Author: Steve Niswonger

What a great inexpensive way to decorate your table for the Holidays. Just grab a basket and some ornaments from the Goodwill Store and spray paint. It’s easy and will not break your wallet. This craft only took about 5 minutes and just $6.00. Click to Learn More to Watch the Video

  Who would’ve thought it was possible? Well, it is and it’s very easy! You just need to grab Christmas mugs and holiday decor from the Goodwill Store, some lightweight spackle, piping bags and you can create an amazing holiday décor or gift! Click Learn More to Watch the How-To Video.    

Benewende Zombre was determined to make a good living to support herself and her three children. She turned to Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley (GESMV) for help. She started by entering GESMV’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classroom with a wholeheartedness to apply herself and a dedication to increase her knowledge of conversational and... Read more »

For four years, Ricky has been a member of the Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley’s Miracle Clubhouse.  The Clubhouse is a vital community for growth, hope, and opportunity for people recovering from mental illness in the Dayton area. The Clubhouse is committed to ongoing improvement, positive development of strengths, and elimination of the stigma against those... Read more »

  Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley celebrated their new West Campus Community Service Center in Trotwood with a groundbreaking ceremony that was held on October 28th on its new site located at 735 E. Main Street. Construction of this new facility is expected to begin in November and be completed by December 2022.   Lance Detrick,... Read more »

Rodney has struggled with vision impairment for most of his life. In high school, his vision began to fade. Once his vision began to fade, he found it difficult to be able to do the necessary assignments needed for school. He started to sit closer and closer to the chalkboard so that he could see... Read more »

When Matt was born the doctors told his family that he would never walk, would never be able to talk and would not be able to function cognitively; but that did not stop his family from deciding that they would give him every chance to grow up and be whatever he wanted to be. Matt... Read more »

Following a seven-year incarceration period, would you take the opportunity to visit the father you had not seen in eight years? Robert did . . . with help from a staff member of Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley’s Community Outreach Program (COP). Robert was referred to COP by OhioLink Alvis House in Lima, OH following his... Read more »

  Meet Rick; he is a man who has never let his disability stop him and he doesn’t mind telling anyone he meets.  Rick is employed at the Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley Lebanon Goodwill Store.  He assists with donations and processing items for the sales floor.  Rick was introduced to the Goodwill Store through the... Read more »

  Priscilla was a freshman in high school when she moved to Clark County in 2014.  Entering high school was a very stressful time for Priscilla; her anxiety began to flare up.  Priscilla states “When I was a freshman in high school, I started having really bad anxiety.  The normal stress of high school was... Read more »