About Wear 2 Start

2. About Wear 2 Start What they needed from us: • Gently used/new women’s business attire • Shoes and accessories • New nylons and undergarments • New make up and toiletries • Cash donations • Large prizes for raffle Wear 2 Start is a unique program established to outift unemployed, economically disadvantaged women for job interviews. Wear 2 Start is a non-profit society and registered Federal Charity. It is operated entirely by volunteers together with community partnerships and private donations. Clients are referred from educational, training, retraining and job preparation programs.

3. Wear 2 Start’s Goal “2 Reduce Barriers 2 Success”

4. Why we chose to help Local Sustainable Socially Responsible

5. Who we are Tony Guo Lindsey Melis Andrew Weir Cheryl Yamanaka

6. How we did it • Raised money • Collected clothing and accessories • Produced media coverage • Community involvement • Received corporate donations • Canvassed target locations • Created new relationships

7. 50/50 draws

8. Donation bins were set up at 2 Serious Coffee locations.

9. Hotels donated toiletries

10. Media outlets were contacted

11. Some serious twitter…

12. Fundraising at Dunlop Restaurant • $1 for every dessert sold on three days • $5 for every meal on two event nights

14. Raffle posters were created to promote the “Give Me A Break” Campaign Through networking we obtained 3 large raffle prizes: 2 nights at Seattle’s Kimpton Hotels 1 night at Vancouver’s Coast Coal Harbour Hotel Brunch for 2 at Aura Restaurant

15. Ticket offices were set up to sell raffle tickets

16. A serious future... Both serious coffee franchises would like to continue supporting Wear 2 Start annually!

17. A total success... 1054 items received and $802 raised to help hundreds of women in need!

18. Insight Our initial goal was to obtain a long term corporate relationship with Serious Coffee. Due to the short time frame of three weeks, we received commitment from two franchise locations. More time would have also allowed us to develop additional fundraising activities and raise more money for Wear 2 Start.

19. What Wear 2 Start had to say… “One day two lovely ladies came to Wear 2 Start and offered their help. We are a small organization with a big mandate and pulling off a successful fundraiser is no easy task! It is remarkable that the Project Change group came to us when they did - the stars must have aligned in just the right way. We were working very hard to recruit donations from local businesses for our annual fundraiser and we almost had it all together except for hotels in Vancouver and Seattle for the top two prizes. We were stuck. Then along came Cheryl, Lindsey and the rest of the team to the rescue! Not only did they manage to get us overnight stays at three beautiful hotels, but they were able to organize a clothing drive and come up with ways to earn cash donations. The team's help was more than we at Wear 2 Start could ever have hoped for - they really did go above and beyond. Their dedication to our cause was commendable and without their help, Wear 2 Start would not even have the chance to have a fundraiser. We won't know until the draw date how well our raffle goes, but I do know that whatever success comes from it can be directly attributed to the Project Change team. Thank-you so very much for your tireless efforts on behalf of our cause. We couldn't have done it without you!” Deep Cheema, President, Wear 2 Start

20. Thanks to all our supporters!

21. www.wear2start.com