SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY EASY COMMUTE. IF YOU HIT THE ROADS RIGHT NOW AS WE GOT TONY
TIME SAVER TRAFFIC MELANIE
BRUCE, ALL RIGHT ALINA THANK
YOU
SO MUCH.
>>LAUREN VERNO: PHILANTHROPIST
AND AUTHOR MACKENZIE SCOTT
DONATED 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO
GOODWILL OF NORTH FLORIDA.
SO GOODWILL OF OUR FLORIDA AS
WELL AS THE FIRST COAST YMC A
UNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
AND THEN 46 OTHER GOODWILL
ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WERE AMONG NEARLY 400
NONPROFITS TO GET 4 BILLION
DOLLARS FROM SCOTT.
WOW SO JOINING ME NOW IS DAVID
RAY, THE CEO OF GOODWILL
INDUSTRIES OF NORTH FLORIDA
GOOD MORNING
TO YOU. AND I MAY SAY WELL WHAT
A MERRY
CHRISTMAS RIGHT.
>> ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY JUST
AN UNEXPECTED GIFT
IT IS REALLY JUST KIND OF BLOWN
US WE’RE JUST INCREDIBLY
GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY OF
MACKENZIE SCOTT. >>LAUREN VERNO: AND LET’S SAY I MEAN THIS IS THE LARGEST
DONATION IN HISTORY FOR
GOODWILL OF NORTH FLORIDA.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE
TO USE THIS MONEY FOR.
>> WELL WE I MEAN WE’RE GOING
RIGHT NOW FRANKLY IT’S IT’S
STILL NEW TO
US SO. WE’RE BRAINSTORMING ON
THAT IDEA BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A
SURPRISE BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO ACCELERATE OUR
MISSION WORK AND THE CORE OF
OUR MISSION IS TO REMOVE
BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT
AND WE DO THAT A NUMBER OF WAYS
FIRST AND FOREMOST THERE ARE
RETAIL PROGRAM. WHEN WE EMPLOY
ALMOST 750 PEOPLE IN OUR
14 COUNTY TERRITORY.
THAT’S GAINESVILLE THROUGH PALM
COAST JACKSONVILLE OVER THE
LAKE CITY.
>> YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT YOU
GOT THIS CALL YESTERDAY YOU HAD
NO IDEA THIS MONEY WAS
>> WELL ACTUALLY I RECEIVED
SOMEWHAT OF A CRYPTIC E-MAIL
3030 DAYS AGO FRANKLY I THOUGHT
IT WAS SOMEONE KIND OF PRANKING
ME HAHA.
HAHA RIGHT THROUGH
MY HEAD THAT I HAD ONE OR 2 PHONE CALLS THE NEXT SHE RELEASED A MACKENZIE SCOTT
RELEASED A POST AND IT WAS REAL
LOUD.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO WHY WERE YOU
ALL CHOSEN.
>> WELL YOU KNOW PUT IN HER
POST AND I’VE GOT SOME FOR
QUOTE HERE THAT HER TEAM TO THE
DATA
DRIVEN APPROACH AND IDENTIFYING
ORGANIZATIONS WITH STRONG
LEADERSHIP TEAMS
AND RESULTS WITH SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO THOSE OPERATING
COMMUNITIES FACING HIGH
PROJECTED FOOD INSECURITY.
HI MEASURES OF
RACIAL INEQUITY LOW POVERTY
RATES AND LOW ACCESS TO FILL
PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL SO.
I I KNOW I’M
SURE I’M ASSUMING THEY DID IT A
MASSIVE
DATA DIVE AND LOOK AT OUR
HISTORY OUR FINANCIALS ARE
MISSION DELIVERABLES STATISTICS
OF WHAT WE’VE DONE IN THE
CHECKING
OUR HOUR BOARD OF
LEADERSHIP STABILITY OR SOCIAL
MEDIA AND EVERYTHING WE’VE DONE
IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT’S WHY
WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ONE
OF THE
384 ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED
BECAUSE I BELIEVE HER TEAM
STARTED WITH ALMOST
6,500.
>> HAHA ALL THAT NUMBER DOWN IT
JUST GIVES ME CHILLS AND FROM
WHAT YOU SAID, OBVIOUSLY YOU
GUYS HAVE ALL OF THOSE
INSTRUMENTS IN PLACE
BECAUSE IF ONE WAS OUT OF LINE
SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE
PICKED YOU. SO YOU KNOW, WE
KNOW THE GOOD WORK THAT
GOODWILL DOES YOU KNOW WE GO IN
THERE WE BUY THE CLOTHES, IT’S
GREAT ARE THE THINGS FOR OUR
HOUSEHOLD. BUT ALL THAT MONEY
THEN RECYCLES AND GOES RIGHT
BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY
FOR TRAINING AND I THINK THAT’S
PART OF WHY THIS MISON IS WHY
PEOPLE FEEL SO CONNECTED TO IT.
>> YES, THANK
YOU WE. YOU KNOW THE GREAT THING ABOUT GOODWILL’S WE’RE SELF-SUSTAINING PART OF THE
MISSION IS OUR RETAIL PROGRAM
WE GET TO EMPLOY THOSE
WITH BARRIERS IN OUR STORES AND
THAT HER DONATION CENTERS AND
THAT ALLOWS US TO VENTURE OUT
INTO OTHER ITEMS LIKE WE HAVE A
LANDSCAPING ORGANIZATION. AND THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD A DIFFICULT TIME REENTERING
SOCIETY AND WE MAINTAIN
GROUNDS IT’S A
PHENOMENAL PROGRAM. WE ALSO
HAVE 2 CONTRACTS WITH THE
MILITARY BASE WHERE WE WE SERVE
FOOD AND OUR EMPLOYEES THERE WE
HAVE ABOUT 35 AND THEY THEY
HAVE
DOCUMENTED DISABILITIES.
AND ALL OF THE FUNDS WE
GENERATE FROM ALL OF OUR
REVENUE. GENERATING ACTIVITIES.
ALSO
GOES TOWARD OTHER MISSION
PROGRAMS LIKE OUR ADULT
EDUCATION PROGRAM IN A STEP.
WHERE WE MEET INDIVIDUALS WHERE
THEY ARE WE HELP THEM
AND A CERTIFICATE OR VOCATIONAL
AREA THAT THEY’RE THEY’RE
INTERESTED IN AND WE GET THEM
INTO A PROGRAM HELPED TO REMOVE
THEIR BARRIERS
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IF
AND WE HELP THEM FIND GAINFUL
EMPLOYMENT NOW AND THEN IN
TESTING PROGRAM THAT’S HELPED
PEOPLE GET INTO WELDING.
AGE
FACT, NURSING. THE POLICE
ACADEMY I LIFE TODAY WE START A
PROGRAM ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO WE
HAVE ALMOST 200 GRADUATES AND
EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC WE
HAVE 80 ADULTS IN
THAT PROGRAM EVEN THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW IN THIS
MONEY THAT MACKENZIE GAVE US.
WELL, I MEAN WE COULD THINK
HUGE WE COULD TRIPLE THAT
NUMBER GROW WE COULD FIND
RUBBLE THAT NUMBER AND WE CAN
HELP THAT MANY PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY. STILL UP
AND NOT JUST GET A JOB THAT
STARTED CAREER. ALL RIGHT AND
NEVER HAD A STABLE FOUNDATION
FOR A FOR A HAPPY AND FRUITFUL
LIFE WELL, DAVID I LOVE YOUR
PASSION AND I KNOW YOU JUST
EDUCATED A LOT OF FOLKS ABOUT
THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO OVER
THERE GOOD. WELL
SO CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS