Dress For Success - Part Time Fund Development/Operations Coordinator

CENTRAL ALBERTA DRESS FOR SUCCESS RECEIVES $30,000 GRANT FROM RED DEER & DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO FUND SUPPORTS

FOR WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY

New funding will provide Dress for Success Central Alberta with a dedicated resource to assist their fundraising efforts as well as the coordination of their volunteers.

Red Deer, AB [June 1, 2021] –Dress for Success Central Alberta has received a $30,000 grant from the Red Deer & District Community Foundation to fund a part-time Fund Development and Operations Coordinator.

With the help of this donation, Dress for Success Central Alberta will be better positioned to support the growing needs for their services. Clients referred to the charity are women in the Central Alberta community who are looking to secure employment opportunities, but who might need support to access a professional wardrobe suitable for job interviews and their first week of employment.

“Everyone knows that even if you have the right skills, you’re less likely to ‘get the job’ if you’re not dressed appropriately for your interview. This can be a barrier and a financial burden that we remove for our clients,” says Dagmar Hargreaves, Board Chair for Dress for Success Central Alberta. “With recent impacts to our economy, we’ve observed a significant growth in the need for our services and we’re very pleased to receive this support from the Community Foundation.”

The Fund Development and Operations Coordinator will help support a more sustainable fundraising model for the organization and will also coordinate the scheduling of their many volunteers. Up until now, the organization has supported upwards of 200 clients per year, solely through volunteer efforts. This will be the organization’s first employee.

“The Community Foundation chose to support Dress for Success because they are actively addressing financial barriers faced by women in central Alberta,” Erin Peden, Executive Director of RDDCF said. “Since COVID-19 began to spread in Canada, women accounted for almost two thirds of early job losses, despite the fact they only make up half of the work force. By building the professional capacity of this agency, Dress for Success can more effectively provide support to women as they re-enter the workforce.”

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The Community Foundation of Central Alberta acknowledges that Indigenous peoples are the traditional guardians of this land we call Canada. We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux and Nakota Sioux peoples, as well as the peoples of the Blackfoot Confederacy. We also recognize that this land is the traditional meeting place of the Métis peoples. As a Community Foundation, we come to work on this land with good intentions.

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