(NASHVILLE, Tenn.)  To help ease a difficult situation for our friends and neighbors in Rutherford County, our Goodwill Cares program is offering tornado victims the opportunity to shop for free in our Murfreesboro store.  The Red Cross will distribute Goodwill Cares vouchers to those in Rutherford County who have been affected by the recent tornadoes.  The vouchers will provide three changes of clothes and one pair of shoes for each member of an eligible family. 

Friday, April 10 was a day of disaster in middle Tennessee as tornadoes cut a wide swath through numerous counties, with some of the worst damage in Rutherford County.  Murfreesboro sustained the brunt of an F-4 tornado leaving two dead in its path and damaging almost 800 homes.  Residents of the area have been left to pick up the pieces of their homes and their lives and many have nothing left but the ruins.  Goodwill Cares is our opportunity to give back to the community and to provide some comfort and peace of mind to those who have lost so much in such a short period of time. 

About Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
For more than 50 years Goodwill has provided job training and job placement free of charge to people with disabilities or other barriers to employment through the sale of donated items.  Goodwill has served 4,127 people to date in 2009 in the communities we serve in middle and west Tennessee.  For more information about Goodwil's Career Solutions, retail stores, and donation centers, please visit www.giveit2goodwill.org or call 1-800-545-9231.

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