Suit Drive To Benefit Local Women

March 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Raleigh, NC ( March 20, 2010 )--  Suit Drive To Benefit Local Women
Wake Tech Community College Women's History Month Suit Drive March 1- 31, 2010 Donations Benefit Hold Your Head Up

   * Hold Your Head Up, a non-profit that provides interview appropriate suits to low-income women seeking employment. The suits are provided free of charge to women who are looking for work.
   * Tax receipts available with donations

To Benefit Women Transitioning into the Workforce

Contact: Chris Doll, volunteer coordinator cadoll@waketech.edu  919-866-5429
Collaboration with Wake Tech's volunteer and service learning

http://www.holdyourheadup.vpweb.com

" I am excited about our continued partnership with Wake Tech Community College, said Rachel Grady Founder/CEO of Hold Your Head Up." We are grateful for Wake Tech helping impoverished women succeed in the job market during these hard economic times. this is the second year Wake Tech has taken us under their wings!  

About Wake Technical Community College:
Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech) is a two-year, public institution providing education and training for the citizens of Raleigh and surrounding Wake County. Wake Tech provides a comprehensive array of learning opportunities and serves an annual enrollment of more than 60,000 students. Curriculum (for-credit)
programs in more than 150 academic, vocational, and technical specialties offer two-year associate degrees in science, applied science, the arts, and general education; university transfer programs for entry into four-year institutions; and diploma and certificate programs that prepare workers to succeed at jobs in high demand in the community.

Wake Tech also offers a broad scope of continuing education courses, including training for entrepreneurs and small business owners, public safety officer training (fire, rescue, and law enforcement), high school equivalency classes, and non-credit courses for personal and professional development. As the second largest community college in the state, Wake Tech provides customized workforce training for new and expanding industries and a cooperative education program that interfaces with the corporate community. For more information, please visit: http://www.waketech.edu.

Hold Your Head Up is a non-profit organization that provides interview suits, confidence building, and career development to women in need http://www.holdyourheadup.vpweb.com

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The mission of Hold Your Head Up is to help disadvantaged women become self-sufficient.
Through a comprehensive program that begins with professional attire and interview preparation and continues with professional development, financial management and personal enrichment.

Hold Your Head up enhances our clients self-esteem and self-confidence in order to enter and succeed in the workforce.