December|NNP 1998|CD 
Your|PRP$ contribution|NN to|TO Goodwill|NNP will|MD mean|VB more|JJR than|IN you|PRP may|MD know|VB .|. 

To|TO help|VB you|PRP see|VB how|WRB much|JJ your|PRP$ contribution|NN means|VBZ ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP sharing|VBG with|IN you|PRP The|DT words|NNS of|IN people|NNS who|WP have|VBP lived|VBN Goodwill|NNP 's|POS mission|NN .|. 
We|PRP want|VBP you|PRP to|TO Know|VBP why|WRB your|PRP$ support|NN of|IN Goodwill|NNP is|VBZ so|RB important|JJ .|. 

Your|PRP$ gift|NN to|TO Goodwill|NNP is|VBZ important|JJ because|IN people|NNS with|IN physical|JJ and|CC Mental|NNP disabilities|NNS sometimes|RB need|VBP an|DT extra|JJ hand|NN to|TO know|VB the|DT pride|NN that|WDT comes|VBZ with|IN work|NN .|. 

"|'' I|PRP was|VBD sad|JJ when|WRB I|PRP could|MD n't|RB go|VB to|TO the|DT snack|NN bar|NN to|TO buy|VB a|DT soda|NN .|. 
Now|RB I|PRP can|MD buy|VB a|DT soda|NN and|CC spend|VB money|NN .|. 
I|PRP like|VBP working|VBG and|CC making|VBG money|NN .|. 
I|PRP have|VBP a|DT savings|NNS account|VBP .|. 
I|PRP can|MD write|VB my|PRP$ name|NN on|IN the|DT deposit|NN slip|NN .|. 
If|IN I|PRP was|VBD n't|RB working|VBG here|RB .|. .|. .|. I|PRP would|MD be|VB sad|JJ .|. .|. .|. 
"|'' -|: -|: Maureen|NNP 
Because|IN turning|VBG welfare|NN recipients|NNS into|IN tax|NN payers|NNS just|RB makes|VBZ sense|NN .|. 

"|'' When|WRB I|PRP first|RB came|VBD to|TO Goodwill|NNP I|PRP was|VBD a|DT single|JJ parent|NN with|IN little|JJ or|CC no|DT self-esteem|NN .|. 
I|PRP was|VBD on|IN welfare|NN and|CC without|IN my|PRP$ diploma|NN .|. 
Coming|VBG to|TO Goodwill|NNP was|VBD the|DT first|JJ step|NN toward|IN my|PRP$ becoming|VBG totally|RB independent|JJ .|. 
I|PRP am|VBP now|RB .|. .|. .|. totally|RB off|IN of|IN welfare|NN .|. 
I|PRP really|RB like|IN my|PRP$ job|NN .|. 
"|'' -|: -|: Sherry|NNP 
Because|IN people|NNS want|VBP to|TO work|VB .|. 

"|'' I|PRP 'd|MD never|RB finished|VB high|JJ school|NN .|. 
I|PRP had|VBD no|DT experience|NN or|CC skills|NNS .|. .|. .|. 
The|DT only|JJ thing|NN I|PRP did|VBD know|VB for|IN sure|RB was|VBD here|RB 's|VBZ a|DT chance|NN to|TO change|VB things|NNS for|IN me|PRP and|CC my|PRP$ children|NNS .|. .|. .|. 
I|PRP rode|VBD a|DT bike|NN to|TO Goodwill|NNP in|IN the|DT rain|NN and|CC snow|NN .|. 
I|PRP wanted|VBD to|TO be|VB there|RB .|. .|. .|. 
I|PRP had|VBD my|PRP$ second|JJ chance|NN to|TO change|VB my|PRP$ life|NN .|. 
"|'' -|: -|: Donna|NNP 
Because|IN teaching|VBG a|DT man|NN to|TO fish|NN will|MD keep|VB him|PRP fed|VBD for|IN his|PRP$ entire|JJ life|NN .|. 

"|'' Before|IN I|PRP got|VBD to|TO Goodwill|NNP ,|, I|PRP was|VBD on|IN a|DT mission|NN .|. 
I|PRP just|RB wanted|VBD a|DT job|NN .|. 
It|PRP did|VBD n't|RB matter|VB what|WP the|DT job|NN was|VBD ,|, I|PRP just|RB wanted|VBD one|CD .|. 
Now|RB ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP on|IN a|DT journey|NN .|. 
I|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN more|JJR than|IN a|DT job|NN ;|: I|PRP 've|VBP got|VBN a|DT career|NN .|. 
My|PRP$ instructor|NN played|VBD a|DT role|NN like|IN no|DT other|JJ instructor|NN I|PRP 've|VBP ever|RB had|VBN 
I|PRP appreciate|VBP everything|NN that|IN Goodwill|NNP has|VBZ done|VBN for|IN me|PRP .|. 
"|'' -|: -|: Cornell|NNP 
Each|DT year|NN ,|, we|PRP help|VBP thousands|NNS of|IN people|NNS who|WP face|VBP tremendous|JJ obstacles|NNS .|. 
Their|PRP$ one|CD common|JJ goal|NN :|: they|PRP all|DT want|VBP to|TO work|VB .|. 
A|DT robust|JJ economy|NN helps|VBZ by|IN providing|VBG job|NN opportunities|NNS ,|, but|CC to|TO be|VB honest|JJ ,|, most|JJS of|IN the|DT people|NNS who|WP are|VBP n't|RB working|VBG today|NN are|VBP quite|RB simply|RB the|DT ones|NNS who|WP face|VBP the|DT greatest|JJS obstacles|NNS .|. 

The|DT kinds|NNS of|IN services|NNS we|PRP provide|VBP help|VB people|NNS deal|VBP with|IN obstacles|NNS like|IN health|NN care|NN ,|, transportation|NN and|CC child|NN care|NN -|: problems|NNS that|WDT are|VBP big|JJ enough|RB on|IN their|PRP$ own|JJ without|IN being|VBG compounded|VBN by|IN factors|NNS like|IN physical|JJ and|CC mental|JJ disabilities|NNS ,|, illiteracy|NN and|CC lack|NN of|IN job|NN skills|NNS .|. 

Last|JJ year|NN ,|, Goodwill|NNP helped|VBD 3,300|CD people|NNS find|VBP jobs|NNS that|WDT increased|VBD their|PRP$ self-sufficiency|JJ .|. 
Your|PRP$ gift|NN to|TO Goodwill|NNP will|MD be|VB used|VBN directly|RB to|TO support|VB services|NNS that|WDT will|MD help|VB even|RB more|JJR find|VB jobs|NNS .|. 

Right|RB now|RB ,|, there|EX are|VBP thousands|NNS of|IN people|NNS who|WP do|VBP not|RB know|VB what|WP it|PRP feels|VBZ like|IN to|TO support|VB themselves|PRP .|. 
You|PRP can|MD help|VB them|PRP to|TO know|VB that|DT feeling|NN .|. 

Please|VB help|VB Goodwill|NNP and|CC help|VB people|NNS find|VB jobs|NNS .|. 
Use|NN the|DT enclosed|VBN card|NN and|CC give|VB a|DT generous|JJ gift|NN to|TO Goodwill|NNP today|NN !|. 

Sincerely|NNP ,|, 
James|NNP M.|NN McClelland|NNP President|NNP 
