February Newsletter

Our 2024 Style for Hope luncheon was an epic success, raising $255,500! Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger, recipients of our Style Icon award, helped to deliver our message of the importance of empowering women. Their onstage interview with emcee Shannon Cake, the WPTV news anchor, offered candid snippets from their personal and business lives….

In our October newsletter we welcomed Elizabeth Inman, our new Director of Programs and Outreach Services. Before joining Dress for Success, Elizabeth worked as an Operations Pastor, where she helped people find their next step toward community with others. Read more about Elizabeth, our upcoming boutique relocation and more in our newsletter, here.

Despite the challenges we faced this year as a result of the pandemic, we are so proud of our team and their continued efforts to help women overcome economic barriers. Within the past year we have: suited nearly 400 women, held three sessions of our Road to Success workshop, raised over $30,000 in our recent…

Our Executive Director Joe Ann Fletcher was crowned “Chief of Light of Igbo” for her volunteer efforts over the past 8 years in helping to improve the lives of the Igbo people in Africa. Read more about this and more in our October newsletter HERE.

It’s no secret how much we rely on the kindness of our community in order to support the 600 or so women that we assist each year! From the over 80 volunteers registered to assist us in numerous ways to our corporate partners and individual donors, we simply could not do what we do without all…

This month, Women’s History month, is also when we typically hold our “Style for Hope” fundraising luncheon. The support we receive from so many in our community recharges our batteries every year! We were lucky enough to have held our most successful luncheon ever, with nearly 600 attendees, in 2020 just prior to the pandemic….