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Our 2023 Goodwill Inspiration Award Recipients

Personal Achievement Award
Jameel Favors
Equipped with a strong work ethic and unwavering commitment to overcoming obstacles, Jameel acquired new skills and work experience through Goodwill’s Work A Day Earn A Pay work-based learning program. Jameel advanced to a leadership role in the program and now serves as a mentor for other participants with justice system involvement.

The Personal Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has shown great progress and accomplishment in overcoming barriers to employment and serves as a role model and inspiration for all recipients of services in the Goodwill family.

Arline Docherty Team Member of the Year Award
Lindsay Hale
Lindsay’s steadfast commitment to our non-profit mission shows in everything she does – including advocating for, mentoring, and championing the career development of Goodwill team members – and specifically those with disabilities and disadvantaging conditions.

Named for Goodwill team member Arline Docherty in 2019, this award recognizes a Goodwill team member who exemplifies the mission of Goodwill and displays the values of unselfish service to people with disabilities or other disadvantaging conditions.


Senator William V. Roth, Jr. Achievement Award
Evette Lewis
When Evette’s career as a case manager was sidelined due to a disability, she feared she’d never have the opportunity to continue working to help people in need. Evette persevered and when she expressed interest in returning to work, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs referred Evette to Goodwill for support re-entering the workforce.

Named for Senator Roth, who was known for advancing the rights of people with disabilities and pioneering the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, the Senator William V. Roth, Jr. Achievement Award recognizes a Goodwill team member who has demonstrated that integrated employment promotes self-esteem and good job performance.

Community Partner of the Year Award
Community Solutions, Inc.
The Community Partner of the Year Award recognizes an organization that has partnered with Goodwill to help advance our non-profit mission to improve the quality of life for people facing barriers to self-sufficiency, through the Power of Work!

As our 2023 Community partner of the Year, we recognize and celebrate Community Solutions, Inc. of Delaware for collaborating with Goodwill’s Workforce Development program to connect justice-involved citizens with work-based learning opportunities as they are re-entering society. Through the partnership, returning citizens are referred to Goodwill where they can earn a paycheck while gaining job skills and experience in a supportive environment, and also fulfill their legal obligations with support from Community Solutions, Inc.


Employer of the Year Award
Delaware Division of Social Services
Our Employer of the Year Award recognizes an organization that has encouraged the full integration of people with disabilities into the workforce. Few organizations live out that statement as well as the Delaware Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Social Services (DSS).

In recognition of the collaborative partnership between the Division of Social Services and Goodwill/Goodwill Staffing Services, whereby Delaware residents with barriers to employment are referred to Goodwill for job support services, job placement and social services to be able to provide for themselves and their families, and in recognition of the many individuals that DSS has referred to Goodwill who are now thriving – including our 2022 and 2020 Personal Achievement Award recipients, Sylvester Shockley and Orlando Foreman – we celebrate the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Social Services as our 2023 Employer of the Year!

Our 2022 Goodwill Inspiration Award Recipients

Community Partner of the Year Award
Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance
Secretary Karryl Hubbard, Director Darryl Scott

Community Partner of the Year Award
New Castle County Government – COVID-19 Testing Project
County Executive Matt Meyer, EMS Lieutenant Autumn Tuxward

Arline Docherty Team Member of the Year Award
Eileen Bovell

Senator William V. Roth, Jr. Achievement Award
James Howard

Personal Achievement Award
Sylvester Shockley

Our 2020 Goodwill Inspiration Award Recipients

Community Partner of the Year Award
Delaware Department of Transportation, Work-A-Day, Earn-A-Pay Program

J.H. Beauchamp Volunteer of the Year Award
William Sanders, PassITOn Maryland

Employer of the Year Award
ComForCare Home Services

Arline Docherty Team Member of the Year Award
Teresa White

Senator William V. Roth, Jr. Achievement Award
Robert Wilson

Personal Achievement Award
Orlando Foreman