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Goodwill Industries Foundation of Central Indiana, Inc.
Goodwill
Industries
Foundation
of Central
Indiana, Inc.
Spring 2009
Philanthropic Spirit the
A periodic newsletter sharing news and information about the Goodwill Industries Foundation of Central Indiana.
Fundraising for Indianapolis Metropolitan High School gains
momentum
The Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation is funding a $1.36 million science wing to be
constructed on Goodwill’s Indianapolis Metropolitan High School (Indianapolis Met)
campus by year’s end. The facility will include two laboratories, a small greenhouse for
hydroponic and other agroscience studies, a distance learning laboratory and a weather/
seismology center. It will be named the Ruth Lilly Science Wing.
Additionally, The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation,
has announced that it will underwrite post-secondary Eugene and Marilyn Glick
Scholarships for 10 full-time equivalent students annually for a maximum term of
four years to graduating seniors of Indianapolis Met in the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012
classes. The grant years will span 2009–2016, and the total gift to the Indianapolis Met
could approach $1 million.
Goodwill Industries Foundation board member Elizabeth Wiese and her husband,
Fred, are providing $100,000 to help construct the school’s much-needed gymnasium
and wellness center, and MarMar Properties and the Pappan Family are contributing
$50,000 for that $2.5 million project. Construction on the gym will not begin until
funding is committed fully. The center will provide a safe, nurturing and positive
atmosphere for students to engage in constructive activities after school, on weekends
and during vacations. It also will help us combat obesity and serve as a site for
our basketball and volleyball teams to practice and play. The wellness center will
include fitness equipment and equipment for measuring BMI, heart rate and other
physiological indicators. The center will enhance instruction and project work in
physiology, nutrition and related topics, as well as help students improve their own
health and physical fitness.
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Goodwill Industries Foundation of Central Indiana, Inc. Dear Friends:
We are extremely grateful for the $1.36 million grant from the Ruth Lilly Philanthropic
Foundation and for the contribution that could total almost $1 million from the
Central Indiana Community Foundation’s The Glick Fund for scholarships. These are
transformational gifts for our school, and we warmly thank these generous donors for
their support.
Our final “Enduring Values” capital campaign opportunity is the gymnasium, which is
estimated to cost $2.5 million. That facility will be of great consequence to students,
employees and young people living in the surrounding neighborhood. It will provide
areas for practice and games for our Indianapolis Met sports teams, physical fitness
Linda Brimmer, programs and places for school groups to congregate for meetings. A stage at one
VP and COO
of the Goodwill end of the gymnasium will provide facilities for performances, speakers, and other
Foundation special events. The entire facility will be a “safe haven” for young people to engage in
constructive activities after school, on weekends and during vacations.
I also thank all of you who invested in Goodwill’s mission last year. We modestly exceeded
our annual fund goal in 2008, received some nice gifts for the school and other services,
and benefited from a number of restricted grants and contracts. Approximately $730,000
arrived from bequests for the endowment fund. Your financial support and advocacy are
valued more than ever during these challenging times. Please let me know if you would like to
come to Goodwill to see your charitable investment at work. We’d love to have you stop by.
Linda Brimmer
Vice President & COO
Goodwill Industries Foundation
(317) 524-4226
lbrimmer@goodwillindy.org
Welcome and warm thanks to new Jack Dustman Society members
Elizabeth and Fred Wiese, Elaine and
Eric Bedel, and Mark and Molly Denien
are new members of the Jack Dustman
Society. Elizabeth and Elaine serve on
the Goodwill Industries Foundation
board of directors, and Mark is on
the Goodwill Industries board of
directors.
Elaine and Eric Bedel
Elizabeth and
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Further, the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation is making it possible
for approximately 60 juniors and their staff chaperones to go on a spring break trip
to New York City and Washington, D.C. The Allen Whitehill Clowes Scholars will
visit the Smithsonian, Capitol Hill, Mount Vernon, the U.S. Supreme Court and the
Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In New York City, their excursions will
include visits to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and the United Nations.
In December, an anonymous donor contributed $20,000 to cover 2008-10 tuition José M. Evans, City of
Indianapolis and Marion
fees for college courses taken by Indianapolis Met juniors and seniors for dual County City-County
credit. Council member, left,
and Tara Evans, active
Goodwill Young Leader
“We are deeply grateful for these leadership gifts that will enhance our goals of and Admission Counselor,
Butler University, pose
helping to increase the high school graduation rate in Marion County and the with then-presidential
candidate Barack
percentage of graduates who attain some level of post-secondary education or Obama during a 2008
training,” says Goodwill CEO Jim McClelland. “We’re proud of the achievements Indianapolis visit.
being registered at the Indianapolis Met, and these generous contributions will help
students to advance in their studies, their careers and their lives.”
