Detrick, 53, a 22-year-veteran at Goodwill Easter Seals, said the relocation of the charitable organization’s headquarters in Dayton and the expansion of workforce placement programs to help the impoverished get jobs and veterans transition to the civilian workforce were immediate top priorities.
“I think there’s still a lot of unmet needs in the Dayton community,” he said Saturday. “We’re trying to do everything we can to help people get back in the workforce.”
He said the charity could add two to three more retail stores in the next few years. The agency has 27 stores in a 23-county region.
Goodwill Easter Seals employs nearly 1,200, most with disabilities, he said. It also offers adult day service to seniors, screens children for disabilities, and provides loans to buy medical equipment, among other services.
During Detrick’s tenure, Goodwill Easter Seals has grown from a $5.8 million a year organization to $45 million annually, the agency said. He’s supervised the construction of a new 100,000-square-foot main headquarters on the $18 million Community Services Campus project at the corner of South Main and Lincoln between Miami Valley Hospital and downtown Dayton.
Some 125 employees will move from Goodwill’s headquarters on Kuntz Road to the new campus, set for completion in November. Goodwill expects to add 50 more jobs within five years, he said.
Detrick oversaw the retail and business divisions, including store construction, and had a key role in mergers and acquisitions.
The agency serves about 15,000 people a year, but has projected it will be able to help 25,000 people annually once the Community Services Campus opens.
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