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December 18, 2013

Subway donated lunch to Jackets For Jobs as a way of saying "Thank You" for all you do in the community

Jackets For Jobs clients enjoying lunch donated by subway .We just finished a training class.

Jackets For Jobs clients receiving outfits for job interviews.  

Jackets For Jobs clients enjoying lunch & training.

 

 

Thank you to CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Detroit for selecting

Jackets for Jobs as the beneficiary of their 2013 holiday party.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Crew Detroit holiday party to benefit Jackets for Jobs. Event held @ Leon & Lula in Clawson, MI

Crew Detroit Christmas party. Beautiful display of food and a generous tip jar to benefit JFJ.

Crew Detroit Christmas party. Members mingling & bidding on silent auction items.

 

 

Crew Detroit Christmas party. 100% of proceeds from silent auction benefited Jackets for Jobs.

Members of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Detroit

 

www.crewdetroit.org

 

Jackets for Jobs in partnership with TJ Maxx

Gave-away purses to Female Veterans

Friday, November 8, 2013  |  Detroit VA Medical Center

Happy Veterans Day! Jackets for Jobs & TJ Maxx support female veterans. We gave female veterans a free purse. "A purse with a purpose". Event held @ John Dingell VA hospital

A Salute to Veterans!

 

 

 

August 24, 2013 - Thank you to the Great Lakes Chapter of The Links for conducting a clothing drive for Jackets for Jobs during their 20th anniversary. Thank you ladies for helping to empower women and assist those in need.

June 17th - June 21st, 2013

The Farbman Group is partnering with Jackets for Jobs to collect 1,000 gently used suits in five days, to help unemployed job seekers.

The effort is titled "Drive to Thrive" and runs from Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21.

You can drop off both men's and women's suits at the Detroit and Detroit-area Farbman Group office properties.

Jackets for jobs is a Detroit-based nonprofit organization that helps provide career skills training, employment etiquette and professional clothing to job seekers. The organization relies on clothing donations to ensure it has the inventory to appropriately dress its clients for work.

The guidelines for items donated are: all clothing must be clean, dry-cleaned, washed or ironed and on a hanger. Clothing must be in good condition with no stains, holes, missing buttons or broken zippers.

If you are interested in participating in the week long drive, here are the various drop off locations:

Bingham Farms Office Centre
30700 Telegraph Rd.
Bingham Farms, Mich.

Fisher Building*
3011 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit,Mich.

New Center One 3031
W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit,Mich.

Southfield Centre Building
18000 West Nine Mile Rd.
Southfield,Mich.

Sheffield Office Park
3250 W. Big Beaver Rd.
Troy,Mich.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

 

May 7th, 2013

NAWBO is partnering with Jackets for Jobs and holding a clothing drive. Jackets for Jobs assists low income individuals with proper career clothing in order for them to have appropriate interview clothing and help them win that job they may be seeking.  Many of their clients are entering the job market for the first time; 95% are single mothers; most report household incomes of less than $10,000. 

You have one more opportunity to donate your gently used clothing to Jackets for Jobs: 

Circle of Learning & Networking
 May 7th, 6:30 to 8:00pm
Emagine Theatre
200 N. Main Street
Royal Oak, MI  48067

Click here for more information

 
Thursday, April 11th, 2013

2 famous NBA mothers-Christine Johnson(Magic's mom), Alison Vaughn & Lucille O'Neal (Shaq's mom)

 

Christine Johnson (Magic's mom), Chuck Bennett-Master of Ceremony for the event

and Lucille O'Neal

 

Mother/Daughter-Betty Henderson, Career Wardrobe Director,

Jackets for Job & Alison Vaughn, Founder/CEO, Jackets for Jobs

Click here for more photo highlights of the 13th Anniversary Celebration

 

 

 

Sunday, March 17th, 2013

Ladies Night Out was a HUGE success!

Thanks to Art Van for being a great host and thanks to everyone else that helped make the event terrific!

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Detroit for selecting

Jackets for Jobs as the beneficiary of their 2013 holiday party.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Crew Detroit holiday party to benefit Jackets for Jobs. Event held @ Leon & Lula in Clawson, MI

Crew Detroit Christmas party. Beautiful display of food and a generous tip jar to benefit JFJ.

Crew Detroit Christmas party. Members mingling & bidding on silent auction items.

