Giving, Collaborating and Celebrating: Goodwill® Pledges to Showcase its Mission this Giving Tuesday
Reinforcing its mission to enhance people’s dignity and quality of life through learning and the power of work, Ohio Valley Goodwill joins the Giving Tuesday movement this year by featuring the employment success of many of the individuals now working in the community. People like Danny Williams, Grace Flannery and Celina James.
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving that encourages people to do good during the holiday season. Over the past nine years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity. This year, Giving Tuesday takes place on November 28, 2023, and kicks off the giving season.
“At Goodwill, we live our mission every day by strengthening our communities and helping people achieve their full potential through learning, job training and employment placement,” said Mark Hiemstra, President and CEO. “Never has this movement been more critical than today. We’re pleased to do our part and participate in this global effort to create local impact.”
When you shop at your local Goodwill store in the Cincinnati area, almost 90 cents of every dollar spent are used toward creating employment and job training opportunities in your local community. Ohio Valley Goodwill uses the revenue to assist those facing challenges to finding employment, such as people with disabilities, our nation’s Veterans and others struggling with homelessness. Last year alone, Goodwill shoppers helped 759 individuals in the Greater Cincinnati community gain employment.
If you are interested in joining Ohio Valley Goodwill’s Giving Tuesday initiative, please visit https://www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/donate/donation-options/ . To learn more about Giving Tuesday participants and activities or to join the global generosity movement, visit Givingtuesday.org and Givingtuesdayspark.org or find Giving Tuesday on Facebook, X (Twitter) and Instagram. Share that you’re participating using #GivingTuesday in your social media posts.
For more than a century, Ohio Valley Goodwill has been helping people with barriers to employment to receive skill training and job placement in the Greater Cincinnati community. We take great pride of the successes of these men and women. For more information, please visit our website at www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/about
About Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity year-round. The movement is brought to life through a distributed network of entrepreneurial leaders who lead national movements in 75 countries and hundreds of communities worldwide, including more than 250 community campaigns across the U.S. alone. At the grassroots level, people and organizations participate in Giving Tuesday in every single country in the world.
