Dress for Success: Events: Upcoming Affiliate Events

                                                                              Vino Miami- South Beach

When: May 15, 2008 from 6pm-8pm

Venue: Vino Miami
                   1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 110
                   Miami Beach, FL 33139
                   786-207-8466

Parking: There are two parking garages accross from Vino Miami

Cost: $25 donation/admission all proceeds benefit Dress for Success Miami/Suited For Success

Soak up the elegance of Vino Miami- South Beaches' unique wine boutique and bar!
Come taste three hand-picked wines for this charitable event brought to you by Vino Miami with the Miami Wine Tasters!

For more information, please click here: Wine Tasting Event

Thursday May 15th, 2008 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

At the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
1605 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

The Latina Style Business Series is the most successful ongoing business development program for Latina business owners in the nation. Over 17,000 Latina entrepreneurs and professionals have benefited from participating in this exciting and informative one-day business program since it first launched in 1998. The focus of the 2008 Series is to provide a platform for women business owners who are looking to position their enterprises to succeed at the next level.

Lillian Hernandez Executive Director of Jersey City Dress for Success will be part of a panel for the Business Series Workshops: Succesful Marketing Strategies to Sell You and Your Business (2:15Pm to 3:05 pm)

Please shop the DFS Garage Sale in May.
Date, Time and Location TBD

If you are interested in donating items to DFS to sell at our Garage Sale please send and email to
dallas@dressforsuccess.org put Garage Sale as the title and let us know what itmes you would like to donate.

Art with Heart is "Day of Creativity and Compassion" to benefit Dress for Success San Diego -- featuring dozens of talented artists, food, wine, live entertainment, a silent auction and opportunity drawing. New this year: the "Creative Kids Corner," with free face painting and fun art projects for children of all ages. A $10 admission ticket includes wine voucher and one opportunity drawing ticket. Children under 12 free when accompanied by guardian.
Featured Performances:
Karin Carson, popular jazz vocalist
Mozart's Ghost, San Diego's premier cover band
DJ and MC services courtesty of Ron Nepomuceno, Kayella Entertainment
Date: May 17, 2008
Time: 2pm -7pm
Place: Intersection of Adams Ave and No. Talmade Drive (Kensington)
Further information: www.artwithheartfestival.com

Please join us for the opportunity to learn more about the programs and services that Dress for Success offers to disadvantaged women. Our DFS101 event is a brief informational session suited for individuals who would like to become involved with our organization. Our open house provides attendees with the chance to hear about our suiting and employment retention programs, meet the Dress for Success Worldwide Staff, hear from one of our amazing clients and tour our Manhattan Boutique. Learn about the various ways your company can become a corporate or event sponsor and/or at an individual level hear about our exciting campaigns, upcoming events, volunteer opportunities and ways that you can make a financial contribution to support our organization. The session will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and will run until 9:15 a.m. We ask that you arrive on time given the short nature of this event.

Time: 8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Location: 32 East 31st Street, 6th Floor

To R.S.V.P, please contact Susan Simmons, Development Associate, at 646.233.4944 or susan@dressforsuccess.org.

We will have a great day of golf at the beautiful Fowlers Mill Golf Course in Chesterland, OH (www.fowlersmillgc.com). The event will include an 18-hole, co-ed 4-person scramble, and a 9-hole All-Women scramble. All players will enjoy a continental breakfast, box lunch, beverages, and awards receptions following the golf.

Featured events for the day will include: Silent Auction, Skills Contests, Hole in One Contest, Raffle and much more!

To register and for more information check out our Golf Open Website and remember to invite your friends to play!

Rebecca & Drew Manufacturing is pleased to announce the final lecture of a four-part career development series in partnership with Young Executives for Success. Part four of the series will feature speaker Delia Orjuela, Senior Director of Latin Music at Broadcast Music Incorporated, on the topic: Principles of Effective Influence: The Art of a “Win-Win” Negotiation. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to receive 15% of all Rebecca & Drew merchandise purchased on this night with 10% of the proceeds going to support Dress for Success. To RSVP for this free event please email Y.E.S! at yes@dressforsuccess.org.

A hilarious and touching "tell-it-like-it-is" look at a group of long-time friends, Girls Night: The Musical promises to have audiences laughing, crying and dancing in the aisles!

For more information go to www.clevelandplayhouse.com

Enjoy a fun evening with your girlfiends, mother, sister or daughter and help support Dress for Success Cleveland! A portion of all ticket sales will benefit Dress for Success Cleveland!

The 2008 show will feature 8 Fashion Designers who will display their "Organic" theme collection of 5-10 pieces on the runway, and 1 Avant Garde piece off the runway.

Tickets are $25

Space is limited so get your tickets today

To Purchase tickets contact Fallene Wells via email
at Fallenew@yahoo.com or by phone at 720-201-1897

Featured Designers

Incroyables : Melissa May
Cyclops Merchandise: Abby Fisher
La Rencontre: Beth Bickel
Noel Weisenbacher
Smooch: Stephanie Ohnmacht
James
Joie De Vivre: Mollie Brackett
Let Em' Have It: Fallene Wells

Our 6th annual Stepping Out In Style event sponsored by Regions Bank returns to the Marriott on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 and promises to be our biggest and best event yet!

Jacqueline Buckingham Anderson is this year's Honorary Chair following her involvement last year as a model.

Joi Gordon, CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide, will join us as a special guest.

Once again, our community's most prominent women leaders will grace the runway modeling clothes from local boutiques. We are honored to have the following women join us as models this year:
Winnie Ballard, First Lady of the City of Indianapolis
Cynthia Bates, President, Madame Walker Theatre Centre
Patricia Bates, Regional President, Wachovia Securities
Tanya Bell, President & CEO, Indiana Black Expo, Inc.
Kim Bradley, Senior Vice President, Regions Bank
Julie Davis, Community Volunteer
Nicole Duncan, Executive Director of Community Relations, Indianapolis Colts
Jo Ann Gora, President, Ball State University
Juanita Ingram, Attorney, Legal Development, Simon Properties
Mary Beth Kohart, Principle, Vice President, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker
Teresa Lubbers, Senator, State of Indiana
Kathy Minx, Chief Operating Officer, BSA LifeStructures
Mary Beth Oakes, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Business Furniture LLC
Neelu Sondhi, Community Volunteer

We are also proud to announce the return of the Diamond Dig sponsored by Aronstam Fine Jewelry and Prize Purses with raffle tickets for jewelry from Aronstam.

Sponsorships are available starting at $1,320, but are going quickly. Contact Michelle Rodriguez at mrodriguez@rjefurn.com for more information.

Tickets are $100 and may be purchased by contacting Tonya Harrison at tonya@indydfs.org.