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WIP Project Rise & Shine Adds Donation Sites
Article Date: Tuesday, September 08, 2009
The Women in the Profession Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association is launching a pilot program, “Rise and Shine,” designed to assist disadvantaged women who are searching for employment.
The program debuts in Raleigh on Sept. 21-22 with the hope and expectation that it will be replicated throughout the state in the future.
But first thing’s first: the committee needs your help in making the initial installment of Rise and Shine the public service success that it deserves to be.
“Our greatest need right now is clothing, and specifically business casual clothing, that these women can wear to their job interviews,” stated Diane Tindall who chairs the Women in the Profession Committee. “We especially need larger sizes. Formal business attire such as business suits are not needed as much as business casual such as skirts, jackets, tops and slacks.”
To facilitate delivery of donated clothing, Tindall and fellow committee members Jackie Hughes, Mary Nash Rusher and Donna Rutala are accepting donations at their respective Raleigh law offices. Two new sites -- Durham and Cary -- have been added in anticipation of the debut. Here is the contact information for all six:
Diane Tindall
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300 (Raleigh)
dtindall@wyrick.com, 919-781-4000
Jackie Hughes
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
150 Fayetteville St., Suite 2100 (Raleigh)
jaterry@wcsr.com, 919-755-2190
Mary Nash Rusher
Hunton Williams
One Bank of America Plaza, Suite 1400
421 Fayetteville St. (Raleigh)
mnrusher@hunton.com; 919-899-3066
Donna Rutala
Young Moore and Henderson
3101 Glenwood Ave. (Raleigh)
drr@youngmoorelaw.com, 919-782-6860
Mia Pizzagalli
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
2530 Meridian Parkway, Suite 400 (Durham)
mpizzagalli@wcsr.com, 919-484-2302
David Bohm
North Carolina Bar Association
8000 Weston Parkway (Cary)
dbohm@ncbar.org, 919-657-0561
The agenda for the two-night program, which will be held from 5 to 8:30 each night at the First Baptist Church in Raleigh, includes the following components:
- Employment Resources in Wake County
- Applications and Background Checks
- Instructional Workshop (Internet use, g-mail accounts, etc.)
- What Job Applicants should know about Employment Law
- What Job Applicants should know about Criminal Law
- Interviewing Tips and Traps
- Interviewing Demonstration: Good and Bad Interviews
- Fashion Show: Do’s and Don’ts for Interviewing
- Mock Interviews
- Clothing Selections