Volunteers brighten Goodwill employees’ holiday season
We thank former Goodwill Guild President Corienne
Gettum and Gordon, her late husband, and other
Guild members for generously providing “goodie
bags” containing cookies, juice boxes, hygiene items
and other articles to Commercial Services employees
for many years. And we are grateful that associates of
Goodwill’s Young Leaders corps now have embraced
this responsibility and also are contributing to and
preparing holiday gift bags for Commercial Services
workers.
Last December, with Corienne’s continued support,
Keith Harding, president and CEO of Ryan Consulting Group, made a
generous financial contribution to the holiday project and arranged for gracious Nellie M. Strong,
Chapter 59, Order of the
volunteers from the Nellie M. Strong, Chapter 59, Order of Eastern Star volunteers
included: front row, from
the Eastern Star, to help prepare the festive bags. left: Salli Eason and
Chavetta Wright; middle
row, from left: Rochelle
Among the gifts in the sacks were a holiday pencil, Standberry, Tammie
holiday spiral notebook, toothbrush, toothpaste, Thomas, Tara Thomas,
Danyelle Lockhart,
Chapstick, cookies, candies and snacks, a holiday activity Jasmin Pettiford, Sherilyn
Harrison, and Aisha
book, and a Christmas favor. Each employee received Washington; and, back
row Catherine Woodard.
a Santa hat and door prize. President Jim McClelland
addressed the group, and all enjoyed a surprise visit from
Mr. and Mrs. Claus are Norman and Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Charlotte Ashcraft.
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Online sales have bottom-line impact upon Goodwill’s mission
Ever wonder whether you should contribute your beloved childhood doll, vintage
costume jewelry or library of first editions to Goodwill? Sure, they mean a lot to you, but
will they be a good source of revenue for the organization, and will someone else treasure
them?
Well, wonder no more! We’re delighted to report that, last year, Goodwill Industries of
Central Indiana sold more than $800,000 in books and almost $1 million in collectible
goods and clothing online.
In 2008, we posted 135,000 books on the Web through our eBooks division, 73 percent of
which were snapped up using the services of Amazon.com and other book-selling Web sites.
In January of this year (during this recession), we handily sold almost 15,000 of the
43,000 books offered online.
Additionally, we posted an amazing 38,000 collectible items on Shopgoodwill.com, a site
hosted by the Orange County Goodwill in Santa Ana, Calif., for which we pay a fee.
Terri Hynes
with one of the
135,000 books eCommerce operates efficiently in the Goodwill Outlet Store-West location. In eBooks,
available for
purchase through
11 employees register listings, select books and process shipments. Books have been
Goodwill’s dispatched to all 50 states and a number of other countries, although shipping costs have
eBooks.
since caused us to stop shipping internationally.
Kent Kramer, Goodwill’s Vice President of Retail Operations, explains that our electronic
program always submits books for the lowest prices — or matches the lowest — when
competing with other vendors. First editions can garner a great deal of money. On the
opposite end of the spectrum, according to Kent, there is little demand for encyclopedias
or Readers’ Digest compilations.
There may still be a market for your ordinary books, however. The thousands of books
sold in our retail stores are priced at $1.99 for hardbacks and $.69 for paperbacks. Best
sellers retail at full value, so Goodwill can still benefit from these donations, and shoppers
can get a great read at a low, low price.
A key to the success of eCommerce is that store managers now scan the books donated at
the stores and decide whether to sell them in the store or enter them into the storewide
eBooks system. They receive store credit for their online sales, with each store profiting
from between $12,000 and $55,000 in eBook revenues annually. (Total in-store
book sales are between $75,000 and $150,000.) USPS retrieves the book batches
from each retail location daily and delivers them to our eCommerce facility,
where they are organized on long bookshelves. From 500 to 600 books are
shipped throughout the nation each day.
Sixteen individuals ensure that all goes smoothly in the department facilitating our
Shopgoodwill.com transactions. A walk through their orderly warehouse at any
given time can reveal rows of like-new designer purses, vintage clothing, gleaming
lead crystal, antique toys, musical instruments, old china, comic books, trains,
Longaberger baskets, stamp collections and porcelain dolls. It is not unusual to
see fascinating photo albums featuring family snapshots, Hummels, old bikes,
1960s Fisher Price “Little People,” fur coats, original paintings, cameras (a retired
4 archeologist repairs them for Goodwill) and many other treasures.
