In
the late 1890’s, Methodist minister Edgar J. Helms, pastor of
Morgan Chapel in Boston’s South End, found innovative ways to help
his community’s jobless, immigrant population. He conceived the idea
of collecting unwanted household goods and employing individuals who were
impoverished to repair and refurbish them. Income from the resold goods
paid the workers’ wages. The system worked and the Goodwill method
of self-help was born.
MISSION: Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina, Incorporated promotes the value of work opportunities for people with special employment needs.
VISION: Our Vision is to be the recognized leader in helping people develop work skills necessary to successfully integrate into the competitive labor market.
VALUES: We Value…
- Work and its accomplishments.
- Our reputation is a trustworthy entity.
- Competence.
- Respect of the independence and intrinsic worth of individuals we serve.
During the 1930’s, Goodwill Industries, noting a lack of services
for people with disabilities, redirected its mission toward that population.
Today, Goodwill’s consumer population includes people with physical,
mental and emotional disabilities, as well as those who face such
barriers to employment as lack of work experience or dependence on
public support.
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Since 1963, Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina, Inc. has
built partnerships within the community to meet the needs of people with
disabilities and other barriers to employment. Through these partnerships
and the commitment of our consumers to succeed, Goodwill Industries is
able to provide vocational evaluation, training, employment and job-placement
services.
Currently, the North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
contracts with Goodwill Industries to provide evaluation, work adjustment,
curriculum training and job placement services. Consumers are referred
from Asheboro, Greensboro, High Point and the Reidsville-Eden communities
and receive transportation services to our corporate headquarters for enrollment
in the programs.
In 1993, Goodwill Industries expanded its corporate office through
a capital campaign enhancing its service provision capacities.
Over 50,000 additional square feet were added to the existing 45,000
square feet which was renovated.
Guilford County Department of Social Services
(DSS) works with Goodwill Industries to provide job development and retention
services for individuals overcoming welfare through our Work First and
Wheels to Work programs. Many local, private insurance companies use the
resources at Goodwill Industries to help their clients return to work after
a life altering accident.
Most recently, Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina has expanded it's services operations by building two more Resource Centers in Reidsville (2003) and in Asheboro (2007) making our job training and placement services more convenient and reputable in areas that have been hit particularly hard by today's economy. Each Resource Center has a partnership with both of the community colleges in respectable areas which enables each center to offer an expanded job training curriculum. Click Here to find out more about the services being offered.
Accreditations & Affiliations
N.C. Division of Social Services
N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Goodwill Industries International
Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission
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