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