Goodwill Facts

Developmental Disability Services

Grand Island, Hastings, & Kearney

Goodwill employees work with individuals to help them acquire, improve and retain the skills needed to be as independent as possible. Services provided help people living with an intellectual or developmental disability use their strengths and talents to accomplish their goals, achieve greater independence, learn to make choices and participate in and contribute to their community. Services are provided Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., in the evenings and on the weekends.

Employment & Career Services

Columbus, Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, Lexington, North Platte, McCook, & York

Goodwill employees work with job seekers to help them become competitively employed in the community. Services provided help job seekers living with an intellectual or developmental disability, acquired brain injury, behavioral health diagnosis and/or substance use disorder or barriers such as poverty become employed in their community. Goodwill matches qualified candidates to job openings in the community and maintains a strong, responsive working relationship with employers to address needs.

Behavioral Health Services

Columbus, Grand Island, & Broken Bow

Goodwill offers a variety of programs to meet recovery needs of individuals diagnosed with a substance use disorder and/or a serious and persistent mental illness such as schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or major depression. Services provided help individuals live successfully in their community.

Court Ordered Services

Columbus, Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, Lexington, & North Platte

People receiving court-ordered services participate in classes facilitated by Goodwill’s training specialists at local state probation reporting centers. Goodwill-facilitated class topics include employment, money management, parenting, and behavior change with the goal to build skills promoting responsibility and healthy and positive decision-making.

Housing

Columbus, Grand Island, Hastings, & Kearney

Three HUD financed housing projects consisting of 45 units provide safe and affordable housing to individuals living with a mental illness.

Supporting People in Need

Goodwill issues store vouchers to support people in need across Greater Nebraska.

Donations Collected

At Our Stores & Through Donation Drives

Donations collected through community drives are sorted at the Grand Island warehouse facility for eventual distribution to retail stores. In 2022, 7,618,585 pounds of donations were collected at through our retail store/donation centers and donation drives in 80 communities.

Technology Recycling

Computers and computer related equipment in any condition (working or nonworking) can be donated at any of our retail store/donation centers year round.

Retail

Columbus, Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, Lexington, North Platte, Scottsbluff, McCook, & Alliance

Goodwill collects donations from the community for resale in our ten retail stores. Revenue generated from the sale of donated goods supports Goodwill services.

Outlet

Grand Island

Shoppers find bulk bargains to buy by the pound and unique finds with low prices. Open Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and located at 1729 S. Lincoln Avenue.

Donate Movement

Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle

Goodwill’s recycling program makes a difference in people’s lives, strengthens communities, and contributes to a healthier planet. In the event there is an item that cannot be sold in our stores, it is recycled. Recycling markets include textiles, shoes, stuffed toys, purses/belts/hats, hard toys, glassware, housewares, sporting equipment and books. The majority of items are used as they were originally intended, for example, a shirt is used as a shirt, a plate as a plate, etc. Other items are recycled and sold to salvage brokers.