JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM ANNOUNCES $15 MILLION CONTRACT WITH GOODWILL

David Landsberg, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries; Carlos A. Migoya, president and CEO of Jackson Health System; Darryl K. Sharpton, chairman, Public Health Trust Board of Trustees; Joe A. Arriola, vice chair, Public Health Trust Board of Trustees; Goodwill plant workers

Jackson Health System announced a $15 million, three-year contract with Goodwill Industries of South Florida to provide laundry services to Jackson Memorial Hospital and eight other Jackson facilities. The new contract will add another 9 million pounds of laundry annually to Goodwill, and it will create 75 additional local jobs.

“We are excited to be partnering with Goodwill,” said Carlos A. Migoya, president and CEO of Jackson Health System. “As a public health system, we are thrilled to help support Goodwill’s mission of training, employment and job placement for people with disabilities.”

“This contract will further establish Goodwill as a leading force in the healthcare and hospitality laundry industry,” said David Landsberg, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries. “It will make us doubly proud of our unique management systems that deliver consistent quality, reliability and service at fair market price.”

The 50,000 square-foot plant provides laundry services to healthcare and hospitality organizations. The plant is the most state-of-the-art, energy efficient and environmentally friendly plant of its kind in the nation. Its latest technologies and advanced automation helps streamline production and provide a major advantage in quality, efficiency and price.

Media will have the opportunity to tour the plant following a press conference announcing the new partnership.

December

18, 2014, 10:00 a.m.

Goodwill Industries Laundry Facility
6201 N.W. 36th Avenue
Miami, FL 33147

10 a.m., Press Conference
10:30 a.m. Tour of Goodwill laundry plant