Program Participant Stories

While serving for four years in the Air Force as an aircrew life support specialist, Curtis Sigur was responsible for ensuring that all flight and safety equipment was in perfect…

A Perfect Match Step one – tap your shoes on a sticky mat to remove rogue dust. Step two – place cloth covers over your shoes. Step three – put a hair net over your hair, or…

Meet Lisa Smith Background Information Sixteen years ago, I was a professional vocalist on my way to landing a recording contract. However, my life took a dramatic turn when I…

Meet Ann D. Cooper When I came to Goodwill in 1989, I planned on staying with the company for about three years. I was at a place in my life…

Meet Robby Harmon Background Information I had jobs before turning to Goodwill for job-search assistance, but they weren’t consistent. They didn’t always provide a full 40-hour workweek and they didn’t…

Meet Jacson Moore Background Information A disability left Jacson Moore unemployed for thee months. “I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosis at a young age,” he said. The condition caused his…

Background Information Seventeen years ago, my family and I were new to the United States. We escaped a war in Bosnia that had claimed more than 200,000 lives and displaced…

Meet Alicia Battle I thought I had things all figured out: I would finish graduate school, get a job, get married and have children. In my mind, the future was…

Meet Angela Stewart I joined the US Army in 1985. Since the early 1990s, I have been an Army reservist who trains fellow Army comrades on how to use mechanical…

Meet David Carr For two years, I struggled to live off of my disability income, I was unable to work in my trade as a welder and I was computer…