Category: News

      Effective July 31, 2023, Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley is acquiring Goodwill Industries of Southern Ohio. The two organizations have determined that by uniting efforts they can more effectively grow and expand services for people with disabilities and other disadvantages in the Southern Ohio region.  This will bring together efforts to achieve the... Read more »

DAYTON, OH., May 9, 2023 – Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley announced today it will receive a grant of $35,000 from CareSource to support early childhood screening services and mental health programs. The grant is part of a national $2.55 million donation CareSource, a nationally recognized leader in managed care, made to Easterseals in late 2022.... Read more »

Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley is very pleased to introduce Mr. LaVar Glover as the New Director of Operations for the West Campus Community Services Center. Mr. Glover will begin with Goodwill Easterseals November 30th and will be responsible for the day to day operations of the West Campus, establishing and building upon existing partnerships with... 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 »

    December 16 – Dayton, OH – Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley (GESMV) announced today it has received the largest gift in the organization’s history, an unrestricted $10 million dollar gift from author and philanthropist, MacKenzie Scott, to help support the agency’s mission of helping people with disabilities and other disadvantages achieve independence and improve... Read more »

As a partner to the many communities in the Miami Valley and surrounding areas that we have served for more than 86 years, we remain committed to continuing our mission of helping people with disabilities and other disadvantages. This is true now during these difficult times as well as in the weeks, months and years... Read more »

The 12th season of the Goodwill Stores Drive to Victory donation program changed its focus this year by inviting local high school marching bands to participate in this unique contest. In true school spirit, the bands along with their communities did not disappoint by producing a record setting season in which they collected a total... Read more »

          According to the Ohio Department of Mental Health, one out of five people in the United States has a mental illness. Mental illness does not discriminate – it strikes people of all ethnic groups, religions, and economic brackets. Likely you know someone who has been impacted by depression, anxiety or... Read more »

  Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley (GESMV) to highlight the work of the Main Street Recovery Center in Dayton as he leads bipartisan legislation to combine federal workforce and job training grants to address the workforce shortages caused by the opioid epidemic. Earlier this year, Brown and Sen.... Read more »

The Goodwill Auto Auction, a Service of Goodwill Easter Seals Miami and Murphy’s Autocare a Local, Family-Owned Automotive Repair Center are Joining Forces to Help Local People with Disabilities and Disadvantages For 15 years, the Goodwill Auto Auction, a service of Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley (GESMV), has been collecting donated vehicles from generous members... Read more »