Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Goodwill of So. CA Joins Forces With Pin-Ups For Vets To Help Homeless Female Vets
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sasha Itzikman (323) 539-2095 sitzikman@goodwillsocal.org Female Veterans Get What They Deserve
Los Angeles (January 15, 2013) – Friday, January 18, 2013, from 9am to 12pm, Goodwill Southern California will welcome the award-winning non-profit organization, Pin-Ups For Vets, along with hair and make-up team, Classic Glamour Dolls, to their monthly Female Veteran's Networking Breakfast, for a morning of appreciation and pampering. Pin-Ups For Vets and Classic Glamour Dolls will offer the women tips for how to best present themselves to potential employers in order to help launch new careers as civilians.
Gina Elise, a former hotel industry Corporate Sales Manager in Los Angeles, and Founder of Pin-Ups For Vets, will donate twelve business suits to help the female veterans in attendance dress for success. The cosmetology artists from Classic Glamour Dolls will provide makeovers for the women, including complimentary eyebrow threading and manicures. Singer Cindy Ortega will perform live to entertain the women, and attendants will go home with gift bags filled with donated beauty products.
In 2012, GSC launched the Veteran Employment Program to assist U.S. veterans in overcoming barriers to, and preparing for, sustainable, civilian employment. The program, operated by veterans, inaugurated a monthly networking breakfast as a combination job club, veteran service organization and veteran sorority of sorts, to help mentor and provide career guidance and employment opportunities to fellow veterans. "We want female veterans to receive the services they need and to feel they have a safe place to land as they re-enter civilian life and transition into post military employment," said GSC Career Advisor, Joyce Carter. "Every month, we host speakers ranging from doctors to recruiters, to housing and health experts, all of who provide information that will help veterans succeed personally and professionally."
About Goodwill Southern California
Transforming lives through the power of work, we serve people with disabilities or other vocational challenges, as well as businesses, by providing education, training, work experience and job placement services. Each year, GSC prepares and places thousands of individuals with disabilities and vocational disadvantages into sustainable employment through programs and services offered at three campuses, five Career Resource Centers and three WorkSource Centers throughout Los Angeles (north of Rosecrans Ave.), Riverside and San Bernardino counties. GSC supports its mission of "Transforming lives through the Power of Work" with proceeds generated from 73 retail stores and 44 attended donation centers. Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator has awarded GSC its highest four-star ranking for 11 consecutive years; largely due to the fact GSC spends 93 percent of its budget on programs and services. Committed to caring for the earth, last year GSC diverted 65.6 million pounds of reusable or recyclable goods from landfills. Goodwill is Good For Everyone!
For more information about Goodwill Southern California, please call (888) 4-GOODWILL or visit www.GoodwillSoCal.org.
About Pin-Ups For Vets
Pin-Ups For Vets raises funds for medical equipment and program expansion to improve veterans' healthcare, enhances the quality of life for ill veterans across the U.S. through personal bedside visits to deliver gifts of appreciation, promotes volunteerism at veterans hospitals, conducts morale-boosting events for military spouses and boosts morale deployed troops through delivery of care packages. The award-winning organization is currently in the middle of a 50-state veterans hospital tour, and to date, has visited the bedsides of more than 5,000 ill and injured veterans at 38 VA and military hospitals in 24 states. Pin-Ups For Vets has also donated $50,000 to help purchase state-of the-art rehabilitation equipment for physical, occupational, and cognitive therapy programs at hospitals serving America's veterans.
For more information about Pin-Ups For Vets please visit www.PinUpsForVets.com.
About Classic Glamour Dolls
Classic Glamour Dolls: "Make-up and Hair with a Hollywood Flair"
This glamorous team of hair and makeup artists lead by founder Ana Vergara, has been featured internationally on TV, radio and in magazines. Known for their work in support of charitable organizations, they provide confidence-boosting make-overs for various groups including makeovers for women receiving cancer treatment with the Glamour Project and The City of Hope, 1,400 makeovers over the course of a four year partnership with Orangewood Children's Foundation and Belle of the Ball, and several makeovers for homeless women through the American Housing Authority. Classic Glamour Dolls also helps non-profit organizations like Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Orange County and the Inland Empire and Women Helping Women to raise vital funds to support their respective missions.
For more information about Classic Glamour Dolls please visit www.ClassicGlamourDolls.com. ###
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