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Dress for Success Gala 2014: Something to Share

by on ‎04-09-2014 01:49 PM

Last Thursday, Dress for Success held their fundraising gala called Something to Share. QVC had the distinction of being the corporate honoree.


Over the years QVC has donated over 5,000 items to the organization. While I haven’t donated that much Smile, I’ve donated to Dress for Success for years.



I am proud of my relationship with the organization, so when QVC tapped me to attend the gala, I was honored and ready. Rita Yarsinsky (my trusty Facebook partner) and I hopped on the bus and headed to NYC.



It was a formal affair, so before dinner we ate passed hors d’oeuvres and browsed the silent auction items (one of which was a QVC experience and tour with me)



Mary Anthony, mother of four, including New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, was honored with a “Toast to our Mothers” dedication. She shared that she’s an avid QVC shopper {#emotions_dlg.biggrin}



Dress for Success Worldwide CEO Joi Gordon praised QVC’s support of the organization.



This Gala was an opportunity for Dress for Success to strut their stuff, and to share, in a big way, how the work is impacting people all across the country (and internationally too).  They lined the stage with Dress for Success Ambassadors: women whose lives reflect the success of the program.



Keynote speaker Karen Monroe spoke to pin-drop silence as she shared her journey from abuse, prostitution, addiction, and prison, to her partnership with Dress for Success. She was recently hired as a peer mentor and manager at an addiction and treatment center in Ohio.



This was a fundraiser, so when Dress for Success asked for money, QVC donated on the spot. Claire Watts’ (CEO QVC U.S.) table donated $10,000. QVC is now closing in on $450,000 in monetary donations to Dress for Success.



QVC supports the success and wellness of women through the power of relationships. I love this mission because it’s the relationships that we have with one another that inspire/compel us to lend a hand. How many times have you donated to an organization simply because a friend asked you to? See, we keep each other whole simply because we all have different interests and different relationships, and ultimately those interests connect us all.