{"id":352240,"date":"2026-06-27T02:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T02:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352240\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T02:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T02:11:08","slug":"goodwill-creating-pathways-to-success-through-internship-program-with-estacado-high-school-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352240\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodwill creating \u2018Pathways to Success\u2019 through internship program with Estacado High School"},"content":{"rendered":"

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A group of Estacado High School students will earn a paycheck and school credit this fall as the first participants in a new workforce program with Goodwill Industries of Northwest Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The \u201cPathways to Success<\/a>\u201d program hosted a kickoff event Friday, recognizing the students who will participate.<\/p>\n

How the program works<\/p>\n

Students in the program will spend part of their school day at Goodwill\u2019s new Career Resource Center on North Martin Luther King Boulevard, across the street from Estacado High School.<\/p>\n

There, they will learn leadership, career and networking skills before applying those skills by working at the new Goodwill East Lubbock Retail Center just next door.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of its kind program right here in North and East Lubbock, where we\u2019re excited that Goodwill Industries is offering this opportunity to high school students to come in and earn $13 an hour starting out,\u201d Goodwill board Vice President Bill Stubblefield said.<\/p>\n

What students will gain<\/p>\n

Career Resource Manager Shannon Spencer said the program is designed to prepare students for the workforce beyond just finding a job.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot just are in crisis and want to work, but they\u2019re equipped, they have the skills, they have the knowledge, they have what it takes for an employer to say, yes, come on board, you\u2019re what we need,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n

Stubblefield said the experience will give students an advantage as they move on to college and careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they go to college and they start pursuing their career, they can also reach back on this experience to help them get a jump start and ahead of their contemporaries,\u201d Stubblefield said.<\/p>\n

Investment in East Lubbock<\/p>\n

Goodwill CEO Robin Raney said the new retail store is projected to pour $4.5 million in wages into the East Lubbock community over the next five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we built a $4.2 million building to house not only this program, but all of our career resources that are available to the community, the computer classes, the interview preparation, the resume writing, the emotional intelligence training. And there\u2019s a 10,000 square foot store,\u201d Raney said.<\/p>\n

How to apply<\/p>\n

Goodwill is still looking for two additional students to join the program. Current Estacado High School upperclassmen who are interested should contact their school counselor.<\/p>\n

Goodwill said it hopes to replicate the program at another Lubbock facility and one in Amarillo.<\/p>\n

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