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Annual Report2009-2010

Fiscal Year 2009-2010Outcomes

• Good Vocations/GoodwillIndustries, in conjunctionwith NISH and theAbilityOne Program,has been training andplacing individuals withdisabilities into meaningfuljobs at Robins Air ForceBase for more than 29years and at Fort Gordonfor more than 15 years

• Provided over 130,000training hours to job-seeking clients, mostwith severe disabilities

• Last year, commissaryworkers stocked over1.3 million cases ofgroceries at Robins AirForce Base and FortGordon

• Clean over 5.5 millionsquare feet per day atRobins Air Force Baseand Fort Gordon

People with disabilities constitute the nation's largest minority group, and

the only group any of us can become a member of at any time. Approximately

54 million Americans have at least one disability. As our baby boomer

population ages and more veterans return from war,

this number will double in the next 20 years.

Goodwill has been training and placing individuals

with disabilities into meaningful jobs at Robins Air

Force Base for more than 29 years and at Fort

Gordon for more than 15 years. There are currently

190 employees and trainees at Robins Air force

Base and Fort Gordon. Without Good Vocation’s help, any of these individuals

could be one of the more than 21 million people with disabilities nationwide

who are not working.

Since 1998, Good VocationsSM, an autonomous subsidiary of Goodwill of

Middle Georgia and the CSRA, has provided job skills training for individuals

with disabilities. This training helps people with barriers to employment

prepare for jobs that provide good wages, good benefits, and lead to greater

independence and quality of life.

Good VocationsSM creates training programs to meet specific needs of the

employer. Most employment opportunities are made possible through job

contracts at federal facilities and procured through the AbilityOne Program –

the largest single source of employment for people with disabilities in the

United States.

Trainees receive paid training, equitable wages, and opportunities for

advancement in positions producing products and services for federal

customers, such as Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins and Fort

Gordon in Augusta.

Jobs cover a wide range of service sectors including, custodial services,

manufacturing and assembly work, stocking, fleet services, vehicle

retro-fitting, and warehousing.

It has been an honor to lead the board of Good Vocations this past year. Your

support to our organization ensure that we will be able to grow our services and

programs to people with disabilities.. Everyone deserves the opportunity to

work. Thank you for helping us provide this chance.

JonathanAldermanBoard Chair Good Vocations, Inc.

Vivian WilsonFort Gordon

Vivian had been battling severe arthritis, degenerative joint disease and carpel tunnel

and looking for work for nearly three years before she was hired by Good Vocations in

July of 1999. Her lack of transportation and reliable child care hampered her search

efforts, and she was hopeless with no means to help herself or her children. Through

DFACS, Vivian learned about training classes offered by Goodwill. The skills she

acquired through these classes prepared her for a job with Good Vocations at Fort

Gordon Commissary. Hopelessness was transformed to confidence and pride as

Vivian was able to apply new skills and earn a living to support herself and her family.

Vivian says her two children were "thrilled" with her employment, and they are so

proud of her accomplishment.

Today Vivian is a LeadWorker whose goals are to keep working and to achieve her very best. She says a life of

independence is so much better than having to depend on others. Vivian loves the opportunity that her job provides

to help others who are in training at Fort Gordon. Vivian says working is important and takes away the worry of not

being able to take care of yourself. According to Vivian, "Goodwill gives you a chance no matter how bad life may

seem. Simply trust in yourself, and Goodwill will be a barrier breaker."

Wilbert JohnsonRobins Air Force Base

A bad economy and bad knees kept Wilbert Johnson out of the workforce for 16

months. His life was hard and seemed unfair. Hired by Good Vocations as a

Lead Worker in September of 2009, Wilbert is now a vital member of a successful

custodial team at Warner Robins Air Force Base. Wilbert learned of Goodwill

services from other Goodwill employees and says his job has provided a stable

income and has also given him an opportunity to set future goals to achieve with

Good Vocations. Wilbert says he sees his job as a career, and he hopes to

become a Project Manager. Employment has helped Wilbert to strengthen life

and communications skills. He loves the benefit of an extended family through

his work at Robins Air Force Base. In Wilbert's words, "Goodwill offers a lot of

great things for people who need help and people who need to change their way of life". Wilbert's former life

of hardship has been transformed by determination and achievement.

The mission of Good VocationsSM is to build lives, families

and communities –one job at a time– by helping people

discover and develop their God-given gifts through work and

career development services.

• 69% of Americans who are blindor have a significant disability donot have jobs

• People with disabilities are mostat risk with regards to employment

• Americans with disabilities want towork and only need the opportunityto make that happen

Jonathan Alderman(Chair)

Anderson, Walker & Reichert, LLP

Kathy BowdenMacon-Bibb County Industrial Authority

Paul HartR.A. Bowen Construction

Jonathan MartinConstangy, Brooks, and Smith LLP

Beverly McCullough(Secretary/Treasurer)

Bibb County Schools Workforce Development

Robert Morton(Vice Chair)

Secure Health Plans of GA, LLC

Raymond H. Smith, Jr.(Past Chair)

Smith, Brown, & Groover Inc.

2010 Good Vocations Board of Directors

Good Vocations has grown in the last fourteen years from $670k to over $8 million in revenue and aworkforce growing from 49 persons to over 200.

“Ability One” Contract Site Listings:

Commissary Contractat RobinsAir Force BaseAt Robins Air Force

Base in Warner

Robins, GA, Good

Vocations provides

warehousing, receiving,

shelf stocking and

custodial services.

This contract began

its 29th year on April 30, 2010, it employs 34 people,

most of whom have severe disabilities.

Commissary Contractat Fort Gordon

Good Vocations provides warehousing, receiving,

shelf stocking, and custodial services at Fort Gordon

in Augusta, GA. This contract has been successful

for 14 years and employs 28 people, most of whom

have severe disabilities.

Robins Air Force Base Custodial

At Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, GA,

Good Vocations provides competitive professional

custodial services to the majority of the buildings at

Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, GA. This

contract started 22 years ago with one building with

80,000 square feet of cleaning space and employed

about 18 persons with severe disabilities; today this

contract has grown to 280 buildings, with over 4 million

square feet of cleaning space and employs over 110

people, most of whom have severe disabilities.

Fort Gordon Custodial andDay Care Center

Good Vocations is responsible for cleaning over 100

government buildings as well as the Day Care Center

located at Fort Gordon inAugusta, GA. This contract

beganAugust 2, 2010 and employs 45 people, most

of whom have severe disabilities.

Good VocationsSM is managed byGoodwill Industries of Middle Georgia, Inc.