RECENT PLUNGE IN JOB MARKET PROMPTS NON-PROFIT, AIMED AT ASSISTING LOW INCOME WOMEN RE-ENTERING THE WORKFORCE,TO STEP UP FUNDRAISING EFFORTS

Dress For Success Atlanta hosts Wake Up To Success...their 3rd Annual Breakfast fundraiser. DFS Atlanta provides career clothing to welfare to work and low income women. Judge Glenda Hatchett is the keynote speaker.

(PRWEB) March 16, 2003 - Dress For Success Atlanta will host Wake Up To Success ... the 3rd annual breakfast fundraiser on Friday, March 21, 2003 from 7:30 am to 9:00 am in Court of the South at Phipps Plaza. The breakfast fundraiser caps participation in a week of clothing and fund drives.

Now in its third year, several hundred Atlantans have attended the annual breakfast, enjoying sumptuous buffets, informative panel discussions, and recognition ceremonies. Tickets are $50.00 per person and can be purchased from Dress For Success (DFS) Atlanta. Wake Up To Success ... is DFS Atlanta's primary fundraising event of the year.

During a week long campaign for Clean Your Closet Week 2003, (CYCW) Dress For Success locations around the globe will collect interview appropriate attire and accessories for clients. Dress For Success Atlanta's Executive Director, Michelle Eaton, is confident that increasing support from the community will continue. "Last year's [breakfast] was very well received and actually exceeded our expectations in many areas, especially in terms of awareness and volunteerism for DFS Atlanta. We are hopeful that Wake Up To Success ... will garner even more support."

Judge Glenda Hatchett of the nationally syndicated television series JUDGE HATCHETT will deliver the keynote, addressing the importance of assisting women re-entering the workforce. Emcee for the event will be Steen Miles, Chief Media Relations Officer for Marta. Previous attendees have included such Atlanta notables as Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, President Emeritus of Spelman College, Marie Barnes, former First Lady of Georgia, and Vicky Miller, CFO of Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

A non-profit organization, DFS Atlanta, provides career clothing and on-going peer group development for job-ready, low-income, women transitioning into the workplace.
Located in the AmericasMart on Spring St., DFS Atlanta receives client referrals from over seventy Atlanta agencies.

Women who have completed welfare-to-work or other job training programs are eligible to receive a suit for the job interview process. Once employed for thirty days, clients may receive more clothing and join DFS Atlanta's Professional Women's Group (PWG), a job retention program. PWG meets monthly to cultivate professionalism with seminars on networking, personal finance and similar topics. For more information, please visit www.dressforsuccess.org or call (404) 589-1177.

National Title Sponsors for Clean Your Closet Week 2003 are Gain Laundry Detergent, the smell of clean laundry, and ItsDeductibleä, a revolutionary tool that guarantees donors hundreds of dollars in tax savings by accurately determining and assigning actual fair-market-values to their donated items.

Event sponsors include Atlanta Gas Light Company, Atlanta Magazine, AT&T Wireless, dressBarn, Phipps Plaza, Proof of the Pudding, and United Parcel Service.

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