Warwick Dressbarn Hosts “Send One Suit” Week Oct. 10-16 to Benefit Dress for Success RI

Oct. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND - Dressbarn, a leading U.S. specialty retailer of women’s career and casual clothing, is hosting “Send One Suit Week” (S.O.S.) at the flagship Warwick store from October 10 to October 16 to benefit Dress for Success Rhode Island. Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization that helps equip disadvantaged women with suits and self sufficiency, and the new local Rhode Island affiliate launched in February 2010.

“We want to encourage Rhode Islanders to donate suits and gently worn career separates during Dressbarn’s S.O.S. Week to give disadvantaged women the opportunity to Dress for Success and change their lives,” said Peggy Porter-Quinlan, co-founder of Dress for Success Rhode Island and resident of Warwick.

Women can donate gently used suits and career separates at the flagship Warwick Dressbarn store at 399 Bald Hill Road Oct. 10-16. All contributions are tax deductible and a receipt will be provided. To date, Dressbarn, with more than 825 stores around the U.S., has collected more than 275,000 suits and separates from customers and associates and has distributed 40,000 new items to its affiliates. Call  401.732-3511 or visit www.dressforsuccess.org and click on the Rhode Island affiliate for more information.

Founded in New York City in 1997, Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help underprivileged women find jobs and remain employed. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and can return for a second suit or separates when she finds work and joins the Professional Women’s Group, where she receives education, mentoring, and networking.

Since 1997, Dress for Success has served more than 500,000 women around the world. Each year the organization reaches more than 45,000 women in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Mexico, Poland and the West Indies. All Dress for Success organizations are not-for-profit entities, with Dress for Success Worldwide and its U.S. affiliates having 501(c)(3) charitable status and those outside the U.S. operating as registered charities. Clothing donations and financial contributions made to Dress for Success affiliates within the U.S. are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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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 and click on the Rhode Island affiliate for more information.