 

 

Crew Detroit Christmas party. 100% of proceeds from silent auction benefited Jackets for Jobs.

Members of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Detroit

 

www.crewdetroit.org

 

Jackets for Jobs in partnership with TJ Maxx

Gave-away purses to Female Veterans

Friday, November 8, 2013  |  Detroit VA Medical Center

Happy Veterans Day! Jackets for Jobs & TJ Maxx support female veterans. We gave female veterans a free purse. "A purse with a purpose". Event held @ John Dingell VA hospital

A Salute to Veterans!

 

 

 

August 24, 2013 - Thank you to the Great Lakes Chapter of The Links for conducting a clothing drive for Jackets for Jobs during their 20th anniversary. Thank you ladies for helping to empower women and assist those in need.

June 17th - June 21st, 2013

The Farbman Group is partnering with Jackets for Jobs to collect 1,000 gently used suits in five days, to help unemployed job seekers.

The effort is titled "Drive to Thrive" and runs from Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21.

You can drop off both men's and women's suits at the Detroit and Detroit-area Farbman Group office properties.

Jackets for jobs is a Detroit-based nonprofit organization that helps provide career skills training, employment etiquette and professional clothing to job seekers. The organization relies on clothing donations to ensure it has the inventory to appropriately dress its clients for work.

The guidelines for items donated are: all clothing must be clean, dry-cleaned, washed or ironed and on a hanger. Clothing must be in good condition with no stains, holes, missing buttons or broken zippers.

If you are interested in participating in the week long drive, here are the various drop off locations:

Bingham Farms Office Centre
30700 Telegraph Rd.
Bingham Farms, Mich.

Fisher Building*
3011 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit,Mich.

New Center One 3031
W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit,Mich.

Southfield Centre Building
18000 West Nine Mile Rd.
Southfield,Mich.

Sheffield Office Park
3250 W. Big Beaver Rd.
Troy,Mich.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

 

May 7th, 2013

NAWBO is partnering with Jackets for Jobs and holding a clothing drive. Jackets for Jobs assists low income individuals with proper career clothing in order for them to have appropriate interview clothing and help them win that job they may be seeking.  Many of their clients are entering the job market for the first time; 95% are single mothers; most report household incomes of less than $10,000. 

You have one more opportunity to donate your gently used clothing to Jackets for Jobs: 

Circle of Learning & Networking
 May 7th, 6:30 to 8:00pm
Emagine Theatre
200 N. Main Street
Royal Oak, MI  48067

Click here for more information

 
Thursday, April 11th, 2013

2 famous NBA mothers-Christine Johnson(Magic's mom), Alison Vaughn & Lucille O'Neal (Shaq's mom)

 

Christine Johnson (Magic's mom), Chuck Bennett-Master of Ceremony for the event

and Lucille O'Neal

 

Mother/Daughter-Betty Henderson, Career Wardrobe Director,

Jackets for Job & Alison Vaughn, Founder/CEO, Jackets for Jobs

Click here for more photo highlights of the 13th Anniversary Celebration

 

 

 

Sunday, March 17th, 2013

Ladies Night Out was a HUGE success!

Thanks to Art Van for being a great host and thanks to everyone else that helped make the event terrific!

 

 

 
 
December 18, 2013

Subway donated lunch to Jackets For Jobs as a way of saying "Thank You" for all you do in the community

Jackets For Jobs clients enjoying lunch donated by subway .We just finished a training class.

Jackets For Jobs clients receiving outfits for job interviews.  

Jackets For Jobs clients enjoying lunch & training.

 

 

Thank you to CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Detroit for selecting

Jackets for Jobs as the beneficiary of their 2013 holiday party.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Crew Detroit holiday party to benefit Jackets for Jobs. Event held @ Leon & Lula in Clawson, MI

Crew Detroit Christmas party. Beautiful display of food and a generous tip jar to benefit JFJ.

Crew Detroit Christmas party. Members mingling & bidding on silent auction items.

 

 

Crew Detroit Christmas party. 100% of proceeds from silent auction benefited Jackets for Jobs.

Members of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Detroit

 

www.crewdetroit.org

 

Jackets for Jobs in partnership with TJ Maxx

Gave-away purses to Female Veterans

Friday, November 8, 2013  |  Detroit VA Medical Center

Happy Veterans Day! Jackets for Jobs & TJ Maxx support female veterans. We gave female veterans a free purse. "A purse with a purpose". Event held @ John Dingell VA hospital

A Salute to Veterans!

