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  • March 11, 2024

    6 Key Aspects of Slow Decorating

      Moving into a new space is always an exciting adventure, filled with endless possibilities for decorating and making it your own. From picking out the perfect color scheme to...

  • May 4, 2015

    Uber brings Goodwill almost 3,000 pounds of donations

    Grace Williamson stands next to a box full of donations late in the morning Saturday during...

  • May 1, 2015

    Uber, Goodwill team up to donate on May 2!

    Goodwill of Central Iowa is participating in a national mobile donation campaign with Uber that was...

  • April 30, 2015

    Connect With Employers Career Fair Planned May 4-6

    DMACC is teaming with Goodwill of Central Iowa’s Career Connection Center to host a two-part event...

  • April 28, 2015

    New Project SEARCH participants chosen

    Four Project SEARCH interns are training at the East Euclid store. From left are Michele Keenan,...

  • April 22, 2015

    Goodwill is featured this week on KCWI

    Local TV personality Suzet Nelson will be the featured guest Friday, April 24, on the Great...

  • April 1, 2015

    Goodwill can help veteran professionals with their job search

    Featured this month on our 2015 calendar is Randy Baker of Newton. After a job layoff,...

  • March 30, 2015

    Goodwill highest ranked brand in new national survey

    Something new to celebrate: We learned that Goodwill was named the Disability Nonprofit Brand of the...

  • March 25, 2015

    Paying tribute to some of our best clients and employees

    What an evening! On March 24, we honored some of the employees and clients who helped...

  • March 11, 2015

    We’re stuffing the truck this week!

    Volunteers Melissa Douglas and James Tegtmeier, employees from Voya Financial, gave out coupons during a Stuff...

  • February 27, 2015

    Goodwill offers job training and renewed hope to a refugee

    (Our former client, Gastonie Kitwa Lunda, is featured in March on our 2015 calendar, on sale...