Gather for Gratitude 2024
On April 25, 2024, Goodwill Northern Michigan hosted 130 board members, donors, elected officials, volunteers, nonprofit leaders, and supporters who are working hard to make a positive change in Northern Michigan. We wish our entire team of 250 could have joined the standing-room-only crowd!
We want you to have first access to the video of last week’s Gather for Gratitude 2024 and also photos of the event, so you can see and hear it all.
Dan shared his gratitude to every Goodwill team member — we each play a unique role in bringing food to neighbors and helping people find home. Whether we work in donated goods/ecommerce, recycling, Food Rescue, housing and homeless services, maintenance, IT, or in the Good Meals kitchen — every team member in every department is vital to our work.
We all came away with a strong and emotional sense of just how critical it is to the community that Goodwill Northern Michigan continues to serve our most vulnerable neighbors with our homeless, housing, and food programs that are fueled by the work of the rest of the organization.
Gather for Gratitude builds on a long tradition of Gather for Good lunch events that brought together the Goodwill community and recognized important stakeholders. The pandemic put a pause on events, and this year we’re grateful to resume an annual gathering built on the past and directed to our future.
We are deeply grateful for your work that makes it possible for us to bring food to neighbors and help people find home!
Watch the Full Event
Gather for Gratitude 2024 includes:
Food Rescue Co-Founder Homer Nye talking about the meaning of gratitude.
CEO Dan Buron talking about what Goodwill means to him.
Food Rescue Director Taylor Moore talking about our Food Rescue program and partnerships with farms.
Food Rescue donor Barbara Wunsch of Wunsch Farms/Third Coast Fruit Co. talking about the importance of Food Rescue.
Ryan Hannon our Community Engagement Officer telling a story about a client who now has housing.
Dr. David Klee of Munson talks about the Traverse City Street Medicine Collaborative that provides medical care to people experiencing homelessness through the leadership of our Street Outreach program.
Recognition of Jane Lippert of Central United Church Outreach for her work with people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity.
Goodwill Board Chair Mike Brown talking about why he volunteers with Goodwill.
