GOODWILL 1977

· Don Roberts becomes CEO;

· Six locations: Airport, Manatee, Main Street, Arcadia, Wauchula, Ruskin;

· The population of Sarasota and Manatee is 306,700;

· A sheltered workshop is the primary service

· 60 employees; about 100 people participated in programs;

· Revenues: $900,000;

· Donations collected in sheds that looked like outhouses and “we drove around picking them up” (in advance of people who helped themselves);

· All processing done at the airport facility;

· To provide activity/employment, furniture is reupholstered and TVs and radios repaired.

GOODWILL 2007

• 35 locations;

· Sarasota and Manatee population: more than 682,833;

· Services include education (E.S.O.L., G.E.D., Homebuyer’s Education); job training and placement (GoodwillWorks, Job Connection, JobsPlus, Supported JobsPlus, GoodHomes and the Goodwill Academy); housing (GoodHomes, Beneva Oaks); neighborhood services (Information & Referral; Jobs, Etc. mobile center, Sarasota County Health Assessment van);

· As of September 2007, Goodwill has served 7,522;

· Anticipated revenues: $15 million;

· Donations are collected at every location except Selby-Newtown, which is strictly a services center;

· Anticipated number of donations: 600,000;

· 527 employees;

· GIM has achieved national recognition as being the first to develop Donation Drive-Thrus, stand-alone bookstores and applying branch banking concept to donated goods (make it convenient for donors);

· Presently consults with other Goodwills in the U.S. and Canada.

SOURCE: Goodwill Manasota