Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia

Retail:goodwill retail training stores and donation centers are the most visible and widely recognized symbol of Goodwill's mission in the community. The retail stores and e-commerce sales generate over half (56%) of the agency's operating budget. These donor-driven stores offer gently used clothing, furniture, electronics, and other merchandise at great savings to Goodwill's customers. Goodwill shoppers find bargains to help stretch their budgets while directly contributing to Goodwill's mission to build lives, families, and communities one career at a time. More than eighty-four ($.84) cents of every dollar shoppers spend in Goodwill stores is reinvested locally in education, job skills training and placement programs that help individuals gain independence and a greater slice of the american dream through employment and career advancement.january 1 to december 31st highlights:achieved $31.7 million in sales; received donations from 472,947 material donors; twenty vehicles donated for resale; 1.3 million shoppers in our retail stores; and provided 20,881 total training hours to retail employees and clients.

Education:the edcuation division, helms college, provided 379 students college level training in the culinary and health services disciplines at the two campus locations in 2022, as well as 9 students at the hvac training facility. In addition to their classes, the culinary students also received over 25,000 hours of on-the-job hospitality training. There were 111 culinary graduates, 30 health sciences graduates and 5 hvac graduates in 2022.

Hospitality:the hospitality division, edgar's hospitality group, consists of edgar's bistro, edgar's grille, edgar's above broad, anderson conference center, the snelling center, and pinnacle club. These applied learning businesses are non-profit social enterprises that support and promote Goodwill's mission to the community. Edgar's bistro, edgar's grille, and edgar's above broad, named for Goodwill Industries founder dr. edgar j. helms, are full-service restaurants that provide helms college culinary students with first-hand experience in food preparation and presentation in an upscale experiential learning environment. Anderson conference center and snelling center also play host to corporate meeting and social events with a few attendees to a few hundred. The centers offer specially designed meeting spaces equipped with premier wi-fi technology and audiovisual amenities, with food service provided from customized catering menus. Both conference venues provide excellent applied-learning banquet and catering experiences for students at helms college and an opportunity to better market Goodwill's life changing mission to the community.january 1 to december 31st highlightsserved 67,950 guests in edgar's bistro, edgar's grille and edgar's above broadserved 39,091 guests in the anderson and snelling conference centersserved 9,568 guests in the pinnacle clubserved 21,617 guests in the bakehouse bakery

Staffing service:goodwill staffing services earned more than $1.9 million in revenue, serving business and industry with 572 trained and work-ready staffers who worked 10,325 days in 2022. A unique feature of gss is customized training and career plan development offered to gss employees.

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