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According to Jennifer Campbell, eCommerce manager, the most lucrative items sold
on Shopgoodwill.com last year were a guitar for $1,200 and a drum set for $800. Some
generous donors even contribute diamond jewelry; we’ve received four or
five diamonds of one carat or more. An oil painting has sold online for about
$2,500 and a portrait by an original Brown County artist did well. Some
Persian rugs arrive with appraisals attached. (Large objects, such as antique
furniture, bicycles, hand woven rugs and record players, are available as
“pick-up only” on the Web site.) Like old toys, old board games, sold in lots,
sell well and at high prices, and even dolls resembling “Chuckie” from the
popular horror movie are snapped up on the Internet!
The Orange County Goodwill has confirmed that 2008 was a record-
breaking year for Shopgoodwill.com, with collective sales of more than
$15 million, a healthy 27 percent increase over 2007. (Ours skyrocketed
almost 76 percent.) While the average price per item nationally exceeded $20, the Floyd Proctor,
year’s highest-selling item was a C. F. Martin & Company guitar proffered by Goodwill left, and Jennifer
Campbell, Goodwill’s
Industries of Miami Valley (Ohio) that went for $8,459. Since its January 2000 launch, eCommerce
Orange County’s Shopgoodwill.com has sold more than 4 million items for Goodwill manager, with an
antique clock being
organizations across the U. S. Consumers purchase about 84 percent of all items advertised shipped to a fortunate
Shopgoodwill buyer.
on Shopgoodwill.com.
You may access Shopgoodwill.com at: http://www.shopgoodwill.com.
Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana’s books are among those
offered through the following vendors: Amazon.com, ABE.com,
Half.com and Alibris.com. They also will soon be available through
eBay.com.
Just between us, if you are downsizing into a smaller home,
converting that empty bedroom into a craft room, no longer using
a vehicle, or simply feeling philanthropic and have good-sized
furniture, extensive book and clothing collections, or other large
donations, we can make special arrangements to send a truck to
This Waterford bride and groom
figurine, with original box, sold your home to pick them up and deliver them to the closest Goodwill
for $30. A 2001 Special Edition retail store. Simply call (317) 524-4353.
Barbie doll sold the same day for
$26.
If you are a certified appraiser who would like to contribute your
services to Goodwill to help ensure that we receive competitive prices for our online goods,
please contact Linda Brimmer at (317) 524-4226 or lbrimmer@goodwillindy.org. Your pro
bono services would be deeply appreciated.
And please remember, we are also grateful for gifts of cash, stock, paid-up life insurance and
other assets, as well as bequests. All resources work together to enable Goodwill Industries of
Central Indiana to continue to provide educational opportunities for more than 300 young
people, employment assistance and jobs for hundreds of adults with limited options, and
opportunities for many of our own employees to improve their education and skill levels.
Your support will be particularly helpful at a time that is significantly more economically
challenging than usual. Regardless of the economic circumstances, though, Goodwill’s
overall objective remains to maximize mission-related impact while maintaining a financial
position that enhances our long-term viability. Thanks for shopping in our stores, and
thanks for donating. With your help, we are changing lives every day. We couldn’t do it
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Spotlight on Leadership
Cynthia (“Cici”) Hollowell
Long-time donor and former Goodwill Industries Foundation board member,
Cynthia “Cici” Hendricks Hollowell, has roots deep in the Indiana soil and in
Indianapolis’ historic network of outstanding women leaders.
After graduating from Vassar, she states that she “did about 100 different things as
a volunteer, in addition to raising three children.” She “served on seven different
boards and was elected president of quite a few, including the Junior League.”
Additionally, her avid interests included tennis, gardening, golf and bridge, which
she still plays once a week, whenever she can.
Cici’s connections began at a tender age when she attended grade school with
Anne Lytle (now Anne Lytle Dirks), daughter of the Reverend Howard Lytle,
Goodwill’s first full-time chief executive officer. She acknowledges that she
“seemed to always know about Goodwill.”
Cici’s family tree boasts some famous Indiana names. Now the fourth largest
county within the Indianapolis area, Hendricks County was named after one
of Cici’s ancestors, William Hendricks, Indiana governor from 1822-1825.
Hendricks is best known for moving the capitol of Indiana from Corydon to
Indianapolis during his tenure as governor. Thomas Andrews Hendricks, her
distinguished great-great uncle, served as Indiana governor, U. S. senator and
representative, and briefly as 21st Vice President of the United States under
President Grover Cleveland.
