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FALL/WINTER 2009
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A publication of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries
Goodwill Opens Two New Stores in 2009 Residents in the Attleboro area are getting their first taste of The Goodwill Store experience since Goodwill opened its first store in that area on Aug. 27. And residents in Jamaica Plain will experience déjà vu “all over again” as Goodwill returns to that neighborhood in October.
With Attleboro and Jamaica Plain openings, Goodwill will have 11 stores. “We are really excited about these two new stores,” said Terry Fitzpatrick, vice president of social enterprises at Goodwill. “The Attleboro location is brand new territory for us, and the response we have gotten from the community has been great. And we’re looking forward to
inside this issue Remembering Judge Reginald C. Lindsay...........................page 2
going back to JP, as it was an excellent location for us for a number of years.”
Put Your Clothes to Work.............page 2
The 16,000 square foot store at 115 Washington Street in Attleboro rivals the size of Goodwill’s Harrison Avenue store and also has its own donation center. Eventually, the Attleboro store will be stocked completely with merchandise from its own donation center.
The Good Party 2009 .....................page 3
In Jamaica Plain, the 6,300 square foot store at 678 Centre Street represents a homecoming of sorts. Goodwill had a store in the neighborhood until 2003 when it was closed because it was too small.
Program HELPing One Woman Reach Her Dreams
With the Attleboro and Jamaica Plain openings, Goodwill will have 11 stores in eastern and central Massachusetts. The Goodwill Stores are run as social enterprises, meaning they support Goodwill’s mission to provide job training for individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment while also providing jobs and good quality, low-cost goods to families looking for value. G
Fresh Air Camp Remembers Past with Eye to Future When Goodwill’s Fresh Air Camp celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1956 and buried its first time capsule, the world was a different place.
Fresh Air Campers participated in a time capsule burial ceremony in August. With the campers are, center, from left: Allen Maltz, chair of the Goodwill Board of Directors; Avery Perry, Fresh Air Camp director; Mary Reed, member of the board; and Joanne Hilferty, president of Goodwill.
People got their news from newspapers, listened to Elvis Presley on the radio, and watched Ted Williams lead the Red Sox against the Yankees. Fast forward to 2009 and what do we have? People get their news from the Internet and social networking sites while listening to Jay-Z and Kanye West on their iPods. But those Red Sox and Yankees? Well, some things never change.
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Asia Ampey is on a mission. The Canton resident was one of 16 students graduating in June from the Human Services Employment Ladder Program at Goodwill. HELP is an eight-week class that prepares individAsia Ampey uals to work in the human services industry. Goodwill also provides placement assistance and post-placement support to graduates. Ampey wore out a path at the graduation between her seat and the podium as she picked up three separate certificates: highest GPA, perfect attendance, and most hours accumulated working as an intern with Goodwill’s Day Habilitation program. It’s not surprising then that the energetic Ampey would quickly find full-time employment as a residential counselor for Community Resources for Justice, one of five employer partners working with Goodwill within the HELP model. The other agencies are Arbor Associates, Bay Cove Human Services, Pine Street Inn, and Vinfen.
To mark Fresh Air Camp’s next half century as well as remember its past,
In her new role as a residential counselor, Ampey provides assistance and supervision to four women at a group home in Carver. “I
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