Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan

Donated goods/retail operations - the organization utilizes its eight retail stores, e-commerce, and salvage operations to provide on-the-job training and employment opportunities. Revenue from the sale of donated clothing and other household goods goes directly toward growing and supporting critical community-based programs and services.

Housing services - through the following programs, the organization helps to build a community where homelessness is brief, rare and one-time. Our outreach program locates and engages people experiencing unsheltered homelessness where they are to offer help finding safe and secure housing. The Goodwill inn provides safe, supportive temporary emergency shelter for adults and families experiencing homelessness. Carson square permanent supportive housing provides safe, supportive housing to those experiencing homelessness, people with special needs, and victims of domestic violence using project-based housing vouchers. Patriot place provides transitional housing for veterans experiencing homelessness. Our housing-based case managers provide support to people once they move into housing to help them maintain long-term housing stability. Over the course of the year, 1,000 people were helped by these services, 30,942 nights of shelter were provided, and 288 families and individuals moved from homelessness into housing.

Food services - the organization's food services programs work to increase food security for people who struggle to access the nutritious food they need. Our food rescue program rescues, harvests, repacks, and distributes nearly 2 million pounds of food a year. We pick up 8,000 pounds of food a day from grocery stores, bakeries and farms, and deliver it on the same day to 78 food pantries and community meal sites, at no cost to the pantries and meal sites. 80% of the food we deliver is fresh and frozen bread, dairy, meat, fruits, and vegetables full of nutrients needed by children, seniors, and other neighbors experiencing food insecurity. Our good meals food service program at the Goodwill inn prepares about 166,800 meals a year for people experiencing homelessness, people in recovery, and seniors in nmcaa's meals on wheels program.

Job services - the organization's workforce development program provides the organization's employees with growth and development opportunities so they can expand their personal and professional capabilites and take on larger challenges with Goodwill or in positive destinations beyond Goodwill. During the year approximately 225 people received services through this program.