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ABOUT GOODWILL
Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois is a community-based not-for-profit organization that provides jobs, training, and placement services for people with barriers to achieve meaningful employment. Rockford, IL serves as the headquarters for Goodwill Northern Illinois and is one of 165 Goodwill agencies under the auspices of Goodwill Industries International (GII). GII was recently named by Forbes Magazine as the #2 not-for-profit in the country. Goodwill Northern Illinois’ territory includes an 18-county area in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin with a combined population of over 1.1 million residents. Goodwill’s retail operations sell donated, gently-used products as well as new items such as overstocks and close-outs from some of the best-known stores in the state. Goodwill stores in northern Illinois (Rockford, Machesney Park, Freeport, Sterling, DeKalb, and soon Ottawa) and Beloit, Wisconsin employ more than 200 people