* * * MISSION STATEMENT * * *
Goodwill Industries of Silicon
Valley exists to assist people with disabilities or other barriers
to employment to achieve their highest potential by providing
a broad range of vocational, occupational and education services.
Founded in Santa Clara County in
1926, Goodwill's primary objective is to help those with disabilities,
or those with other barriers to employment, find full-time employment.
The organization conducts all activities in support of this overarching
objective.
Goodwill is organized into three
operating divisions to facilitate the achievement of its mission.
The divisions are the Institute for Career Development (vocational
services), the Retail and Recycling Division (used goods and other
recycling), and the Production Resources Division (turnkey services
to business and industry).
Goodwill derives nearly all of
its income from the above divisions, using no taxpayer dollars,
and with little outside fund raising. Goodwill's management is
guided by professionals who volunteer their services on the Board
of Directors and Governors, on professional employment advisory
boards, on numerous fund raising activities such as Goodwill's
Elegance of Yesteryear fashion shows and many other ongoing support
activities.
