Goodwill to honor United Way, Community Foundation at Friday fundraiser

August 24, 2021 Comments Off on Goodwill to honor United Way, Community Foundation at Friday fundraiser (access required)

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes will host a special “We are Goodwill” fundraising event on Friday to benefit the agency’s Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and 211/Life Line. In addition to an online silent auction, raffle giveaway and ...

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KeyBank helps fund Goodwill’s 211/Life Line

November 3, 2020 Comments Off on KeyBank helps fund Goodwill’s 211/Life Line (access required)

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes is set to receive a $62,500 influx of funding from KeyBank Foundation, one of four annual installments in a $250,000 gift to the nonprofit organization. Goodwill funds, manages and owns 211/Life Line, an accredited program ...

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Goodwill to move Clearance Center to Henrietta

August 25, 2020 Comments Off on Goodwill to move Clearance Center to Henrietta (access required)

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes will move its Clearance Center from its location near Rochester’s Public Market to its warehouse in Henrietta. Until now, the Clearance Center and warehouse storage were in two locations. The move will help the organization ...

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Goodwill president named CEO

April 22, 2020 Comments Off on Goodwill president named CEO

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes has named a longtime team member as its new CEO. Jennifer Lake will replace Gidget Hopf, who is retiring from the nonprofit organization after more than three decades. Lake, who joined Goodwill in 2007, begins ...

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As plastic bag ban approaches, some stores ahead of the curve, others merely react

February 21, 2020 Comments Off on As plastic bag ban approaches, some stores ahead of the curve, others merely react (access required)

A nickel can be a powerful thing. Last summer Wegmans conducted a pilot study at two stores to see how customers would react if single-use plastic grocery bags were removed even before a statewide ban goes into effect March 1 ...

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Goodwill moves away from plastic bags

November 5, 2019 Comments Off on Goodwill moves away from plastic bags (access required)

Goodwill stores in Henrietta and Macedon, Wayne County, stopped using disposable plastic bags for purchases on Monday, and the chain of thrift stores intends to end plastic bag usage at all Rochester and Syracuse-area stores before the statewide ban goes ...

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Goodwill, ABVI leader to retire

September 10, 2019 Comments Off on Goodwill, ABVI leader to retire (access required)

In the 1980s, Gidget Hopf was responsible for bringing jobs to hundreds of blind and disabled people in Rochester when she spearheaded a relationship between the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and 3M Corp. to produce and distribute ...