Goodwill News

Australia's deadly bushfire crisis has made international headlines and sparked an amazing response from people around the world. Donations of money, food, medicine, and help in fighting the fires are flowing in, thanks to social media.

Toronto - Workers at Goodwill in the Toronto area are furious after the abrupt closure of 16 stores, 10 donation centers and two offices this Sunday.

Naples - A cashier at Goodwill was fired for giving half off discounts to the poorest customers of the store. The store at first considered filing grand theft charges against the teenager it had fired but then decided not to.

A North Carolina woman pulled in a nice profit this past weekend after a painting she had purchased at Goodwill last spring for just $9.99 was auctioned off. It fetched over $27,000.

A North Carolina woman recently found herself in possession of a valuable painting she'd bought at a Goodwill store. She'd only bought it for the canvas, as she wanted to paint over it.

Saint Louis - The hunt is on for the donor of $14,000 to a Goodwill store located in St. Louis County, Mo. The store believes the donation was unintentional, as it was found carefully wrapped and mixed in with several Christmas decorations.

Buffalo - An American Indian tribe will be soon receiving an ancient Indian artifact that was donated to Goodwill in the Buffalo, N.Y. area.

A man paid $3 for an oil painting and ended up making a tidy profit. Preferring to stay anonymous, but willing to share his good fortune, a South Carolina man, tells his story to local media.

Electronics company Panasonic has significantly downgraded its profit forecast for the year ending 31 March 2012, after reporting poor quarterly results.

Woodbury Heights - Shoppers at a Goodwill Store in New Jersey were in for a surprise when a deer charged the front door of the clothing outlet, breaking through the glass, and entering the store causing mayhem for nearly ten minutes till it found its way out.

Moline - An Illinois man is out $13,000 after he donated some old suits to Goodwill Industries without bothering to check the pockets.

Academy Award-winning American actress Mira Sorvino was named as Goodwill Ambassador to combat human trafficking for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

The American electorate has placed a bet. The bet: That Obama will burnish the image of America in the eyes of the world, that he will pull America out of its economic crisis, and that the President Elect will lead the nation into a new era of change.

Kelli Owens the woman who found $5000 in a pair of pajamas a few weeks back at her Goodwill job is getting the money. The single mother of three turned in the money and a note when she found it.

On Saturday Iran called on Britain to respond for release of the British Sailors with goodwill.