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help put people to work in our 33 GCF Donation Centers & Stores® throughout eastern North Carolina. Your gently used clothing and household items begin their work the minute they arrive at the GCF Donation Center & Store®. GIENC® translates the value of your gently used clothing and household items into wages, benefits and work environments. |
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How we used our resources in 2010
Employment - GIENC® provided employment opportunities to 477 people through its 30 GCF Donation Centers & Stores serving 16 counties located throughout eastern North Carolina in 2010. Persons served through employment earned an average hourly wage and benefit of $19.67.
Education - GIENC® provided education and training through GCF Learn Free -- internet classes in entry level computer program skills, provided in English and Spanish, which served over 717,000 students from 131 communities in eastern North Carolina, as well as other communities in the remainder of the United States and globally from its Hargett Street facility. GIENC provided opportunities for 64 high school students with disabilities to earn hours that may be applied towards state requirements for a high school diploma at its Chin Page Road facility.
Life Enrichment - GIENC® provided an environment for 72 adults with severe disabilities to engage in horticultural based life enrichment activities in its Nature Center Program. All produce grown, totalling 5,200 pounds in 2010, was donated to a Food Bank.