Great donation experience! They greeted me before I could even get out of my car. The drive through is so convenient and easy.
Then I went inside the store and found amazingly good quality items in almost every department. I'm going to shop here much more often! They even have new products, not just donated products. Found a Univ of Arizona body pillow for a very reasonable price compared to other stores that sell UA items.
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- EIN 86-0223401
- (520) 623-5174
- 1940 E Silverlake Rd Tucson AZ 85713-1949 USA
- www.goodwillsouthernaz.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Service Organizations, Human Services
Mission: Our mission is to provide services, training and jobs to people with barriers to employment. 2016 activities: 18,173 units of service at goodwill's seven free job connection centers. 5,211 individuals served at the centers. (continued at schedule o)704 unemployed and dislocated individuals attended employment and computer training workshops. 2,572 community service hours completed at goodwill stores. 133 young adults participated in goodfutures training and service learning program. 214 at-risk youth participated in our youth mentoring program. 230 youth were placed in paid work experience training. 589 adjudicated youth received career development and job search support through the goodwill metro program. 47 employed individuals from local businesses received industry recognized training to help them up the career ladder and add much needed skill sets to local companies. 315 goodwill employees served through the employee assistance program. Gisa provided 950 much needed jobs.
Programs: Goodwill industries of southern arizona, inc. Operates 17 thrift stores, two outlets, one salvage operation and one auction facility in southern arizona. Goodwill's retail program gave back to the community by providing 643 jobs to tucson workers at these retail locations and touched the lives of southern arizonan men, women and children by generating funding for educational and vocational programs. $14,237,139 in income was earned in wages and benefits by adults trained or employed by goodwill, supporting the local economy and dramatically reducing welfare assistance. 1,784,585 people benefitted from low-cost purchases in the 17 retail stores. 475,670 donors provided donated material goods. 28,351,835 pounds of goods were recycled and diverted from landfills.
goodwill industries of southern arizona, inc. Provides educational training and support services to increase employability of individuals with barriers to employment. 10,169 persons were served through goodwill industries of southern arizona's educational and training programs. 5,211 people were served at seven job connection centers located at the retail store sites. Other services include youth mentoring, training and work experience programs, and case management. Partners include the az@work pima county one stop, city of tucson and other local agencies. Highlights of these services include: goodwill's state-of-the-art job connection centers provide job search assistance including: career planning, resume development, assistance in conducting an internet job search, (continued at schedule o) interview skills training, and referral to job openings. All services at the centers are free of charge and no appointment is necessary. Goodwill's job connection centers also provide referrals to other community support services including family counseling, day care assistance, esl or ged training, financial literacy training, tax filing assistance, and food boxes. Visitors to goodwill's job connection centers can build a resume, apply for jobs online, search the community job postings board, attend employer sponsored job fairs and learn about training and other educational opportunities available in southern arizona. Goodwill youth mentoring is an exciting and innovative program to help at risk youth build career plans and skills, prepare for school completion, post-secondary training and productive work by providing structured and supportive relationships with trusted adult mentors. It targets young people between the ages of 12 and 17 who are at-risk for dropping out of school, facing legal troubles, or are at risk for delinquency due to issues such as abuse, disability, drug or alcohol dependence, or gang membership. We also support the families of enrolled youth by providing community resource information, job search assistance and other support as needed. Goodfutures is a training and service-learning program for arizona's young adults. The program works with ages 18 through 21 who have been involved in the juvenile justice system from ages of 14 or above and have never been convicted as an adult under federal or state law. The program provides case management, strategic support, service-learning projects, and work-experience placements for all participants. Goodwill's summer and after school work experience programs provide youth, 16-21 the opportunity to gain valuable paid work experience with area employers. The program focuses on real-life job skills and the youth are supported by an employment specialist and case manager. The metro goodwill youth program serves youth ages 14-24 years who were involved in the juvenile justice system in the last 12 months. Goodwill assists them with their goals; connects them to the community; provides career pathways; and gives a sense of purpose for the future.