Goodwill Northern Michigan is pleased to announce the highly-anticipated opening of a new Goodwill store in Petoskey at 2154 Anderson Rd, a short distance from the old location. The Petoskey community and Goodwill fans are invited to join Goodwill Northern Michigan board members and staff in celebrating the milestone at a ribbon cutting at the new store at 8:45 am on Tuesday, September 26. 

Baby boomers like me would agree that by growing up in post World War II America, we were part of the first generation of Americans introduced not to just a new, more modern way of living, but to a brand new way of eating. Families that for generations had been part of a strong family farming tradition, and scratch cooking, were sold on a brand new food culture.

In the past year, Food Rescue has rescued, harvested, repacked, and distributed nearly 2 million pounds of food into our region’s emergency food system, serving a five-county region twice the size of Rhode Island. That's enough food to make 1.6 million meals! At this time of year, we normally gather together for a meal at the Empty Bowls event and take a moment to think about our neighbors whose bowls are empty.