Wednesday for Women: Donate to Career Closet
photo: Terry Shaw, |
What a coincidence. The Knoxville News-Sentinel printed an article today about Knoxville’s Career Closet , thus doing almost all of my planned blogging work for me.
A couple of weeks ago, I helped my friend and colleague Andy take his deceased wife’s hundreds of beautiful and contemporary career clothes to the Career Closet so that they could be used by unemployed women who are interviewing for jobs.
In fact, that’s Joy’s red blazer hanging on the rack to the right.
To be eligible for an outfit or two from the Career Closet, women must first complete a basic job training course through an organization such as the Tennessee Career Center.
Donating to the Career Closet was a win-win-win. Andy and his son now know that Joy’s clothes will be deeply appreciated and used. A couple dozen women (at least) will have gorgeous new business outfits to wear to their interviews. A number of retired folks who work at the Career Closet will see their own efforts benefitting more people. Andy will have a large tax deduction this year which will help off-set the sudden loss of his wife’s income stream. And I was able to do one small but useful thing to help this family that I love.
A quick Google search shows that Knoxville is not the only city with a “Career Closet” program that provides women with business attire and other assistance in landing a much-needed job.
How about cleaning your own closet this weekend, and giving another woman a career hands-up when you do?
