When you’re on the lookout for a spot to donate gently used office-appropriate clothes, there is a clothes drive to “swimsuit” that mission.
The inaugural Profession Closet Extravaganza might be held from eight a.m. to four p.m. Aug. 11-12, with clothes drop-off on the MTSU Alumni Home positioned at 2263 Center Tennessee Blvd. No parking cross is required as donors might use the customer house to drop off objects.
Hosted by MTSAU’s Alumni Workplace and the Profession Growth Heart, clothes drive subsequent will assist restock the MTSU Profession Closet, previously referred to as Raiders’ Closet.
The Profession Growth Heart’s Profession Closet is positioned in Keathley College Heart offers gently used skilled apparel out there for gratis for college students in search of their first internship or job interview, defined middle director Beka Crocket.
College students might purchase one full outfit every college yr from the closet.
“We’re so grateful for the help of our neighborhood, alumni, college and workers to help the Profession Growth Heart in offering this chance for our college students,” Crocket mentioned.
Whereas all donations are welcome, high-need objects embody ladies’s blouses, plus-size clothes, blazers with out shoulder pads and belts. Males’s objects wanted embody tall slacks and measurement 28-32 waisted slacks.
“We’re very excited to companion with the Profession Growth Heart on this inaugural occasion,” mentioned Kristen Janson, assistant director of Alumni Relations. “The Profession Closet is an unbelievable useful resource for college students. I’ve seen many college students all through the years profit from the generosity of our alumni. It’s so fulfilling to see Blue Raiders give again to our neighborhood.”
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Virginia Hemby, a professor of enterprise training within the Division of Advertising within the Jones Faculty of Enterprise, based Raiders’ Closet in January 2013 and has run the service with the assistance of donors’ monetary and clothes contributions.
Those that can’t make it to campus for the occasion however nonetheless wish to assist can go to the MTSU Basis web site at https://bit.ly/mtcareercloset. Select a financial donation quantity, choose “Different” then write “Raiders Closet” on the memo line.
You can too write a verify to the MTSU Basis and put “Raiders Closet” on the memo line. Mail to Workplace of Growth, MTSU P.O. Field 109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132.
The Profession Closet is positioned in KUC Room 327 and is open from 9 a.m. to three:30 p.m. Monday by way of Friday. For questions in regards to the closet, e mail kim.collins@mtsu.edu or name 615-898-5467.
Situated in KUC Room 328, the Profession Growth Heart presents a myriad of on-line and in-person companies to assist college students discover the job for them. Study extra at mtsu.edu/profession.
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