Corporate Challenge Kicks Off with a BANG! Literally…

BC Hydro's Cynthia Curll pops her balloon to determine what item her Challenge Team will collect for Dress for Success Vancouver’s Corporate Challenge. (Photo: Brian Hawkes Photographic Inc.)

Dress for Success Vancouver kicked off our annual fall fundraiser, Dress Me for Success Corporate Challenge, at Oakridge Centre September 1st. Challengers made noise by popping balloons to select which items they will collect over the month of September in support of local women re-entering the workforce.

Nineteen companies are taking part in the Challenge, which includes a drive, raffle, scavenger hunt and fashion show. You can join the Corporate Challengers at the Marriot Pinnacle Hotel on October 7th to celebrate the completion of their month-long challenge.

Tickets are $25.00 (one drink and appies included). The evening includes a fashion show, supporters showcase, auction and door prizes. Watch as Challengers strut their stuff and are awarded their prizes.

For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

Corporate Challenge Wrap Up

On Thurday October 1st, the Corporate Challenge Wrap Up event was held at the Pacific Palisades hotel. The event ran smoothly and was hugely successful thanks to our wonderful volunteer committee, without whom this event would not be possible.

Guests had a blast playing the mystery auction, shopping the Showcase, enjoying the delicious appies, winning door prizes, and listening to Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale's heartwarming words. Challengers were enthusiastic participants in the scavenger hunt and in the fashion show that followed. Thank you guests and Challengers for making the Wrap Up so much fun and for showing your support! This wonderful evening was undoubtedly one of the highlight's of the year.

We raised a total of $16,700 over the course of the Challenge.

Corporate Challenge - Wrap Up Event

Wrap Up attendees will have the special privilege of hearing from Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale, the previous Dress for Success Worldwide Board Chair - a woman with a small frame, big hair, and an enormous heart. Currently, O'Neale is the Vice President and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for Campbell Soup Company. Her previous titles have been Fearless Leader at Barnes and Noble, and Executive Vice President of Diversity Initiatives for MTV Networks. During her career, she has been a corporate executive, business leader, consultant and author. The Corporate Challenge team is so lucky to have her in town, so don't miss your chance to see a truly dynamic woman!

SILENT AUCTION

New at this year's Wrap Up event is the Showplace Marketplace, where guests will be able to browse booths from some of their favourite companies including Clarins and Stella & Dot. Included in this Showplace Marketplace will be a silent auction area. Some of these items will include stays at some of the most luxurious hotels within Canada and abroad. These include the Maya Ubud Resort & Spa, and the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa in Bali, the Fairmont Banff Springs Resort, the Westin Resort & Spa in Whistler, and Kimpton's Sky Hotel in Aspen. The total value of all silent auction items is over $7,000!

RAFFLE TICKET PRIZES

For this year's event we have a wide range of amazing raffle prizes. Those who have purchased tickets for this year's raffle draw will have a chance to win gift certificates for Whole Foods, Chevron, a stay at the Hotel Grand Pacific, gift baskets for AG Hair products, Clarins products, or a Zoom Whitening and Spa Treatment. The total value of all of the raffle prizes is over $1,500!

DOOR PRIZES

Tickets for this year's Wrap Up event are still available and are only $20, which gets you a drink and a chance to win one of our amazing door prizes. Just by attending you could win a stay at one of these glamorous hotels: Opus Hotel, Wickaninnish Inn, and Moda Hotel. The total value of this year's door prizes is over $4,000!

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Dress for Success Vancouver office at 604.480.7923.

Corporate Challenge Wrap Party

Dress for Success® Vancouver & Pacific Palisades Hotel
welcome you to the 2009 Corporate Challenge Wrap Party.

Date: October 1st, 2009

Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Pacific Palisades Hotel - 1277 Robson St., Vancouver, B.C.
Cost: Only $20.00 per ticket.

Call 604.408.7923 to get your tickets before they sell out!

The ticket stub enters your name to win 1 of 25 fabulous door prizes
including 2 nights at the Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino, B.C.

The 2009 Corporate Challenge is proudly sponsored by:

2009 Corporate Challengers include:

Blake Cassels and Graydon LLP
Central 1 Credit Union
Clarins Canada Ltd.
Deloitte & Touche
Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy
McCarthy Tetrault
McNeill Nakamoto
Oakridge Shopping Centre
Original Cupcakes
Pacific Palisades Hotel
Stella & Dot
Teekay Corporation
Telus
Terasen
Valiant Trust Company

Corporate Challenge Kick-off

Photo Credit: Amber Light Photography

On September 1st, over 15 Vancouver businesses showed their support for Dress for Success Vancouver kicking off the annual Dress Me for Success Corporate Challenge. The teams from local businesses have challenged themselves to collect as many assigned pieces of clothing for Dress for Success Vancouver's aim to provide interview appropriate attire for Lower Mainland women. Each Dress for Success client receives a suit for her interviews and a small working wardrobe when she gets a job. The suits symbolize our faith in every woman's ability to succeed.

The Challengers will also be selling raffle tickets for the Wrap Up event. All profits will go towards Dress for Success Vancouver's mandate to help low and no income women transition into the workforce by providing professional attire, support services, and career and interview assistance.

At the Corporate Challenge kick off event, teams gathered at the Dress for Success office to get a behind the scenes look at the facilities. BC Social Venture Partners member, and GO Recruitment Founder, Raymond To inspired the teams to think about the importance of teamwork in the community when supporting Lower Mainland charitable organizations. Guests were treated to champagne and delicious cupcakes provided by Original Cupcakes.

The Dress Me for Success Corporate Challenge will conclude with a Wrap Party at the Pacific Palisades Hotel hosted by CTV Anchor Keri Adams. Guests will enjoy a showroom marketplace, a silent auction and prizes. The best part of the evening is when Challengers take part in the ultimate interview clothing scavenger hunt through the hotel, then strut their stuff in a fashion show for prizes. General admission tickets are $20, which includes a drink and chance to win a fabulous door prize. For tickets, please call 604-408-7923.