Cici’s colorful father, Thomas “Tommy” Hendricks, was born in Peru,
Indiana. There he and Albert G. Porter, more commonly known as
the acclaimed composer “Cole,” formed a close, lifelong bond, as their
fathers were both pharmacists and ran local pharmacies. Tommy and
Cole were a bit mischievous and bonded at the Hendricks’ cottage on
Lake Maxinkuckee. According to Tommy, “Cole and I spent many happy
Bob Hollowell and
Nancy Dunn, Cici’s summer days at Maxinkuckee.” (Tommy’s father, the senior Thomas, abandoned
cherished friend, his pharmaceutical career when he later moved from Peru to Indianapolis.
enjoy time at the
family cottage at Lake Colonel Eli Lilly invited Thomas Hendricks to be a partner in his fledgling
Maxinkuckee.
enterprise at that time, and Thomas declined, saying, “I’m tired of the drug
business.”)
Cici’s father Tommy Hendricks graduated from Princeton University, where he
was a friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald. He became a sports reporter and later a radio
broadcaster, was elected a state representative and senator, worked for three
Indianapolis newspapers, and then served as secretary of the American Medical
Association in Chicago. Obviously a charismatic “people person,” Tom enjoyed active
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correspondence with Knute Rockne, legendary Notre Dame football player and coach.
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According to Cici’s son, Tom, “Grandpa Tommy remained a child at heart his
entire life. Children loved him. He relished a good joke, played tennis and loved
to fish and sail. When we were at the lake, he’d get up at the crack of dawn, grab
a grandkid and go fishing.” Cici’s father died at the age of 71 on the tennis courts,
exhausted from staying up all night watching election returns.
Robert Hollowell, Cici’s husband of 57 years, also played an important role in the
development and preservation of this community. After graduating from Purdue
University, he took over his father’s business, the Pierson-Hollowell Lumber
Company, which dealt in lumber and veneers. Over time, he became interested
in preserving the environment and engaged in tree farming, and was recently
honored as an industry leader for his conservation efforts.
The three Hollowell children are scholars and high achievers. With a Ph.D. in
environmental science and public policy, Cici’s son, Tom, is employed by the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Tom works on a management team
of the National Museum of Natural History’s EMu database. This database is the
centralized catalog that facilitates curation of the museum’s collections.
Daughter Julie is currently the Nancy Schaenen Visiting
Scholar at DePauw University’s Janet Prindle Institute
for Ethics and also a Visiting Assistant Professor of
Anthropology at DePauw. Julie’s scholarly work spans
anthropology, archaeology, ethics, art, cultural heritage
law and policy, and museum studies. She co-chairs
the Committee on Ethics of the World Archaeological
Congress.
Laurie, Cici’s younger daughter, is employed by the
Lake Champlain Basin Program, a partnership that is
working to protect and restore Lake Champlain and its
watershed. An educator and naturalist, she coordinates the Lake
Julie Hollowell, Greta
Champlain Resource Room at the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center on Zimmer (Julie’s daughter),
Laurie Hollowell, Robert
the Burlington, Vermont, waterfront. A graduate of the University of Vermont’s Hollowell, Cici Hollowell,
Environmental Studies Program, Laurie is also a writer and recently contributed Tom Hollowell and Carol
Regier (Tom’s wife).
to an upcoming book, An Illustrated History of Lake Champlain.
Goodwill Industries CEO Jim McClelland states, “Cici has been a great friend
of Goodwill for a long time. We value her and what she has brought to the
organization over the years.”
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Goodwill CEO & VP receive high honors
James M. McClelland accepts his 2009 laureate
induction into the Junior Achievement Central
Indiana Business Hall of Fame from Gerry
Dick, host of Inside Indiana Business. For more
information, visit www.goodwillindy.org/JAaward.
Photo by Banayote Photography
On Oct. 30, 2008, on behalf of the four Goodwill-related
boards, Tom King, chair of the Goodwill Industries
Foundation board, presented Jim McClelland with a plaque
commemorating his 35 years as chief executive officer. The
bronze plaque is displayed prominently in the entry of the
Indianapolis Metropolitan High School.
Daniel J. Riley, Goodwill’s vice president and chief financial officer for the past 11 years, was named
the 2008 Not-for-Profit CFO of the Year by the Indianapolis Business Journal. IBJ launched the
statewide awards program to recognize the enormously important work of chief financial officers, and
we are very proud that Dan was the first not-for-profit financial executive in the state to receive this
high honor.
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