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DRESS FOR SUCCESS® KICKS OFF S.O.S - SEND ONE SUIT - WEEK® FROM MARCH 30-APRIL 5
Donate Professional Attire and Help Disadvantaged Women Thrive in the Workplace
New York
– Dress for Success, an international non-profit organization that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women, announces March 30-April 5, 2008 as their annual S.O.S – Send One Suit – Week® campaign. Women nationwide are encouraged to donate one new or nearly new interview suit to help other women enter the workforce and take charge of their lives.
During S.O.S Week, women can bring their suit donations to any dressbarn store. dressbarn, one of America’s premier specialty retailers of women’s casual and career fashions, has been the national drop-off site and title sponsor for S.O.S Week for six years. To date, more than 100,000 suits have been donated by consumers through dressbarn during S.O.S Week. To find your local dressbarn store, visit www.dressbarn.com.
The Style Network, part of Comcast Entertainment Group and the premiere television destination for women, is also a national sponsor of S.O.S Week.
“One suit can truly make a difference in a woman’s life,” said Joi Gordon, Chief Executive Officer of Dress for Success Worldwide. “With the suit donation, a woman is afforded the opportunity to walk into her interview with confidence, the essential first step towards economic independence. Once the new job begins, she will be given a network of support and the necessary career development tools to help her thrive in work and in life.”
Suits collected at dressbarn stores during S.O.S Week are distributed to over 60 Dress for Success affiliates in the United States. S.O.S Week provides, on average, more than 30% of the annual suiting needs for Dress for Success affiliates.
Highlights of the 2008 S.O.S Week include:
- A special Dress for Success episode of How Do I Look? on The Style Network
- Public service announcements featuring Finola Hughes, host of How Do I Look?, on The Style Network
- Hundreds of corporate suit drives to supplement the consumer collection at dressbarn stores
About Dress for Success
Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit
organization that promotes 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. Since starting operations
in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to more than 80
cities in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands and
the UK. To date, Dress for Success has helped more than
400,000 women work towards self-sufficiency. Visit
www.dressforsuccess.org to learn more.
About dressbarn
The Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ – DBRN), is a leading national specialty apparel retailer offering quality casual and career fashion apparel. dressbarn stores carry styles in sizes 4 to 24 as well as shoes and accessories. As of January 2008, the Company operated 821 dressbarn stores in 46 states and nearly 600 maurices stores in 42 states. For more information, please visit www.dressbarn.com.
About Comcast Entertainment Group
Based in Los Angeles, recently formed Comcast Entertainment Group operates E! Entertainment Television, the 24-hour network with programming dedicated to the world of entertainment, and E! Online; The Style Network, the destination for women 18-49 with a passion for the best in relatable and inspiring lifestyle programming; and G4 offering the last word on gaming, technology, animation, interactivity, and "Internet culture" for the male 18-34 demo. E! is currently available to nearly 91 million cable and direct broadcast satellite subscribers in the United States. In 2006, E! launched the E! Everywhere initiative underscoring the company's dedication to making E! content available on all new media platforms any time and anywhere from online to broadband video to wireless to satellite radio to VOD. The Style Network currently counts 58 million cable and satellite subscribers and G4, the #1 podcasted cable network in America, is available in more than 64 million cable and satellite homes nationwide.
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