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Jackets
for Jobs
celebrates
10 years
of
service
at Red
Carpet
Gala
Philanthropist/activist
Malaak
Compton-Rock
is
keynote
speaker
Detroit,
MI -
Jackets
for
Jobs,
Inc.
will
commemorate
its 10th
year of
providing
services
in the
Greater
Detroit
area at
its Red
Carpet
Gala on
March
25,
2010.
The gala
will be
held at
the
Charles
H.
Wright
Museum
of
African
American
History,
located
at 315
E.
Warren
St., in
Detroit,
and will
begin at
6:30
p.m. The
theme is
“10
years,
10,000
clients,
1 suit
at a
time.”
Philanthropist/activist
Malaak
Compton-Rock
(wife of
comedian
Chris
Rock)
will
keynote
the
event.
She is
an avid
public
speaker
who
lectures
on
topics
pertaining
to
philanthropic
giving,
finding
balance
in life,
raising
giving
children
in a
global
world,
and
successfully
blending
a family
and a
professional
life. On
April 6,
2010,
Comptom-Rock’s
first
book,
"If It
Takes A
Village,
Build
One: How
I Found
Meaning
Through
a Life
of
Service
and 100+
Ways You
Can
Too,"
will be
released.
"The
services
that we
provide
are my
gifts I
give
back to
God,”
explains
Alison
Vaughn,
founder
and CEO
of
Jackets
for
Jobs.
“Celebrating
10 years
of
service
and
having
provided
10,000
business
suits to
people
in the
community
confirms
my
purpose
and
inspires
me to do
more in
the
years to
come.”
The City
of
Detroit,
Council
President
Charles
Pugh
will
serve as
master
of
ceremony.
Musical
entertainment
will be
provided
by the
acclaimed
jazz
flutist
Alexander
Zonjic.
All
proceeds
from the
event
will
benefit
Jackets
for Jobs
to help
continue
its
mission
of
empowerment
to
economically
disadvantaged
individuals.
Strolling
dinner
and free
valet
parking
are
included
with
ticket
purchases.
The
public
must
call
313-579-9160
to
purchase
tickets:
$75 for
general
admission;
$125 for
VIP,
which
includes
a meet
and
greet
pre-event
reception,
reserved
seating
and a
commemorative
souvenir.
Since
opening
the
doors in
2000,
Jacket
for Jobs
has
assisted
over
10,000
individuals,
and has
been
recognized
by
Donald
Trump,
"The
“View"
(ABC),
"Today
Show"
(NBC),
Oprah's
O
Magazine,
as well
as
numerous
Michigan
magazines
and
newspapers.
Vaughn
started
the
organization
after
losing
her
sister
to
cancer
and
discovering
that her
sister
was on
welfare.
Vaughn
wanted
to do
something
to help
others
who were
on
welfare
and had
a desire
to gain
employment.
She has
a
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
from
Michigan
State
University
and is a
graduate
of The
Women's
Campaign
School
at Yale
University,
sponsored
by Yale
Law
School.
She is
active
with the
NAACP
and was
a
candidate
for the
2006
Michigan
State
Senate.
Jackets
for
Jobs,
Inc., a
Michigan
WORKS!
Affiliate,
is a
501c3
non-profit
organization
that
provides
career
skills
training,
employment
etiquette
and
professional
clothing
to
economically
disadvantaged
individuals
seeking
employment
in the
Metropolitan
Detroit
Area.
For more
information,
please
visit
www.jacketsforjobs.org
or email
avaughn@jacketsforjobs.org
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