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How your donations can help other women advance their careers. Summer is a great time of year to clean out your closets!
July 18, 2007
By doing so, you can accomplish 3 things:
1. Ensure your work wardrobe is fitting you well and still providing an updated “look” that matches your current status in your career.
2. Get a clear idea of what you need to purchase to update your wardrobe (a new white blouse, or some added color via scarves, or updated jewelry to accompany your recent promotion).
3. Prepare a donation of professional wardrobe items (suits or separates) to assist disadvantaged women move forward in their quest to pursue professional status.
The mission of Dress for Success is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.Founded in New York City in 1997, Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help clients find a job and remain employed. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and can return for a second suit or separates when she finds work.
Since 1997, Dress for Success has served almost 300,000 women around the world. Each year they reach more than 40,000 women in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. All Dress for Success organizations are not-for-profit entities, with Dress for Success Worldwide and its U.S. affiliates having 501(c)(3) charitable status.
To suit their clients in style, Dress for Success currently accepts new or nearly-new and cleaned:Coordinated, contemporary, interview-appropriate skirt and pant suits
Beautiful, crisp blouses
Gorgeous blazers and jackets
Professional shoes
While these items are vitally important and enable Dress for Success to help clients with their first step towards self-sufficiency, the organization also needs funding to keep their doors open and to sustain their effective employment retention programs.
Dress for Success relies on financial and in-kind donations from a range of supporters, including individuals, foundations, corporations and other organizations, among many others. To donate, please visit their website at http://www.dressforsuccess.org/supportdfs.aspx
Lisa Quast
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