Partner & Advocate

Stronger Together. Partner & Advocate With Goodwill.

At Evansville Goodwill Industries, Inc., we believe that regional transformation happens through collaboration.

Whether you are a local nonprofit, a corporate neighbor, or a passionate community advocate, explore how we can connect our resources to lift up our 28-county footprint.

28 Counties connected through one regional mission
01 Shared goal: create pathways to opportunity
+ Every partnership expands what is possible
Regional
Impact
Community partners collaborating with Evansville Goodwill
Connection Matters Local organizations help us understand needs and create stronger regional solutions.

Ways to Partner

Find the Right Way to Work Together.

Engage employees, bring people together, share community resources, or connect the individuals you serve with education and workforce programs.

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Community Engagement

Host a Donation Drive

Rally your employees or congregation for a cause.

We supply the bins or trailers, and your team collects gently used items. It’s an easy, eco-friendly team-building activity that directly funds local career services.

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The Helms Hall and Opportunity Center event space
More Than a Venue Host your event while staying connected to regional workforce development.

Venue Rentals & Community Space

Bring People Together in a Mission-Focused Place.

Looking for the perfect location for your next corporate training, networking event, or resource fair?

Discover Helms Hall and our specialized breakout spaces within the Opportunity Center—designed to host your events while keeping you connected to regional workforce development.

01 Corporate Training and Meetings

Host leadership meetings, employee training, professional development, presentations, and collaborative work sessions.

02 Community Events and Resource Fairs

Bring local organizations, service providers, employers, and community members together for outreach and resource events.

03 Flexible Gathering and Breakout Spaces

Use larger gathering areas alongside smaller breakout spaces to support different event formats and group sizes.

Opportunity Services & The Excel Center

Connect People to Their Next Step.

Refer your clients to our tuition-free adult high school or rapid certification programs to help them unlock higher-wage employment and economic mobility.

Identify

Recognize an Education or Employment Need

Identify a client who could benefit from a diploma, certification, job training, or employment support.

Refer

Connect Them With Goodwill

Submit the referral information so the appropriate program team can begin outreach.

Advance

Create a Path Toward Opportunity

The individual receives guidance toward education, training, employment, or another appropriate resource.

Become a Community Advocate

Awareness Becomes Meaningful Action.

True advocacy starts with awareness and ends with action. Explore stories, community partners, and resources that help our region advocate for opportunity, inclusion, sustainability, and second chances.

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Advocacy in Action

Stories That Help Our Community Understand and Act

Explore blog posts and stories tagged with advocacy, workforce development, access, sustainability, and community transformation.

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Stories & Awareness

Blog Posts With an Advocacy Focus

Read stories about education, workforce access, inclusion, sustainability, second chances, and regional needs.

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Regional Connections

Community Partners and Affiliated Organizations

Explore organizations such as Evansville Recovery Alliance and other regional education, employment, housing, recovery, and support providers.

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Advocate With Knowledge

Disability, Second Chances, and Sustainability

Access resources related to disability inclusion, second-chance employment, sustainability, economic mobility, and other community issues.

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Action Center

Tell Us What Your Community Needs.

Community members and local organizations often see emerging needs first. Select an option below to share what you are seeing or request material support.

Community Needs Voice

Help Us See Emerging Barriers.

Do you know of an emerging barrier, a gaps-in-service issue, or a specific neighborhood need in our 28 counties that Goodwill should be made aware of? We want to hear from you.

Submit a Community Need

Start a Conversation

Have Another Idea? Let’s Build It Together.

Partnerships do not always fit into one category. Contact our team to discuss a collaboration, event, regional initiative, referral opportunity, or another way to strengthen the community.