Women helping women dress for success
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)— While Mother's Day was Sunday, a local business is making a large donation of clothing that will help mothers today and in the future.
A truck, filled with clothing, could be found outside of Embe today. The truck was filled with boxes and boxes worth of donated clothing from the Movers for Moms event held by Two Men and a Truck.
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'We had people showing up at our office all weekend long and showing up to help sort and bringing more items, so we have even more to deliver after today,' Two Men and a Truck Sioux Falls owner, Angela Drake, said.
The business clothing that was donated will go to Embe's Dress for Success program.
'If they're going for an interview, we'll bring them in. They work one-on-one with a styling coach. They get one interview outfit, a pair of pants, dress shoes, jewelry, maybe a top or two. And then once they secure employment, they can come back and they get up to a week's worth of clothes,' Embe Women's Program Manager, Melissa Webb, said.
The donated clothing is going to benefit more than just Embe.
'Because of this overwhelming response, we did receive some items that won't quite fit for Embe's Dress for Success. So we dug into our pockets and reached out to other nonprofits that we know could benefit from this, like Call to Freedom and Saint Francis House,' Drake said.
Women have been donating clothing for the past few weeks to benefit other women in the years to come.
'There's nothing brighter than women helping other women. We're not only giving them a hand up, but we're also giving them these wonderful items to really steady themselves, entering that new career,' Drake said.
'When we come together as a community, we thrive more, we feel more positive, we're confident, and we can just go out and, you know, do so much more when we're stronger together,' Webb said.
Last year, the Movers for Mom's drive collected 174,000 articles of clothing. This year, they exceeded that number, reaching nearly 200,000 donations.
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