The mission of Goodwill Industries of Santa
Cruz, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties, is to provide
education, employment and job training services to people
with barriers to employment. We support these services through
the collection and sale of clothing and household items in
such a manner as to encourage reuse/recycling of these material
resources thereby creating employment that benefits and protects
the environment.
Goodwill Industries of
Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties was established
in 1928 in the
City of Santa Cruz as part of the San Francisco Goodwill
organization.
In 1953 we became an independent Goodwill organization
with our own local Board of Directors. Today the organization
operates
48 sites including 14 stores, 25 Attended Donation Centers,
four donation processing centers and five job training
facilities.
We employ more than 340 people including employment training
professionals, sales personnel, attended donation center
attendants,
warehouse and distribution workers and administrators.
We are an equal opportunity employer and an advocate for
the
Americans with Disabilities Act. Here
is additional background information.
