Our Mission: Meeting life challenges through opportunity, education, training and work. Goodwill Industries of North Central PA began in 1966 and serves 14 Pennsylvania counties. "Meeting life Challenges through opportunity, education, training and work." Goodwill turns donations into training and employment opportunities for people who face barriers to employment. Goodwill is a major recycler in Pennsylvania keeping over 5 million pounds of textiles, electronics, scrap metaland housewares out of landfills each year.