Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Meet Our 4 Women!

Dress for Success Vancouver would like you to meet four of our successful women: Amanda, Santa, Eloise and Mandana. These amazing women and their stories will be featured at our upcoming fundraising gala: IMPACT an event for change, held at the Birks flagship location in Vancouver, April 20.



Meet Amanda
The Secret lists three steps – “ask, believe, receive” – as the essence of the Law of Attraction. It is her ardent belief in this philosophy as well as a positive approach to life that Amanda Love believes is why she is attracting all the right things at the right time into her life. “I am thankful every single day,” she says. “Everybody has hard times, but it’s how you embrace the bad times, learn from them, pick yourself back up and move on that makes the difference.”

Meet Santa
Her boss nicknamed her “Fearless.” And there could not be a more appropriate moniker for Santa Chow. Not only is she fearless, Santa is also an intelligent, strong-willed single mother of two with a determination to succeed that is nothing short of astounding. She has overcome obstacles that others would falter against, yet she approached the difficulties life presented to her with perseverance and grace. “I know I can achieve anything I dream of because I have the will and the power,” she says. Click here to read more about Santa.

Meet Eloise

Eloise Lloyd is a Renaissance woman. She has been a student, an account executive, a Director of Marketing and Sales, and is now a Member Services Agent at Hollyburn Country Club. But those are only the things she has done. In her own words, she is “a friend, mentor, volunteer, poet, singer, athlete, and champion of people and causes. These are the things that I am.” Click here to read more about Eloise.

Meet Mandana

She felt it as soon as she walked off the plane. “Being welcome here is real for all immigrants, no matter where they are from. It is the best thing about being in Canada.” Mandana Mohammad Beygi arrived in Canada in the fall of 2008 at age 38. Born in Tehran, Iran, she is the eldest of four siblings; three brothers and one sister. Mandana has lived, studied, worked and travelled around the Middle East and Europe. Click here to read more about Mandana.


Join Amanda, Santa, Eloise and Mandana at IMPACT an event for change, April 20, and hear their stories first hand. Held at the glamorous Birks flagship location, the evening will be hosted by CKNW’s Christy Clark. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served, and guests can bid on irresistible live auction packages and unique silent auction items. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased online or by calling the office at 604-408-7923.


Memoirs provided by Echo Memoirs. Thank you for capturing the stories of our 4 women so beautifully!




Echo Memoirs writes, designs and publishes distinctive personal biography books and company histories for clients across North America.
Click here to read more about Amanda.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Dress for Success Vancouver's IMPACT! 2010 - An Event for Change


On April 20, 2010, Dress for Success Vancouver will host IMPACT: An event for change, the organization’s annual major fundraising event. Sponsored by Birks, and held in their glamorous flagship location, CKNW’s Christy Clark will be the evening’s Master of Ceremonies.

As you enjoy fine wines and hors d'oeuvres, you and... your friends can bid on exciting live auction packages or find that perfect silent auction item that just has to be yours! Raffle tickets are also available to purchase for the chance to win an irresistible diamond necklace, generously donated by Birks. Most importantly, during this evening you will have the opportunity to hear inspirational stories from four women who represent the women you support through Dress for Success Vancouver. Their stories— and the over 1,500 other Dress for Success Vancouver success stories — would never have happened if it weren't for the support they received from Dress for Success Vancouver.

So join us for a memorable evening filled with great food, drinks, conversation, and most importantly, come see the IMPACT of your support!

Tickets are now on sale, $125 each.
Buy your ticket at www.supportdfsvan.org or by calling 604-408-7923.

Check back here for the latest information on the event, learn about our generous sponsors, and more details about Dress for Success Vancouver as we get closer to April 20th.


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Team Volunteering Day: EBA


Last Thursday, eleven employees of EBA Engineers came in for a team volunteering day at Dress for Success Vancouver! Over the course of 4 hours, the team (consisting of 8 men and 3 women) organized makeup and our storage room, sorted through clothing and cleaned the facility!

Thank you EBA!






Thursday, March 4, 2010

PARTICIPATE TO CREATE POSSIBILITIES!








UNCERTAINTY TO FABULOUSNESS PROGRAM
Date: March 23-April 27
Cost: $69 /six weekly seminar ($11.50 weekly)
How/Where: Seminars on Your Computer

Are current challenges perpetuating feelings of great uncertainty and negatively affecting your health and overall sense of feeling good? Are you experiencing stress-related ailments due to; poor dietary choices, so no energy; financial pressure; a sense of emotional overwhelm; spiritual bankruptcy; strained family relations?

If so, join six national experts and facilitator, Christine Monaghan for six weekly Tuesday nights. The 1-hr weekly webinars offer: interactive expert dialogue; exclusive value-added incentives; take-away tools; on line participant community. If you miss a week, listen to the recording. To register or learn more visit:
http://www.healthmentorship.com/ (webinar tab).

Thank you Christine Monaghan, for giving three Dress for Success Vancouver clients the opportunity to join this webinar free of charge.