Providing gateway to modern housewives with polo clothing
Posted By admin on May 26, 2009
The expansion has stretched the program’s resources, Fuchs said. Donations of business attire (suits, blazers), polo shirts, white blouses, button-down shirts, khaki and black slacks, socks, stockings, shoes (casual and dress) and purses are needed.
It’s not always an easy sell, she admitted. Some women resist shopping from a selection of used polo clothing.
Some women might require nonskid shoes or steel-toed work boots, or cold weather gear if they will be doing outdoor work.
Especially sought are scrubs, as many unemployed women are training for careers in health care.
“Personal care homes are biggies,” said thrift store director Cathy Young.
The Working Women’s Closet existed for at least 10 years, Young said, before partnering with the state.
“Now we are countywide,” Young said. “Before it was just local women.”
As many as 30 women a month may be referred to the program, Fuchs said. She typically dresses 20 or more. Some women are no-shows, or have transportation problems.
She said the most recent board meeting drew only two audience members — a contrast to the 50 or more who used to attend. She can make the kind of impact she set out to when she joined UCBN.
Gilbert said these days he gets most of his information about UCBN second hand, but he still sees a future and a purpose for the group.
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