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Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. cut the ribbon on the new Goodwill Job-Link Center in Lehigh on April 15. The new Job-Link location provides employment services, skills training, and family strengthening resources and is located within the recently opened Lehigh Goodwill Retail & Donation Center (2825 Lee Blvd.).<\/p>\n
The Lehigh Job-Link center is one of 15 Job-Link Centers operated by the organization. The center is open\u00a0Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:30p.m., but will be closed each day\u00a012:30p.m.-1:00p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur presence in Lehigh has really grown with the new Goodwill store,\u201d says Goodwill spokesperson Madison Mitchell. \u201cWe are excited to expand further by offering more opportunities for employment services through this new Job-Link location.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to Goodwill\u2019s employment-related guidance, the nonprofit also partners with other agencies to provide family strengthening services, such as money management, foreclosure assistance, income tax preparation, and English as a second language courses.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoodwill is here to provide opportunities to people,\u201d says Mitchell. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t just mean in the realm of employment. We want to make sure our clients are given the tools they need to be as independent as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. is committed to assisting people with disabilities and disadvantages by providing life-changing opportunities to achieve independence.\u00a0 In 2013, more than 37,000 Southwest Floridians received assistance from Goodwill, ranging from Job-Link services to disability-accessible housing, career guidance and mentoring programs for teens, and the SWFL MicroEnterprise project, a small business education program.<\/p>\n