Cocktails & Clothes: Suit Up For Success
That snappy suit might just be the ticket to success. AWEE Career clothing boutique and collection drive is on. Cocktails & Clothes encourages donations of gently used or new professional clothing, briefcases and shoes to restock the free Career Clothing Boutique for women, men and young adults re-entering the workforce through Arizona Women’s Education & Employment (AWEE).
The event also is a fund-raiser for AWEE, a nonprofit organization that has helped more than 130,000 women, men and young adults create better lives through the dignity of work over the past 30 years.
Cocktails and Clothes will be held at the Adobe Restaurant at the Biltmore Golf Club, 2400 E. Missouri Ave. The event runs from 4:30 to 7:00pm on March 5, 2013. The event included, cocktails, appetizers, raffle featuring gift baskets valued at a minimum of $300 and live auction. Admission is $50 per person, which includes 2 drink tickets.
Co-Chairs of Cocktails and Clothes are Phyllis Dumond, Title Management Agency and Jami Savage, CBRE.
Sponsors includeL Diamond Sponsor: Sperry Van Ness; Sapphire Sponsor: Alliance Bank of Arizona; Emerald Sponsors: Avnet, DMB, Dunlap & Magee; Ruby Sponsors: Anderson Security Agency; Corporate Interior Systems, Evergreen Development Services Investments, Airpark Signs & Graphics; Pearl Sponsors: AM/PM Restoration Services, Sonoran Property Maintenance; Snell & Wilmer, HomeOwnerNow, Ed Phillips Group, Liberty Property Trust, ROI Properties, ESB Architecture & Planning, Resolute Commercial Services, Valenzuela Law Firm.
For those who might not want to attend the event, but make a clothing donations, clothing can be dropped off at trucks parked at the Adobe Restaurant beginning at 4 p.m. Tax receipts will be available.
Tickets to Cocktails and Clothing can be secured by calling Susan Lagasse at AWEE at (602) 233-4333 or by email: susanlagasse@awee.org.
About Arizona Women’s Education and Employment (AWEE)
AWEE has been transforming the lives of Arizonans into “Faces of Success” and advancing Arizona’s workforce for nearly 30 years. Since our inception, we have helped create successful beginnings and renewed hope for more than 130,000 women, men and young adults. Gone are the days of simply moving people off welfare. Today, the nonprofit AWEE is Arizona’s preeminent workforce development organization, offering a diverse range of evidence-based training and support services throughout Maricopa and Yavapai counties.
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