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Events | Past Worldwide Events
Dress for Success Worldwide hosts or participates in numerous
fundraisers and other events each year. More detailed
information about our previous events can be found below.
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Women Helping Women,
a breakfast to benefit Dress for Success was held on December 6, 2011 at
the Roosevelt Hotel in New York
City.
We are so thankful to everyone who made
Women Helping Women 2011 a
great success! The
event
welcomed nearly 400 guests and raised more than $102,000 to support our
vital employment retention programs.
Our guest speaker Mikki Taylor was inspirational and truly
exemplified
the essence of Dress for Success and its clients – strong, spirited and
determined.
Women Helping Women
has become one
of Dress for Success’ premier fundraising events. The event is
designed to benefit the Professional Women’s Group and our employment
retention program.
The Professional Women’s Group is an international networking
association for Dress for Success clients who have recently entered the
workforce, some for the first time, to provide support, practical
information and inspiration to help women achieve self-defined success
in career and in life. It is the first and only employment
retention model that moves low-income women towards self-sufficiency by
addressing their social and economic needs in relation to work, home and
community.
This intimate breakfast brings together
volunteers, donors and corporate sponsors to celebrate not only the
success of our members who have re-entered the workforce, but also of
women everywhere who have taken charge of their careers and assisted
other women along the way.
This years event was presented by
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, lia sophia, and The Verizon Foundation.
Plans for Women Helping Women
2012 are underway. For more information on sponsoring or participating,
please e-mail us at
events@dressforsuccess.org.
CEO Joi Gordon and
guest speaker Mikki Taylor with group of PWG members
Photograph courtesy of Chris Rohleder
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Women
in Business: Making Change,
a breakfast to benefit Dress for Success
was held on September 22, 2011 in the prestigious main dining room at
the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. The sold-out event
raised more than $121,000 with 240 attendees listening to our amazing
client Valerie as she spoke of her journey with Dress for Success.
Our keynote speaker, “Wall Street’s First Woman of Finance,” Muriel
Siebert, reflected on her relationship with the NYSE.
Women in Business: Making Change
celebrates those power players who have helped women climb the
professional ladder offering inspiration, guidance and opportunities to
succeed. Additionally, the event promotes the Dress for Success
Financial Literacy Program, which helps women take control of their
income, and champion their own financial futures.
Launched in 2008, the Dress for Success Financial Literacy
Program is an interactive and intensive seminar series that covers
topics such as budgeting, basic banking, debt and credit, taxes,
investing, and retirement. 100% of program graduates have a monthly
budget, checking and savings accounts, no longer receive public
assistance and significantly reduced their debt.
From Sallie Krawcheck (President of Bank of America’s Global Wealth
and Investment- Management Unit) to Ellen Alemany (CEO, and chairman of
Citizens Financial Group, a division of Royal Bank of Scotland Group) to
Karen Peetz (Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Financial
Markets and Treasury Services at BNY Mellon), we are proud to have
hosted top women executives in the financial services industry as
keynote speakers for this event.
Our 2011 event was presented by The Allstate Foundation, American
Express and RBS. Other sponsors included: AXA Equitable, BNY
Mellon, Citi, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Jenner & Block LLP,
King & Spalding LLP, Lloyds Banking Group, Marsh Inc, MediaCom, Muriel
Siebert & Co Inc, National Financial, News Corporation, NYSE Euronext,
Towers Watson, Winston & Strawn and the
Women’s Bond Club of New York.
Plans are currently underway for Women in Business: Making
Change 2012. For more information on sponsoring or
participating, please e-mail us at
events@dressforsuccess.org.
2011 AXA Equitable Pursuit Beyond the Suit” Scholarship winners
Keynote Muriel Siebert, the “First Woman
of Wall Street” and event hostess Carmen Wong Ulrich
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The Power Walk for Dress for Success®
was held in three countries and thirty-two cities in 2011! The
event raised over $340,000 with more than 2,500 walkers and 325 teams!
From the support of our generous worldwide sponsors including Crocs, The
Style Network, Shape Magazine and L’eggs, to the enthusiasm and passion
of our walkers – we truly came together to make a difference in the
lives of women. The Power Walk for Dress for Success’s 2011
spokesperson, Jillian Michaels, stated “Everyone has unlimited potential
and the ability to fulfill it. Dress for Success helps women
achieve that potential.”
In order to gain employment and become self-sufficient, it is critical
that women are also healthy and well! Dress for Success empowers women
to make healthy choices in work and in life. Our 5k walk promotes the
health & wellness initiatives of the Professional Women’s Group and also
raises funds and visibility for Dress for Success.
Plans are currently underway for The Power Walk for Dress for Success
2012. For more information on sponsoring or participating, please
email us at
powerwalk@dressforsuccess.org.
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Something to Share Worldwide Gala 2011 |
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The Dress for Success 2011 gala was indeed, Something to Share!
Through this single event, we raised more than $1.7 million
dollars—money that will help tens of thousands of women get back on
their feet and become self-sufficient.
We are sincerely grateful for the support of our event chairs
Bobbi Brown and Maureen Case.
We are humbled by the presence of Niecy Nash and David Meister,
who joined us as we paid tribute to their mothers, Margaret Ensley and
Darlene Meister, for raising them to be the kind of people who raise our
expectations of what we can become.
We are moved by the success story of Jessenia Silverio who shared
her story of triumph over tribulations.
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We are inspired by dressbarn, Ogilvy & Mather, and Goldman Sachs
10,000 who were honored for the work they do to advance the lives of
women around the world each day.
This year’s Something to Share gala unfolded before a sold-out room of
donors, celebrities, sponsors, friends and supporters of Dress for
Success. As our ballroom was transformed into a beachfront oasis, the
spirit of giving was palpable and the lives we are able to change
because of our attendees’ generous support extends well beyond the
conclusion of that evening.
We are so thankful to all who helped make that April 5th
night Something to Share.
Please join us next year as we continue to build on this excitement and
energy and raise much needed money to help keep the women of Dress for
Success Going Places. Going Strong.
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