2022 Gala Growing Through the Decades Honoree: Richard Ward
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
2022 Gala Growing Through the Decades Honoree: Kristi Willette
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
Working Wardrobes Gala: “Growing Through the Decades” 2022 Honorees Toni and Terry McDonald
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
2022 Gala Growing Through the Decades Honoree: Cindy Hodgkins
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
Introducing Growing Through the Decades 2022 Gala Sponsors and Honorees
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
Working Wardrobes’ Career Readiness Programs Prepare Clients to Enter Critical Industries
The mission of getting job seekers back to work is one that requires a tactical evaluation of critical industries and a proven strategy to tackle, head-on, the growing challenges of the changing Southern California workforce. Orange County residents are in desperate need of reliable, living-wage work. Thanks to our community of supporters, Working Wardrobes provides dedicated career readiness programs that help our clients enter critical fields like healthcare, technology, IT, service, and others. Working Wardrobes Prepares Job Seekers for Critical Industries in Orange County Often, clients simply need someone to stand in the gap so
Rebuilding Careers Training Programs for Critical Industries
As the CEO of Working Wardrobes, I aim to have my ear to the ground every single day to best address the needs of those wanting to reenter the workforce and seeking rebuilding careers training programs. I believe that as the world around us changes, individuals have the power to be firm but flexible — firm in their choices, values, and the belief that they are valuable and contributing members of communities, and flexible enough to pursue new challenges and address growing needs with awareness. Everyone deserves reliable, living-wage work, and growing industries offer some
Orange County Workforce Readiness Programs Help Danielle Land Lucrative IT Job
Life happens fast. At Working Wardrobes, we know that anyone can find themselves suddenly without work for many reasons, including layoffs, family or housing changes, medical obstacles and more. People, who were skilled for the jobs they had, now find themselves needing workforce readiness programs to help transfer existing skills, or obtain new skills or certifications for their next job. Working Wardrobes’ mission is to provide the resources that job seekers need to secure meaningful and reliable work, by overcoming the barriers they face. There are many facets to workforce preparedness, and Working Wardrobes’ programs