Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.

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.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida is hiring approximately 16 new part-time retail employees for a new retail store in Naples, Fla. The new store is expected to open in late September.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has earned a three-year renewal of its accreditation by CARF. Goodwill earned accreditation in the areas of job development, job support, job-site training, and comprehensive vocational evaluation services.

Nine future small business owners are ready to take their first step in self-employment, after graduating from the Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project.

More than 2,800 Lee County elementary, middle, and high school students took part in a Goodwill donation drive, collecting 23,518 pounds of gently-used goods which will be re-sold to provide revenue for Goodwill’s mission.

Palmetto Ranch is an income-sensitive, independent-living community designed specifically for the needs of individuals with physical disabilities. It is Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida's first housing community in Hendry County.

The Goodwill Golf Classic attracted 139 golfers and raised $8,000 in net proceeds to benefit Goodwill's programs and services for people with disabilities and other disadvantages in Southwest Florida.