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It takes a village. Doing what we love doing spans much wider than the Working Wardrobes team; there’s a powerful community right beside us.  We saw some of this support at our 2022 Working Wardrobes gala, Growing Through the Decades. The event was a huge success, and we raised over $430,000. Thanks to the enormous generosity of our donors, supporters, and the Orange County community, through annual and planned giving, the funds raised bring career readiness services and programs curated to help unemployed and underemployed individuals prepare for the dignity of work in Orange County.

Orange County nonprofit exceeds yearly gala fundraising goal on the heels of being named one of OC’s Best Charitable Organizations by the Orange County Register Working Wardrobes raised OVER $430,000 at its annual fundraising gala, Growing through the Decades, on September 24 at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. This funding will enable over 175 clients to receive service through the rebuilding careers program. “Growing Through the Decades was my first Gala as CEO of Working Wardrobes, and every volunteer, community partner, donor, and staff member that made this event a success has filled me

The 2022 non-profit fundraiser working, Wardrobes Growing Through the Decades gala, is a night for us to honor the accomplishments of the past and to celebrate how a legacy of virtue has blossomed into meaningful change for Orange County job seekers in the present. Throughout the night, we will present awards to individuals who have enthusiastically shared in making the Working Wardrobes’ mission come alive over the years. One of those honorees is Richard Ward, a longtime friend and contributor to the Jerri Rosen Legacy Fund. Those like Richard who join the Legacy Society have

We are days away from the 2022 Working Wardrobes gala, Growing Through the Decades. This night will be dedicated to the individuals that have enthusiastically shared Working Wardrobes’ mission and have partnered with us to bring The Power of a Paycheck ™and workforce development to Orange County job seekers. From the beginning, Working Wardrobes recognized there was a need in the community for programs that aided transitioning active duty, reserve, guard, Veterans and their families. Almost one out of every three unhoused Veterans in the United States is living in California. Southern California is home

We are fast approaching the 2022 Working Wardrobes annual fundraising Gala, Growing Through the Decades. This annual fundraiser celebrates OC charitable giving with a night beneath the stars that we dedicate to the individuals that have planted the seeds of donations, support, and encouragement throughout the years and decades — seeds that have bloomed into changed lives, now and for generations to come. Donors that have joined the Rebuilding Careers Coalition represent those that are the most dedicated to the mission of Working Wardrobes. These donors give $100 or more every month, funding the many

We are fast approaching the 2022 Working Wardrobes Gala, Growing Through the Decades. This night beneath the stars is one that we will dedicate to decades of lives changed forever by individuals who planted the seeds of donations, support, and encouragement — seeds that bloomed into changed lives, now and for generations to come. Throughout the decades, we have helped over 115,000 job seekers get ready to get back into the workforce. These donor-funded programs provide resources like customer service training, job development services, IT certification training, follow-up job retention services, critical needs assistance, access

We are just weeks away from the 2022 Working Wardrobes Gala, Growing Through the Decades. This dazzling night underneath the stars will be a time to reflect on our 32-year history of helping Orange County residents return to the workforce and achieve The Power of a Paycheck ™. This OC nonprofit fundraiser will celebrate how the seeds planted by volunteers, donors, and supporters over the past three decades have bloomed into changed lives, now and for generations to come. Our donors give consistently and generously throughout the year, funding the many client services’ career readiness