August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month, a time to celebrate and support families on their journey to feed their babies. Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership® (Goodwill NFP) a program that pairs first-time, expectant parents experiencing economic barriers with a registered nurse, walks alongside families to help them reach their personal goals. Every family is unique, and Goodwill NFP honors a core belief: clients know themselves and their hearts best. The decision to breastfeed is always the mother’s choice, and when a mom chooses to nurse, her Goodwill NFP nurse is right there to support her.

Before connecting with her Goodwill de Puerto Rico Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) nurse home visitor, Jeylines Santiago Vargas felt overwhelmed by uncertainty. Facing pregnancy, childbirth, and the prospect of breastfeeding , her head was full of questions and fear, feeling as though she had to navigate the journey entirely on her own.

For seven years, Brianna Oliver has been a nurse-home visitor with Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership® (NFP), a maternal-child program that pairs registered nurses with expectant families for ongoing home visits. When the program first started in 2011, she interviewed for the role – but it wasn’t a good fit at the time. However, Brianna always felt the calling to be a nurse-home visitor.

Each year, Goodwill employees are encouraged to share stories of individuals who have overcome significant barriers to achieve success. Through a formal nomination and selection process, candidates are narrowed down to the top three finalists in each category.Once the award winners are selected, a video production process begins to bring these remarkable stories of resilience to life.

For 15 years, Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership® has paired expectant parents with registered nurses who provide support to families during the earliest, most developmentally critical years in a child’s life. Nurses walk alongside families during their pregnancies and until their children turn two, building strong relationships that support and encourage them to grow as parents and individuals.

Excited to learn more about having a healthy birth and breastfeeding, Desiray Graves enrolled in Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership® (NFP), a maternal-child program that pairs registered nurses with first-time families. Until participants’ children turn two, nurses walk alongside their parents and deliver trusted information so they can provide the very best start during the earliest, most developmentally critical years.

Lexi Mullins came across Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership® (NFP) through a chance phone call from a health care agency. Not exactly knowing what she was signing up for, but eager to please, she enrolled in the program.

At Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana, sustainability is built into everything we do. From our retail stores to schools to manufacturing facilities, sustainability remains a top priority for Goodwill.

Michaelae Cotton’s journey is one of quiet battles and powerful breakthroughs — a story shaped by mental health challenges, unexpected setbacks, and a fierce determination to rewrite her future.

Debora Holmes’s journey with Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana began over 10 years ago, when she joined the organization as a photographer. She had already experienced so much in life, from adopting six of her siblings due to gun violence in the family, to raising two children and taking care of her husband after he fell ill.