Dress for Success: An Official Charity at Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon and 5km-Walk on June 28, 2015


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 12, 2015) - Dress for Success Vancouver Society ("Dress for Success" or the "Organization") is pleased to announce its participation in the Scotiabank ("Scotia") Half-Marathon and 5km-Walk (the "event") that is taking place on Sunday, June 28, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia. As the event gears up, Dress for Success invites participants to choose the organization as their charity of choice and fundraise on behalf of Dress for Success. Funds will go to support the organization's ongoing efforts to help women gain the confidence they need to get back into the workforce.

To register Dress for Success as your charity of choice, please do so here: http://tinyurl.com/plzo92r. Those unable to participate may still donate to Dress for Success here: http://tinyurl.com/okg6gcg.

"Dress for Success is honoured to be one of the listed charities in Scotia's Half-Marathon. Each year, we've experienced such overwhelming support. We're incredibly thankful to our community members who continue to back our initiatives to help women re-gain the independence and confidence they need to get back to work. We invite everyone to meet us at the Charity Village and participate on behalf of Dress for Success. Like every year, this is going to be an incredibly fun, feel-good kind of run and we can't express how much we appreciate our supporters fundraising efforts. I'm looking forward to meeting all of our wonderful runners and walkers at this year's event," commented Christina Florencio, Marketing and Sponsorship Manager, Dress for Success, Vancouver.

About Dress for Success

Dress for Success promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help get women back into the work force and help them thrive in both work and in life. Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to more than 140 cities in 19 countries and has helped more than 850,000 women work towards self-sufficiency. https://www.dressforsuccess.org

On Behalf of Dress for Success,

Christina Florencio, Marketing and Sponsorship Manager

Contact Information:

Dress for Success Vancouver
c/o Royal Bank 685 W. Hastings Street,
Vancouver B.C.
V6B 1N9

Dress for Success Vancouver
Christina Florencio
604.408.7923 ext. 223
christina@dfsvancouver.org
www.dfsvancouver.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dfsvancouver?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dressforsuccess