tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post154946812363330046..comments2023-11-02T04:47:57.375-05:00Comments on Giraffe Dreams: Some Thoughts on GoodwillCarol E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-30924394722966726212013-11-25T09:48:53.779-06:002013-11-25T09:48:53.779-06:00Goodwill also supplies many first experience jobs ...Goodwill also supplies many first experience jobs to the people I work with; mostly refugees. <br /><br />They gain valuable work experience while they are improving their language skills, as well as getting a paycheck.<br /><br />Also as a mostly volunteer myself, shopping at Goodwill, allows me to purchase some of the things I need, and many of the things I just think are fun. And nearly Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154338956307189429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-84558242043116238832013-11-25T07:43:19.206-06:002013-11-25T07:43:19.206-06:00In the big-stakes nonprofit world the CEOs are pai...In the big-stakes nonprofit world the CEOs are paid a lot. (I remember reading that Elizabeth Dole's salary as head of the American Red Cross was in the high six-figures. And some years ago there was a semi-scandal about the United Way CEO paid similarly.) I'll bet a survey of other nonprofits -- cancer/lung/heart/you-name-it would be similar. It takes money to get money.<br /><br />My Nannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239289676429380866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-49379346090036001832013-11-25T00:35:04.549-06:002013-11-25T00:35:04.549-06:00We don't have Goodwill in my isolated part of ...We don't have Goodwill in my isolated part of Northern CA, when I was younger and lived in Southern CA I had some experience with it. First Experience was at age 8 as a Blue Bird. My group went to The Goodwill "Dolly Derby." This is where Goodwill sold used dolls which had been refurbished and redressed by some of their "contract workers" (job centers for mentally and BrendaLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611007122517409941noreply@blogger.com