Our organization has been in an unusual position since Hurricane Ike slammed us a week and some change ago. Houston is just now reverting to normalcy... though a complete recovery is months away, if at all possible. The Blood Center shut down its operations for four days in response to Ike and began collecting again last Tuesday, calling for the public to give blood and replenish the supply.

When most people think of Goodwill International, they probably don't think of cutting edge web-based technology. Yet with an international network of 80,000 employees, Goodwill sees the potential new technologies have to enable organizations with many affiliates to share information and coordinate activities like never before.

With its 21st Century Initiative, Goodwill has also made technology an important part of the training it provides to over 700,000 homeless, disabled, and otherwise disadvantaged individuals every year.