June 2010
7 posts
May 2010
3 posts
April 2010
2 posts
Getting Them Covered →
Schools in Malawi suffer from a desperate lack of infrastructure– many don’t even have roofs. Class is canceled due to harsh weather conditions and students and teachers don’t show up…
March 2010
3 posts
ramaz students give more than books →
Students at Ramaz Upper School in NYC are donating their copies of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, a story about the innovative William Kamkwamba, to Goods for Good, who will deliver…
rising textile waste in retail sector →
Accord to an article by the The Ecologist, commercial textile waste has risen to more than 1 million tons in recent years, rising from around 7% of total waste five years ago to 30%…
go 4 good volunteers are back! →
Go 4 Good volunteers Deena and Joanna recently returned to NYC from their 6 week stay in Malawi. The two women were working with Goods for Good partner Tiyambe Nawo community-based…
February 2010
9 posts
elle magazine →
Caught Reading: Melissa Kushner, Founder and Executive Director of Goods for Good, by Nojan Aminosharei
What does Goods for Good do? We basically take surplus goods from…
TEDx Atlanta →
Melissa Kushner, founder of Goods for Good, repurposes all she has learned about creating successful global partnerships
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G4G and Afya Partner in Haiti →
Goods for Good and Afya Foundation, a nonprofit supplying medical support to health initiatives worldwide, are working together to provide support to displaced residents in one tent-camp,…
new york insider tv →
One ‘Good’ Turn Deserves Another, by Wendy Furrer
It was an evening of fabulous photographs and philanthropy at the Chelsea Art Museum last night. Award-winning celebrity photographerBrian Marcus
what is james wearing? →
Goods for Good, by James Andrew
We at WIJW often speak about “elevated living,” and if you’ve read our thoughts on the subject then you will know that the sort of richness we are talking…
scallywag & vagabond →
Goods for Good Gives a Helping Hand to the People of Malawi, by Christopher Koulouris
This past Monday night saw a very abundant turnout in support of Melissa Kushner’s foundation, Goods…
The Huffington Post →
Finding Charity in Everyday Life: The Goods for Good Project size> by Melissa Lafskysize>
This year, on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, the Huffington Post headlined with a powerful…
A Picture of Progress →
Malawi: Images of Progress, a photography exhibit and auction by Brian Marcus to benefit Goods for Good, was a huge success! On February 1st, over 500 guests came out to Chelsea Art…
order prints today →
Didn’t get a chance to order prints at the event?
Until Monday, February 15th all prints from Brian Marcus’ Malawi: Images of Progress series are available by order. To…
January 2010
10 posts
Please Support Our Partners in Haiti →
Tuesday’s earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the region’s worst natural disaster in the last 200 years, has left the country devastated. The situation is truly beyond comprehension and like…
kipton art →
Celebrity Photographer Brian Marcus Exhibits Work to Benefit Goods for Good
Celebrity photographer Brian Marcus, of Fred Marcus Photography, is pleased to present ”Malawi:…
whom you know →
Goods for Good Launches Special Collection of Holiday Ecards Sending Holiday Greetings with Meaning by Peachy Deegan
Non-profit Goods for Good has teamed up with a roster of some of the…
g4g’s model is a responsible alternative →
Goods for Good recently employed Green Forest Sustainability Solutions to determine the environmental impact of sending excess goods to needy places such as Malawi. While the materials we send are…
Women’s Collaborative Circle →
Speaking Her Voice: Q&A Melissa Kushner
What really goes on in a woman’s mind? Melissa Kushner, Executive Director and Founder of Goods for Good took time out of her very busy schedule to…
daily candy →
Last Minute Gift Ideas, Goods for Good Ecards
Goods for Good teamed up with five artists to create a series of holiday e-cards, which matches excess goods from the United States (often…
coolhunting.com →
Goods for Good Holiday Ecards, by Karen Day
Designed by five NYC- and London-based graphic artists and illustrators, nonprofit Goods for Good’sholiday ecards one-ups others with…
elle news →
Holiday Cards for a Cause, by Johanna Cox
It’s only 10 days until Christmas, which means you’ve got somewhere between five to seven days (depending on the proximity of your friends and family…
whomyouknow.com →
Movers and Shakers: Melissa Kushner, Founder and Executive Director of Goods for Good, by Peachy Deegan
Melissa Kushner, Founder and Executive Director of Goods for Good, has spent her…
Kids Who Do Kare →
Yesterday we received a wonderful surprise in the mail from Kids Who Do Kare, a group of outstanding kids from Burlington, CT that participates in various charitable fund-raising activities. In just…
December 2009
5 posts
20,000 Uniforms for Good →
This year, Goods for Good successfully piloted our Tailor-in-Training Workshop, a new program that teachers young adults, many of whom are orphans, how to sew. G4G provides these…
G4G on NBC Nightly News →
Goods for Good on NBC’s “Making a Difference” Segment from Melissa Kushner on Vimeo.
Annual Rainbow Festival →
We just received pictures from St. Mary’s Orphan Care’s Chaka Cha Rainbow festival, which celebrates the end of the academic schoool year and the beginning of the holiday season. The…
Melissa Kushner, “Born to Do Good” →
Melissa Kushner:”Born to Do Good” from Melissa Kushner on Vimeo.
G4G-Donated Center Benefits Community →
In 2008 Goods for Good donated a community center to Nkagamira village to advance early childhood education in the area. This article, recently published in Malawian newspaper The…
November 2009
3 posts
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Program Manager Patricia Schmiedigen brought back these beautiful drawings created by the children at St. Maria of Mediatrix, a G4G partner and orphan care center in Malawi. St. Maria…
Good News from St. Mary’s →
Goods for Good provides material support to 183 community-based organizations, public schools and orphan care centers in Malawi. St. Mary’s Rehabilitation Center was our first program…
Staff Profile: Blessings Lungu →
G4G’s new Malawi Program Manager, Blessings Lungu, received his B.S. in Environmental Health from the University of Malawi and has spent his entire career working with NGOs in Malawi. He…
October 2009
8 posts
Help Spread the Word! →
Soccer is the favorite sport of the children we serve. Yet more often than not, they have no sports equiptment with which to play. When they don’t have a proper soccer ball, they either…
G4G collaborates with VP of Malawi →
Vice President of Malawi Joyce Banda requested the help of Melissa Kushner, Founder and Executive Director of Goods for Good, to help her secure essential medical equipment for…
shipment arrives in malawi →
Our 40 foot container packed full of donated excess goods has just arrived in Malawi!
After a long journey at sea, 800 calculators, 4,000 bottles of anti-bacterial soap, 2,800 …
Welcome Blessings! →
The Goods for Good program department is very excited to announce a new addition to the team! Blessings Lungu will be continuing the work of Aaron Lewani as the Goods for Good Malawi Program…
International Day of Rural Woman →
October 15th is International Day of Rural Women.
International Day of Rural Women was launched as an empowerment and educational campaign in 1995 during a UN Conference on Women. It is…
New Jersey School Raises $1,800 →
Waterfront Montessori School in New Jersey raised over $1,800 for Goods for Good through a student-run carnival. Each student created his or her own booth, which featured such awesome…
Malawian Chief Applauds Goods for Good! →
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind →
The story of William Kamkwamba, aka The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, is one of true ingenuity and potential.
From a small village in central Malawi, William was forced to quit school at…