Community ServiceCommunity Service

Kenny HellerKenny Heller

Why Do Community Why Do Community Service?Service?

Community is a good way to make an Community is a good way to make an impact in your community. impact in your community.

Community service can make you feel Community service can make you feel like you did something that may have a like you did something that may have a lasting effect on another individual.lasting effect on another individual.

It looks good on resumes. It looks good on resumes.

Spring Semester Community Spring Semester Community Service ProjectsService Projects

About GoodwillAbout Goodwill

Goodwill is one of the world’s largest nonprofit Goodwill is one of the world’s largest nonprofit providers of education, training, and career providers of education, training, and career services for people with disadvantages, such services for people with disadvantages, such as welfare dependency, homelessness, and as welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities. Last year, local Goodwills disabilities. Last year, local Goodwills collectively provided employment and training collectively provided employment and training services to more than 720,000 individuals. services to more than 720,000 individuals.

About GoodwillAbout Goodwill

The clothing and household goods you donate are sold The clothing and household goods you donate are sold in over 2,000 Goodwill retail stores and on our Internet in over 2,000 Goodwill retail stores and on our Internet auction site, auction site, shopshopgoodwill.comgoodwill.com. The revenues fund job . The revenues fund job training and other services to prepare people for job training and other services to prepare people for job success.success.

Goodwill also generates income helping businesses fill Goodwill also generates income helping businesses fill gaps caused by labor shortages, time constraints and gaps caused by labor shortages, time constraints and limited space or equipment. We train and employ limited space or equipment. We train and employ contract workers to fill outsourced needs for document contract workers to fill outsourced needs for document management, assembly, mailing, custodial work, management, assembly, mailing, custodial work, groundskeeping and more groundskeeping and more

What I Did at GoodwillWhat I Did at GoodwillFirst, I had to move enormous boxes of First, I had to move enormous boxes of

clothes to the workroom of Goodwill.clothes to the workroom of Goodwill.

After the boxes were moved to the work After the boxes were moved to the work room, I had to shovel the clothes into a room, I had to shovel the clothes into a

compacting machine.compacting machine.

After the clothing was compacted, we had After the clothing was compacted, we had to haul the hundreds of pounds of to haul the hundreds of pounds of

clothing to be stacked and ready to be clothing to be stacked and ready to be put on a truck and shipped off.put on a truck and shipped off.

I got to sort through some old toys. I got to sort through some old toys. Needless to say, I was very amused by Needless to say, I was very amused by

this.this.

How Do I Feel About The How Do I Feel About The Job I DidJob I Did

This was a very good opportunity.This was a very good opportunity. I did not get to work directly with I did not get to work directly with

individuals, but I do feel that I had some individuals, but I do feel that I had some sort of impact on someone's life in some sort of impact on someone's life in some sort of way. sort of way.