Goodwill Welcomes Rodriguez to Board of Directors

July 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. (http://www.goodwillswfl.org) is pleased to announce that Belinda Rodriguez has joined the organization’s volunteer Board of Directors.

An honor graduate of Moore Haven Junior Senior High School’s class of 2000, Rodriguez joined First Bank in October 2000 as a teller in the Clewiston Main Office.  She has since worked her way up to Branch Manager and Loan Officer at the First Bank Moore Haven branch.  

Rodriguez received her diploma in Financial Services Operations and Mortgage Lending from the Center for Financial Training in Lauderhill.  She has continued her education with the Florida Supervisors Academy and the Florida Bankers Association in Tallahassee.

She also a Notary Public with the State of Florida, and owns and operates her own cleaning service in the Clewiston and Moore Haven area.  

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.(http://www.goodwillswfl.org) helps people with disabilities and other barriers to employment discover and develop their full potential through work and career development services.  In 2009, Goodwill provided vocational and social services to nearly 10,300 Southwest Floridians in Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Hendry, and Glades counties.

For more information on Goodwill's programs and services, please visit http://www.goodwillswfl.org.

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Goodwill operates 24 thrift stores in SW Florida to support its mission of removing barriers to independence. Programs include income-sensitive housing, career placement assistance, the L.I.F.E. Academy Charter School, Four Wheels for Work, and others.