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The Long Island Works Coalition & Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc. are hosting a FREE networking event on Oct. 5th,   at the Bank of America building, 300 Broadhollow Road, (Concourse Level) Melville, to celebrate the kickoff of their new partnership.  The event – Celebrating Partnerships – will highlight programs and services provided by both organizations, and will offer an opportunity for LI business, education and government to network with our partners and supporters. 

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TIME.com Ranks shopgoodwill.com among Best Web Sites of 2009 (8/25/09)

Goodwill’s internet auction site shopgoodwill.com received national attention on August 24, when TIME.com named it one of the 50 Best Web Sites of 2009. “Great deals abound,” the site proclaimed, favoring it above eBay as the best auction site for low-priced finds.

 TIME ranked shopgoodwill.com number 18 on its list, above other popular sites like Amazon (#19), Netflix (#21), Wikipedia (#25) and Facebook (#31). Photo-sharing site Flickr topped the list, commended by editors for its collaborative tagging feature.

Goodwill Industries® of Orange County owns and operates the site, which allows Goodwills across the country to sell their merchandise online. Seventy-two members currently offer merchandise for sale.

“Over the years, the operation of shopgoodwill.com has generated more than $75 million in sales and opened up new jobs and training opportunities for people who have come to Goodwill looking for skill-building opportunities and job training,” said GII Manager of Media Relations Lauren Lawson.

NBC’s The Today Show sat down with TIME Executive Producer Catherine Sharick to highlight five new sites on the list that make web users’ lives easier. Sharick praised shopgoodwill.com as “the online shopper’s alternative to eBay,” noting that bargain hunters can get better deals on Goodwill’s site and feel good knowing that their purchase supports job training and other services for people with disabilities.

 “Buyer registrations were already up just hours after the news was released,” said Joan Dornbach, the Orange County Goodwill’s VP of marketing and public relations.  “We are thrilled to be recognized by such a highly visible and well-respected brand as TIME.  The exposure will translate to greater revenues that support Goodwill mission related services throughout the country.”

Read the shopgoodwill.com entry or view the entire list on the TIME web site.

Watch The Today Show coverage online 
www.criticalmention.com/report/9301x87957.htm
(click on “play media” under the photo strip to view).

 For more information, contact Lauren Lawson.

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Cover Story

LONG ISLAND WORKS COALITION AND PARTNER SCHOOLS AWARDED NATIONAL EDUCATION DESIGNATION

MELVILLE, New York, February 18, 2009 – Long Island Works Coalition and Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, announced that Long Island Works, the Long Island Association, and its partner school districts were awarded a designation by Ford Motor Company Fund as a Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) Next Generation Learning Community at the prospective level. The announcement was made at the Long Island Association Annual Meeting to an audience of 150 people including the Superintendent of Wantagh Schools and students from East Islip’s Green Technology Academy. Long Island Works received this designation because of its commitment to build a successful career academy model that bridges relationships between the school districts and regional businesses.

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Testimonials

Internship Fair 2009 Success Story

My name is Andrietta Calderone, and I have a wonderful story to tell you about how I got Long Island Press for my internship this past year. On Thursday, January 8, 2009, I went to a Internship/student job fair hosted by Long Island Works Coalition at the Huntington Hilton in Melville where I went around to find out what jobs were available for students like myself who are looking to find an internship in their field. I found a business relating to my background in the Graphics Industry. The name of the company was Long Island Press which is located in Syosset, New York. I spoke to one of the managers there and he told me to give him a call.

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