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News | Media | Press Releases
Media Contact:
Erin Moran
646-233-4954
erin@dressforsuccess.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE PARTNERS WITH CINTAS CORPORATION
Company Donating $250,000 Worth of Apparel to Non-Profit
Cincinnati,
OH
– (December 1, 2009)
Dress for Success Worldwide, an international non-profit
organization that helps disadvantaged women achieve
self-sufficiency,
announced its national
partnership today with Cintas, the leader in corporate
identity uniform industry. Niki
Leondakis, Chair of
the Dress for Success Worldwide Board of Directors and COO
of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and Bill Goetz, President
and COO of Global Accounts and Strategic Markets for Cintas,
made the announcement during Dress for Success Cincinnati’s
corporate guild breakfast held at Xavier University’s Cintas
Center. Cintas will be donating $250,000 worth of apparel to
11 Dress for Success affiliates around the U.S.
Cintas has long supported Dress for Success locally in Cincinnati through events
and volunteer opportunities for its employees.
Participating in this partnership are Dress for
Success affiliates located in Chicago,
IL;
Louisville, KY;
New Orleans, LA;
Ypsilanti, MI Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Trenton, NJ; Albany, NY; Raleigh, NC; Erie, PA; and Dallas,
TX.
“We are so grateful to have the generous support of Cintas,”
said Joi Gordon, CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide.
“We are honored that the company felt Dress for
Success was such a worthy cause to make the connection on a
national scale.”
“Cintas is an outstanding corporate citizen and a leader in
its industry,” said Leondakis.
“On behalf of Dress for Success Worldwide, I am
thrilled to welcome them into our family.”
”Dress for Success has made a tremendous impact on
disadvantaged women seeking self-sufficiency,” said Goetz.
“Cintas is thrilled that through this partnership, we will
be able to help further empower these women with the
confidence they need to succeed,” he added.
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 100
cities in the U.S.,
Canada, Mexico, the
Netherlands,
New Zealand, Poland, the UK
and the West Indies. To
date, Dress for Success has helped more than 500,000 women
work towards self-sufficiency.
Visit
www.dressforsuccess.org
to learn more.
About Cintas
Headquartered in
Cincinnati,
Ohio, Cintas Corporation provides
highly specialized services to businesses of all types.
Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate
identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats,
restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and
safety products, fire protection services and document
management services to approximately 800,000 businesses.
Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the
Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTAS, and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of
the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
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