Shamaria Scott
December 7
ELA-9 Period 5
“Lead by example: Reality or Fiction”
Informative essay
Goodwill is a leader because it’s a great place where people with disabilities, people with limited work history and people who have experienced corporate downsizing and government support programs go if they are in need of help. Goodwill has programs where youth between the ages of 12 and 17 who are at risk of bad choices go for mentoring. Walmart founds $2.5 million to goodwill for single mothers who are in need of a job and provides them with long-term planning and tools that they’ll need to retain their jobs, advanced careers, and ensures stability for their children and themselves. Goodwill also offers green jobs training it helps participants attain employment in energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. Goodwill was founded in 1902 in Boston by Rev. Edgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister and early social innovator.…show more content… They also provide employment training and job placement services to more than 2.4 million in the United States and Canada in 2010. Their mission is to enhance the dignity and quality of individuals and their families by strengthening communities, eliminating barriers to opportunity, and by helping people in reach their full potential through learning and the power of work. Goodwills total employment and community services is 89 million, and more than 318,000 placed into employment, as a result of the educational credentials attained, individuals increased their collective life time earning by more than $11 billion. The total people who have served is 26.4 million, there is more than 2
