Clothes the Deal
Get ready for Fall while helping a good cause. The Portaluca Warehouse Sale ends today! For only $20 you can fill a bag at the store’s new location, at 4623 Wesley Ave, Suite I in Norwood, with proceeds benefiting the Portaluca Boutique and Dress for Success Cincinnati.
Along with their recent move to Norwood, Dress for Success Cincinnati has announced the successful completion of its $1.2 million TransformHER Campaign—the first funding campaign in the organization’s history.
Dress for Success embarked on the campaign earlier this year to relocate the organization to its new home at, further develop programs to support its clients, and ensure sustainability for the future. Over 300 donors, including Dress for Success clients, contributed a grand total of $1,225,000.
“We could not have reached our goal without lead gifts from the Sherie Marek Family and the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee, Jackie and Pat Reau as well as generous contributions from the Mary Ivers Family, the van Rooyen Family and many others,” says Dress for Success Cincinnati executive director Lisa Nolan. “We are so grateful for this tremendous outpouring of generosity. The women in our community need that kind of support now more than ever.”
The campaign’s success can be credited, in large part, to the spearheading of Campaign Chair, Lisa Massa and Honorary Chair, Pam Sibcy, and to the dedicated members of the campaign committee: Eileen Brumback, Judy Daar, Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Hemmer, Monica Ivers, Ann Nickolas, Myrna Overstreet, Missy Richardson, and Michele Stoffer.
For the first time in history, we are seeing what the Institute for Women’s Policy Research calls a “shecession,” an economic downturn where job and income losses are affecting women more than men. Moreover, the Congressional Budget Office is projecting that employment won't return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024. That’s three more years of women leaving the workforce at alarming rates.
Over the last 22 years of service, Dress for Success’s track record to more than 19,000 women attests to the quality of our services and the organization’s commitment to supporting women in their pursuit of economic self-sufficiency for themselves and their families. Dress for Success offers a time-tested, successful program that can be adapted and adjusted as the job market evolves. The organization is best known for providing interview and employment attire to women returning to or entering the workforce, but that’s just one offering. The organization’s work includes a wide variety of workforce development programs that form a seamless continuum of support women can access from any point depending on their specific needs and where they are in their job searches or careers.
Dress for Success reopened to in-person client services in June, at its new location in Norwood, and is ready to serve all women who would like support in their job searches and careers. Referrals for services may be submitted at https://dfscincy.org/client-services/client-referral/.
Gifts to support the work of Dress for Success Cincinnati continue to be gratefully accepted at https://dfscincy.org/give.