in Iraq. When he returned to civilian life,…

Twenty-two-year-old Aleese Ingram, a lifelong resident of Snellville, has always had a passion for sports. Her father played baseball at the University of Georgia (UGA) and her uncle was a…

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…

Snellville native Katherine Dobbs had been living in Florida with her husband when the COVI0-19 pandemic hit. Only 22 years old, she and her husband both contracted the virus but…

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…

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…

Acworth resident Melissa LaMarsh and her family have donated gently-used items to Goodwill for many years and often noticed the Career Center entrance at the Woodstock store. In July 2018,…

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…