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Just Old Shoes
Every effort is made to prepare workers at the Goodwill plant for useful roles in society again. Saving of the old shoes and old clothes is but a means to a greater end. Sometime, persons who come in handicapped or untrained can be taught a trade and sent out, equipped to make their own way. Nearly all can be given a higher conception of life. Friendly sympathy, words of encouragement and a daily religious service contribute to this beneficent end....
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Title: Just Old Shoes
Creator: n/a
Date: December 1926
Format: Article
Publication: The Goodwill, Brooklyn Edition
Source: Goodwill Industries International, Inc., Archives, Robert E. Watkins Library
Location: vol.5, no.2, p.3
Keywords: Charity; Clothing; Employment; Family; Goodwill Industries; Institutions; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Physical Disability; Poverty; Prostitution; Religious Organizations; Sensory Disability; Service Organizations; Sheltered Workshop; Social Welfare & Communities; Social Welfare & Employment; Vocational Rehabilitation
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy