Media Contact:
Erin Moran
646-233-4954
erin@dressforsuccess.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DONATE A SUIT AND CHANGE
A WOMAN’S LIFE
S.O.S. – Send One Suit – Weekend
SM
to take place February 25-28
New York, NY –
(February 24, 2010)
Dress for Success, an
international non-profit organization that promotes the
economic independence of disadvantaged women,
announces February 25-28 as S.O.S. – Send One Suit –
Weekend SM.
Women nationwide are encouraged to donate one new or
nearly-new interview suit to help another woman enter the
workforce and take charge of her life.
Suits can be
donated at any dressbarn store during S.O.S. - Send One Suit
– Weekend SM.
More than 230,000 suits and career separates have
been donated by consumers at dressbarn stores during this
campaign over the past seven years. The donations will be
distributed to Dress for Success affiliates located
throughout the United States.
On
average, more than 20% of
each affiliate’s annual suiting needs are met through S.O.S
–Send One Suit- Weekend SM.
2010 marks
dressbarn’s eighth consecutive year as a title sponsor and
national drop-off site for the Send One Suit campaign.
The Style Network has also supported these efforts
for the past five years as a title sponsor.
“We are
proud to continue S.O.S. – Send One Suit – Weekend, which
allows our affiliates to provide deserving women with
clothing that is vital in their job search process,” said
Joi Gordon, Chief Executive Officer of
Dress for Success Worldwide.
“This campaign is also an opportunity to introduce
Dress for Success to countless individuals and share our
mission with them.”
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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.,
Australia, 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 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
February 2010, the Company operated 837 dressbarn stores in
47 states. For more information, please visit
www.dressbarn.com.
About Comcast Entertainment Group
Based in Los Angeles, 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, inspiring
and transformational lifestyle programming; and G4, offering
the last word on gaming, technology, animation,
interactivity and "geek culture" for the male 18-34 demo.
E! is currently available to 97 million cable and
satellite subscribers in the U.S.
and the E! Everywhere initiative underscores 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 radio to VOD.
The Style Network currently counts 66 million cable
and satellite subscribers and G4 is available in 67 million
cable and satellite homes nationwide.
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