Did you know?

Teams across our 19-county service area in southeast Iowa and west-central Illinois had many accomplishments in 2023. Here are some highlights:

  • Provided services to 12,383 people with barriers
  • Offered 662 community job placement services
  • Diverted 9,399,820 pounds of goods from landfills
  • Distributed $102,784 in shopping vouchers to people in need
  • Packaged 5,089 metric tons of vegetable oil
  • Worked with 118 homeless and near-homeless veterans
  • Engaged 700,059 community donors

 

Want to know more? Visit Human Services and Business Solutions.

Goodwill of the Heartland team members gather before the grand opening of the Mount Pleasant Goodwill Store.

I had no idea!

We hear that a lot.

"I had no idea you help people with disabilities."

"I had no idea you help homeless veterans."

"I had no idea you just launched a soybean oil packaging plant."

The list goes on, but you get the idea. There is a lot people don't know about Goodwill. Learn more by watching this short documentary that was created in conjunction with our 50th anniversary. ►

Kristin is naturally shy and her struggles with social anxiety prevented her from finding work.

Thanks to assistance from Goodwill’s Retail Certification Training program, Kristin not only found the confidence needed to land a job at the Rock Island County Council on Addictions , but she also became comfortable interacting with the public, often initiating conversations.

Her former Goodwill co-workers share that she always has a smile on her face and made positive contributions to their team. When assigned tasks, she could be counted on to complete them in a timely manner.

Her ability to not only overcome her own barriers, but help others do the same is one of many reasons Kristin Duerr was awarded the Trainee Achiever of the Year Award.

Crew at work with Goodwill's Light Manufacturing Program

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