Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida

Eight aspiring entrepreneurs are now one step closer to starting their own business, after graduating from Goodwill's Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise program on April 5.

$25,000 gift is part of CVS Caremark Charitable Trust’s $4.3 million in grants to 98 organizations. Goodwill will utilize the funds, along with to $3,000 from the Computer Science Collaboration Project to support the High School/High-Tech program.

Authors and pirate enthusiasts James and Sarah Jane Kasermen will bring their high-energy book-signing and pirate show to the Goodwill Donation Center & Book Store in Fort Myers on Saturday, March 31.

A late rally by Florida led the squad to victory against the US National Women's Team in the 2012 Florida Sled Hockey Showcase. Team Florida included players from the Ft Myers-based Florida Eels, sponsored by Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has expanded its mission services reach by opening a full-time Job-Link center inside its Towne Centre Store in Naples. Goodwill has served Collier and surrounding counties with mission services for 45 years.

Three graduates of the Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project are receiving startup grants of $2,500 each from Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida and Lee County Human Services.

The Florida Sled Hockey Association will host a free sled hockey clinic at the Fort Myers Skatium on January 28. Sled hockey is an adaptive version of ice hockey designed for people with disabilities, in particular lower body disabilities.

An anonymous "secret Santa" paid for the purchases of two young mothers on Sunday, December 18, at a Goodwill Industries store in Fort Myers, Florida.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and in honor of that occasion, Mentoring Day 2011 will provide a hybrid career fair, disability expo, volunteer fair and interview workshop for people with disabilities and other job seekers.

The Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project provides training for people with low-to-moderate income or other disadvantages to start their own businesses. A new six-week session of microenterprise classes will begin on Sept. 20.