Eye On Oshkosh - Goodwill NCW, taped 8-7-2025

On this episode of Eye on Oshkosh, host Cheryl Hentz talks with folks from Goodwill of North Central Wisconsin to learn more about what they do. 

You may think of Goodwill as a place to buy all kinds of neat stuff at super low prices, or where you can make charitable donations when you’re doing spring cleaning and wanting to get rid of things around your house. But Goodwill is so much more than that. 

From internships to direct hires they employ people in many different capacities and have different training programs that teach transferable skills to folks who can then use them at other jobs.  

Here's something else I’ll bet you didn’t know: approximately 90 cents of every dollar generated in Goodwill stores in NCW goes right back into the Goodwill mission. 

Additionally, protecting the planet and its resources is at the core of Goodwill NCW operations. Each year, through items being donated to Goodwill NCW, they divert, on average, 35 million pounds of items from going into our local landfills. Wonder how much that is? Imagine more than 800 semis filled with items and that is a visual that’s hard to forget. 

This just scratches the surface of what these folks at Goodwill North Central Wisconsin do to help local communities and the people who live here. 

Watch this important episode here or by following this link: https://youtu.be/1USdHZSdiqw.