Calidad Industries, an affiliate nonprofit of Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, invites local community members, partners and potential new partners, to its open house on Friday, October 28th at our headquarters in Oakland. National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a national celebration sponsored by the federal government’s AbilityOne Program. NDEAM’s focus is [...]

Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay continues to experience very high demand for our program services as people in our community continue to struggle to find jobs. From the first sight of the economic downturn 2008 through 2010, enrollment in Goodwill’s programs has risen by an astounding 77 percent. This year we anticipate helping [...]

Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay has announced that the County of Contra Costa has terminated the Work Experience Program (WEX) that Goodwill was operating due to budget constraints. The Work Experience Program (WEX) provided those on public assistance with quality job training services to prepare them to secure competitive employment.  The County cut [...]