{"id":42984,"date":"2013-09-18T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T22:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=42984"},"modified":"2013-09-20T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T23:48:13","slug":"gavar-members-help-others-get-suited-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/09\/18\/gavar-members-help-others-get-suited-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"GAVAR members help others get \u2018Suited for Success\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(L to R) Mental Health America Director Judy Cooperberg, MHA member Harriet Johnson, and GAVAR President Roe Leer. Johnson is suited for success, thanks to MHA’s Employment Clothes Closet. The Closet received more than 400 items from GAVAR and the Rotary Club of Lancaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Donated items were on display at a press conference Wednesday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 Nearly-new skirt and pant suits, blazers and jackets, professional shoes and handbags were on display at a press conference at Mental Health America (MHA) in Lancaster Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The items were some of more than 400 articles of business wear recently donated to MHA\u2019s Employment Clothes Closet, a program that provides MHA members with gently used or new professional attire to wear on job interviews and in the workplace.<\/p>\n

The massive, much-needed donation came courtesy of the Greater Antelope Valley Association of REALTORS\u00ae (GAVAR), with help from the Rotary Club of Lancaster and George\u2019s Cleaners.<\/p>\n

\"Suited<\/a>\u201cI\u2019m just thrilled with the realtors, the brokers, agents, staff, affiliates, friends, spouses and clients\u2026 We feel good doing this, and we know the people who receive it will receive it in that light,\u201d said GAVAR President Roe Leer.<\/p>\n

This is the second year of MHA\u2019s \u201cSuited for Success\u201d clothing drive, which helps remove a tremendous barrier for MHA members who don\u2019t have an adequate wardrobe for interviews or work, according to MHA Executive Director Judy Cooperberg.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only did GAVAR donate a ton of clothing, Rotary Club of Lancaster also donated a ton of clothing\u2026 and George\u2019s Cleaners, for the second time, is a partner in this project,\u201d Cooperberg said, adding that George\u2019s Cleaners dry cleaned the donated clothing for free.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is really geared for all of our members here at MHA, whether it\u2019s our transition-aged youth, many of which have come out of foster care, the folks who are coming through our homeless assistance program, and also our veterans,\u201d Cooperberg continued.<\/p>\n

MHA member Harriett Johnson attended the press conference wearing items from MHA\u2019s Employment Clothes Closet. She said the donation was \u201ca blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFinding work isn\u2019t easy these days but I feel good going out in the clothes that have been provided to me,\u201d Johnson stated. \u201cLooking right gives me confidence, and I love the compliments I get.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 Nearly-new skirt and pant suits, blazers and jackets, professional shoes and handbags were on display at a press conference at Mental Health America (MHA) in Lancaster Wednesday morning. The items were some of more than 400 articles of business wear recently donated to MHA\u2019s Employment Clothes Closet, a program that provides MHA members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}