 

 

 

August 24, 2013 - Thank you to the Great Lakes Chapter of The Links for conducting a clothing drive for Jackets for Jobs during their 20th anniversary. Thank you ladies for helping to empower women and assist those in need.

June 17th - June 21st, 2013

The Farbman Group is partnering with Jackets for Jobs to collect 1,000 gently used suits in five days, to help unemployed job seekers.

The effort is titled "Drive to Thrive" and runs from Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21.

You can drop off both men's and women's suits at the Detroit and Detroit-area Farbman Group office properties.

Jackets for jobs is a Detroit-based nonprofit organization that helps provide career skills training, employment etiquette and professional clothing to job seekers. The organization relies on clothing donations to ensure it has the inventory to appropriately dress its clients for work.

The guidelines for items donated are: all clothing must be clean, dry-cleaned, washed or ironed and on a hanger. Clothing must be in good condition with no stains, holes, missing buttons or broken zippers.

If you are interested in participating in the week long drive, here are the various drop off locations:

Bingham Farms Office Centre
30700 Telegraph Rd.
Bingham Farms, Mich.

Fisher Building*
3011 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit,Mich.

New Center One 3031
W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit,Mich.

Southfield Centre Building
18000 West Nine Mile Rd.
Southfield,Mich.

Sheffield Office Park
3250 W. Big Beaver Rd.
Troy,Mich.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

 

May 7th, 2013

NAWBO is partnering with Jackets for Jobs and holding a clothing drive. Jackets for Jobs assists low income individuals with proper career clothing in order for them to have appropriate interview clothing and help them win that job they may be seeking.  Many of their clients are entering the job market for the first time; 95% are single mothers; most report household incomes of less than $10,000. 

You have one more opportunity to donate your gently used clothing to Jackets for Jobs: 

Circle of Learning & Networking
 May 7th, 6:30 to 8:00pm
Emagine Theatre
200 N. Main Street
Royal Oak, MI  48067

Click here for more information

 
Thursday, April 11th, 2013

2 famous NBA mothers-Christine Johnson(Magic's mom), Alison Vaughn & Lucille O'Neal (Shaq's mom)

 

Christine Johnson (Magic's mom), Chuck Bennett-Master of Ceremony for the event

and Lucille O'Neal

 

Mother/Daughter-Betty Henderson, Career Wardrobe Director,

Jackets for Job & Alison Vaughn, Founder/CEO, Jackets for Jobs

Click here for more photo highlights of the 13th Anniversary Celebration

 

 

 

Sunday, March 17th, 2013

Ladies Night Out was a HUGE success!

Thanks to Art Van for being a great host and thanks to everyone else that helped make the event terrific!

 

 

 

Wednesday March 13th, 2013

Womens Empowerment Program at JFJ
Hosted by:Smart & SEXY

March 13, 2013 Jackets for Jobs in partnership with The Women's Alliance will kick off the National Smart and Sexy Day celebration to create awareness on opportunities for women to feel capable, feminine and empowered from the inside out.

The day long celebration will provide a day of workforce training, professional image classes and inspirational speakers for women with the goal to enable them to take action, secure employment and enhance the quality of their lives.

5 other cities are celebrating Smart & Sexy Day, the other participating agencies include: Bottomless Closet (New York City, NY), Career Wardrobe (Philadelphia, PA), Image for Success (San Rafael, CA), Suited for Success (Oklahoma City, OK), and Dreams to Reality (Jefferson City, MO).

The Smart & Sexy Day is now a nationally recognized holiday and listed in the Chase Book of Holidays and the Associated Press Daybook, which not only recognizes all holidays but submits them to more than 60,000 media outlets worldwide.  Mayor Dave Bing has given Jackets for Jobs a proclamations stating March 13, 2013 is Jackets for Jobs, Smart & Sexy Day.  The holiday was developed in 2012 as a joint partnership between TWA and Ariela-Alpha International, one of the largest privately held lingerie companies in the country. 

 

Photo Highlights Smart & Sexy Day 2013

 

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

 

 

 

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Alison Vaughn will be speaking at the University of Phoenix