Albany’s News 10 reporters thrift shop at our Guilderland store
WTEN-TV NEWS10 reporters Cassie Hudson and Jill Szwed stopped by our Goodwill store in Guilderland, NY (2025 Western Avenue, 12203) to learn more about the store and the benefits of shopping secondhand. Following the lead of Taking the “No New Clothes” pledge with Ginger Zee, Cassie and Jill took the pledge for one month. Wyatt […]
Goodwill NYNJ Featured in Fortune Article
As president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Katy Gaul-Stigge sees economic trends from a unique vantage point. And the view is not particularly pretty at the moment: Shopping and donation trends at the 23-store, secondhand goods chain suggest consumers are gripping their wallets more tightly and seeking […]
Goodwill recognizes 4 workers with disabilities and their employers during NDEAM
From L-R: Hyacinth Rose, Yasser Abbady, Frank Anzelmo, from the NYC Department of Sanitation, Goodwill NYNJ President/CEO Katy Gaul-Stigge, and Yvonne O’Connor, GoodTemps. On Thursday, October 20, 2022, Goodwill Industries of Greater NY and Northern NJ, Inc. marked October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). We hosted three events to celebrate the many accomplishments of […]
Goodwill NYNJ Bridge To Tech expands services to break barriers for entry into tech careers
Goodwill Industries® of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc. (Goodwill NYNJ) is expanding the services of its Bridge To Tech program launched two years ago to equip individuals enrolled in New York City’s Human Resources Administration city-wide Career Services programs with the necessary skills to qualify for and graduate from a range of […]
Goodwill NYNJ officially opens new store & donation center in Middletown, NY
Goodwill Industries® of Greater NY and Northern NJ hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sep. 6 to launch its Middletown, NY location that brings job opportunities, helps local residents donate and reuse, and becomes the “Halloween central” and the sustainable fashion family destination in the Middletown/Wallkill area Middletown, NY – September 7, 2022 – Goodwill Industries® […]
Goodwill NYNJ CEO Katy Gaul-Stigge selected to co-chair Mayor Adams’ Task Force
Katy Gaul-Stigge, Goodwill NYNJ President/CEO, has been selected as one of four co-chairs of Mayor Eric Adams’ Future of Workers Task Force. The Task Force is part of Mayor Adams’ $18.6 million New York City Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers (PINCC) program to support NYC workers and employers. The program will train and place […]
Goodwill NYNJ opens new store & donation center in Middletown, NY
Goodwill Industries® of Greater NY and Northern NJ will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 9/6 to highlight how its Middletown, NY location brings job opportunities, helps local residents donate and reuse, and opens just in time for the Back to School season becoming the sustainable fashion family destination Middletown, NY – August 12, 2022 – […]
Aisia Bell Story
Aisia Bell, a 36-yr-old Black/Hispanic woman with multiple disabilities, came to Goodwill NYNJ in fall 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, to get a vocational evaluation to determine her interests and strengths. The single mother of three, who lives in the NJ Hudson County, had limited work experience and concerns about child-care expenses. She […]
Goodwill NYNJ appoints three new members to its Board of Directors
New York, NY – July 14, 2022 –Goodwill® Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey Inc. (Goodwill NYNJ) named Jonathan Sheppard, Kevin Finnegan, and Kamran Ansari to its Board of Directors(BOD) during the board’s final meeting for fiscal year 2022 on June 23, 2022. Jonathan Sheppard is President and CEO of J. Sheppard […]
Goodwill NYNJ grows thrift stores and donation centers with strong demand for sustainable fashion
Goodwill Industries® of Greater NY and Northern NJ will open up to five retail locations in the NY/ NJ region to expand its retail operations to fund its mission programs to grow and deepen the impact on people served New York City, NY – June 13, 2022 – Goodwill Industries® of Greater New York and […]