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About Goodwill Industries of Northwest Texas

Goodwill Industries of Lubbock opened their doors in 1967 with a donation from the Lubbock Lions Club and the Downtown Rotary Club. Goodwill opened a small workshop and store at 715 28th Street in Lubbock, Texas. In 1967, Goodwill provide training and employment to 20 disabled staff and program participants. Training included small electronic repair, shoe repair, laundry, furniture repair, including wicker re-caning, and sewing. Program participants provided sub-contract services for “Laundry”, “Cleaning Shop worker”, “Store Clerks” , “Janitors”,  &  “Warehousemen.” In 1967 Goodwill received approximately 3000 bags of donations yearly and generated approximately $103,000 in revenue annually. Goodwill Industries of Lubbock, Inc. (GIL) acquired 21 counties in the Panhandle of Texas and 3 counties in Oklahoma in 2009.  GIL now encompasses 45 counties in central and north Texas. GIL opened a 50,000 square foot facility in Amarillo Texas in June of 2010. GIL employment capacity is at 252+ people.  80 percent of the employees have a least one disability or barrier to employment In 2015, Goodwill provided employment related services to more than 18,586 people across the South Plains and Panhandle Region of Texas.