Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.

Successful small business owners who are interested in giving back to the community are encouraged to volunteer as mentors for the Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise project.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida will honor its Graduate, Achiever, Employer, and Business of the Year at its Annual Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 5. The event is traditionally held during Goodwill Industries Week.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc is utilizing LYNX Services' 63,000 square foot national customer service center as a training facility for Goodwill's janitorial and floor care service.

A. Elliott Rittenhouse, Jr. has joined the Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida team as the agency's new Director of MicroEnterprise. Rittenhouse will be responsible for overseeing the new Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise Project.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida encourages Southwest Florida resident to repurpose their gently-used items and securely shred their paper documents at two Earth Day Events, April 21 and 22, 2010.

Goodwill has added another Attended Donation Center (ADC) to its Southwest Florida fleet. The agency has opened an ADC at Arborgate, at the intersection of Colonial and Treeline in Fort Myers. Future plans for the complex include a retail store.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida's Palm Beach Boulevard store will re-open bigger and better than before on Saturday, March 13. The new retail and donation center is part of a larger project for the area, which will include a Job-Link center.

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has opened its ninth Attended Donation Center (ADC) in the region. The popular Coconut Point shopping center in Estero houses the new ADC.

With unemployment rates nearing 14% in parts of Southwest Florida, job-seekers in Charlotte County have a new resource. Goodwill's Port Charlotte Job-Link Center, which opened on February 25, will provide training, placement, and other services.

Goodwill donors in Port Charlotte will now be able to make donations at a new location-- an Attended Donation Center at Port Charlotte Town Center. The new donation center is located outdoors, between Regal Cinemas and Sears.