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GOODWILL CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES $147,800 FOR PROGRAMS

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (December 21, 2017) – Billed as a “Tournament of Excellence,” the Goodwill Classic golf tournament held on Monday, November 6 at the Ridglea Country Club North Course raised $147,800 to benefit Goodwill North Central Texas. The organization helps rebuild countless lives through its job training and placement programs.

All proceeds from the tournament go to support the Moncrief-Ryan Goodwill’s North Texas Institute for Career Development (NTI) and Goodwill’s Workforce Development Program supporting initiatives focusing on the homeless (GoodwillWorks), at-risk youth (E-Squared), veterans (VetWorthy), and individuals with disadvantages and disabilities (S.T.A.R.S.). Since the tournament’s inception in 2008, more than $1.3 million has been given in scholarships, assisting 649 graduates of NTI vocational training programs.

More than 130 golfers, including several former MLB players, participated in the tenth annual tournament. Honorary Tournament Chair Jeff Bland, past Sr. Director, Employee Relations at Radio Shack, emceed the award program. Country Music Hall of Fame artist Charley Pride sang God Bless America and TV personality and Blazing Saddles star Burton Gilliam sang the National Anthem.

“In 2016, 9,994 lives were touched through Goodwill’s Workforce Development Programs,” said David Cox, president and CEO of Goodwill North Central Texas. “Revenue generated through the sale of donated goods and events like the Goodwill Classic support individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment in getting the training they need to achieve maximum independence.”

 

About Goodwill North Central Texas

Goodwill is more than a thrift store. The largest employer of people with disabilities in the world, Goodwill believes that work has the power to transform lives by building self-confidence, independence, creativity, trust and friendships. Everyone deserves this chance.

Goodwill North Central Texas’s 23 retail locations provide revenue through the sale of donated goods to support Goodwill’s mission – job training and career services for people with disabilities, such as physical or mental disabilities and other barriers to employment including lack of education or work experience and homelessness. For more information on Goodwill North Central Texas, please visit www.goodwillnorthcentraltexas.org.

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