Rebuilding Lives and Communities Affected by Hurricane Katrina

Many Goodwills are supporting relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Some are setting up job fairs to help people find work and begin to rebuild their lives. Some Goodwills are making financial contributions to reputable relief organizations, or to the fund for Goodwill employees and their families. Some are working in coordination with local Red Cross efforts to distribute vouchers for clothing. Read more about these activities in this special online section devoted to Goodwill responses to Hurricane Katrina.

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Goodwill's hurricane Katrina special report

Our staff reporter visited several Goodwills that are taking very active roles in hurricane recovery efforts in order to help survivors rebuild their lives. Read more about them in this section. Contact the Goodwill in your area to learn more about relief and recovery in your community.

(NOTE: This board is no longer active.) Goodwills in communities across the U.S. are making jobs available to Goodwill employees that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. View a current listing of open positions in this section.

Read more about what local Goodwills are doing to support the Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts, both in the Gulf Coast area, and in their own communities, where hurricane survivors are just beginning to arrive and are looking to rebuild their lives.

Woman at a Goodwill job fair for hurricane evacuees

Goodwill Helps Rebuild Careers and Lives

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Financial donations from the public and from Goodwills around the world helped the Goodwills affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita last year.

Katrina was a very difficult ordeal for my family and me; but it is the generosity and caring of people like you that have made it bearable.
- Sincerely, Joan (Kenner, LA)

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