On January 19, we celebrate Founder’s Day—a day to honor Edgar J. Helms, the man who started Goodwill in 1902. Helms believed in giving people “a chance, not charity.” His idea has helped millions of people around the world. Helms was born in a logging camp on January 19, 1863. He dreamed of becoming a politician or journalist, […]
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This month we celebrate the joyful story of Gladys Warren and Murrel Hill. Gladys and Murrel met at Goodwill and married. While looking through our Goodwill archives a few years ago, we found photos of Gladys and Warren’s honeymoon trip and holiday parties that they shared with their coworkers at Goodwill. A newspaper article appearing
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Happy Birthday Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest. Today, we celebrate the 85th anniversary of our founding in Spokane in 1939. When we were first established as the Inland Empire Goodwill, our organization was: Housed in a small wooden shack in downtown Spokane, Washington. This is where our Administrative Building currently resides. 43 dollars in
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