Category: Mission

Goodwill to expand services in South Dakota

Day Services will now be offered in Rapid City

After more than a decade of providing employment skills training to help people with barriers find successful employment in Rapid City, Goodwill is pleased to announce it will be expanding services offered in South Dakota to include Day Services.

What are Day Services?

Goodwill helps people with intellectual disabilities meet personal goals and grow as individuals, teaching daily living skills, goal setting, socialization and offering community engagement in a fun, energetic setting – a chance to go out and be part of the community.

These expanded services come after Goodwill went through a two-and-a-half-year certification process to earn Community Support Provider status through the State of South Dakota. In May, Goodwill obtained Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL) accreditation.

Goodwill of the Great Plains looks to future with updated mission, vision statements

Updated statements bring Goodwill’s employment-centered, sustainable mission more into focus

Goodwill of the Great Plains builds independence through employment, training, and community support.

That new mission statement was adopted by Goodwill of the Great Plains Board of Directors earlier this year, along with a new vision statement, which reads:

“We envision a community where individuals thrive and reach their fullest potential, while being a leader in environmental sustainability.”

Goodwill’s mission is, and always has been, to help give the people we serve the tools they need to find meaningful, rewarding employment in our communities.

In the 21st century, we pursue our mission in a highly sustainable way.

While serving more than 33,000 people in 2023, Goodwill of the Great Plains and our customers also diverted more than 12 million pounds of material from landfills.

While our mission and vision statements have changed, the programs we offer have not; In fact, our scope has grown, with the addition of Career Exploration, Day and Supported Employment Services in the state of South Dakota, specifically in the Rapid City area, this spring.

To find out more about the programs and services we offer, please visit http://www.goodwillgreatplains.org

Goodwill volunteers fill relief bags to help friends affected by historic floods

More than a dozen volunteers were helping fill bags with toiletries and other personal hygiene items at Goodwill of the Great Plains on Tuesday, June 25th. The bags will go to roughly 10 people who are enrolled in Goodwill programs who have been displaced from their homes because of the flooding Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers.

The bags contained items like shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes and more; the volunteers were also planning to distribute food, as well.

The volunteers are among those served by Goodwill of the Great Plains’ Integrated Day Services Program, which provides care for elderly adults, adults with special needs and adults with Alzheimer’s.

To find out more about Goodwill’s programs, please visit http://www.goodwillgreatplains.org