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or lack of education and work experience. On these pages
you'llmeetdteZOllnomineesandwinnersofdieGoodwiil
Industries international Graduate and Ad1iever of the Year
Awards. These individuals have learned the difference a good
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two million people who looked to Goodwill industries0 for

career services and related support in 20l0.

Graduate of the Year
ZOI l Kenneth Shaw
Graduate of the Year
TACOMA,WA
jordan Anderson     Cherie Black      joshua Butler
Des Moines, lA       Macon, GA      West Palm Beach, FL
Michael Bulling was born three months early, weighing only one and
and cerebral palsy
a half pounds.While a resulting learning disability
have presented challenges in his work and personal life, Bulling
insists his story is not a sad one.

"My mother always said I could learn new things. She's right. No
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matter where you come from, it's where you're going that really                   Jasmine Howard    Tommy Sartwell
Columbus, OH
counts," he says."Nothing is wrong with me."                                Long Beach, CA     Frederick, MD

A friend told Bulling about the CHOICES program atTacoma
Goodwill Industries, which helps people with disabilities prepare                                Gregory Washington
for and earn employment.Through Goodwill. he secured a job                                Baltimore, MD
International Airport, a job he's
as a custodian at Seattle-Tacoma
held the past three years.
Calvy Schoen     Tommie Wright
Austin,TX        Shreveport, LA
His Capital Building Maintenance supervisor says,"Michael has a
lot of heart and a great attitudeWhatever it takes to get a job
done, he'll do it. l wish everybody had that kind of attitude."

This award is generously sponsored by
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