Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc.
www.goodwill-suncoast.org
Spring 2011
Goodwill Honors Publix with Artful Thanks Goodwill-Suncoast recently honored Publix for helping support Goodwill’s employment and training programs for the past 40 years. The evening reception for Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc., hosted by Goodwill at the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, was attended by more than 80 local dignitaries, Publix officials and Goodwill representatives. Goodwill President and CEO Lee Waits presented Carol Jenkins Barnett, president of Publix Super Markets Charities, with a striking abstract painting by Goodwill trainee Jeremy Ingram. Despite his blindness, Jeremy’s creativity shines in his artwork, as it does in his day-to-day work at Goodwill. Jeremy is one of 60 participants in Goodwill’s Lakeland Adult Day Training Program for people who have severe disabilities. This training program and many other Goodwill services have been beneficiaries of Publix’s support over the years. Guests at the reception enjoyed a display of 18 paintings by Goodwill trainees, who had been the lucky recipients of art lessons as an outreach project of the Polk Museum of Art. Also featured at the party was a short film showcasing Goodwill’s Lakeland training program (see related “MopMania” story below). Publix has Goodwill’s deepest gratitude for its longstanding generosity.
“I Found Something” by Jeremy Ingram
Carol Jenkins Barnett, president of Publix Super Markets Charities, chats with Goodwill artist Jeremy Ingram about his painting, at left, presented to Publix as a tribute to the company’s 40 years of support.
“Frog” by Henry Dribbons
Goodwill’s Sammy Wiggins leads a magical march of the mops in the short film “MopMania.”
MopMania on YouTube “For Mom” by Sheryl Friday
Watch Goodwill’s merry mop-makers at work in Lakeland! Visit YouTube.com and type “MopMania at Goodwill-Suncoast” into the search field. The two-minute film, featuring “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” as its soundtrack, takes a lighthearted look at the work of participants in Goodwill-Suncoast’s Lakeland training program for adults who have developmental disabilities. Last year, Goodwill trainees assembled 77,000 floor mops sold in Publix stores throughout west central Florida.