DTE Energy Women of Finance Sponsor 'Suit Drive' to Help Disadvantaged Women Dress for Success in the Workplace
18 February 2009 - 6:16AM
PR Newswire (US)
DETROIT, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The current economy has been tough
on a lot of people, but it's even more challenging for economically
disadvantaged women who are trying to enter the workforce -- buying
appropriate clothes for an interview is expensive, and difficult to
manage without a job. DTE Energy's Women of Finance group is
inviting the public to join them in a "suit drive" to help such
women. Company volunteers will be accepting donations at DTE
Energy's downtown headquarters Thursday, Feb. 19 from 7 a.m. to
9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations will go to Dress for
Success, a nonprofit organization based locally in Ypsilanti that
helps disadvantaged women throughout the Detroit metropolitan area
by providing them interview suits, and once they've landed a job, a
week's worth of business attire. The DTE Energy event is in support
of a national Dress for Success clothing drive called "S.O.S - Send
One Suit." DTE Energy volunteers will be accepting all sizes of new
and "gently used" women's suits, shirts and blouses - on hangers
and covered with a plastic bag, if possible. Shoes and accessories
also will be welcomed. Making a donation will be easy. Donors
simply need to drive up to the entrance of DTE Energy's
headquarters lobby and volunteers will come right out to their cars
to take their contributions. DTE Energy's headquarters lobby is
located at One Energy Plaza, Detroit. The entrance is located off
of Bagley Avenue, between First Street and Third Street.
DATASOURCE: DTE Energy CONTACT: For further information, members of
the media may call: Eileen Dixon, DTE Energy, +1-313-235-9154 Web
site: http://www.dteenergy.com/
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