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O’Dell Women’s Center presents $250K to eight non-profits serving low-income women from Springfield

We at Dress for Success Western MA want to express our deepest gratitude to the O’Dell Women’s Center for their generous support! Your grant helps us empower women in our community, giving them the tools they need to achieve financial independence and success. We are honored to be recognized alongside such incredible organizations—Girls Inc. of the Valley, United Way of Pioneer Valley, South End Community Center, The Gray House, Inc., HCS Head Start, Hope for Youth and Families, and Parent Villages—all working hard to create positive change in our community. We are truly grateful for your generosity and for helping...

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December 2024- Alyn Caley

  Alyn Caley is a Transformation Facilitator and Somatic Inner Healing Guide, Self Love Trailblazer, Mama, and Founder of The Wellspring Wellness Co., a holistic wellness company that mentors women into freedom from trauma so they can increase their impact and influence in this world. Through her own journey of addiction, a 15-year battle with anorexia, and as a survivor of sexual abuse, she has made it her soul’s mission here on Earth to empower women to heal their most painful wounds, so they can activate their confidence, awaken their most powerful gifts, and thrive in a life fueled by...

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December 2024 – Iris Rivera

  Born in Kentucky on an Army Base and raised in Holyoke, Iris Rivera has lived in Springfield for 19 years. She loves to crochet, design and create clothing, and sing in her spare time. Currently, she is a Property Manager responsible for maintaining twelve properties. Through her experience with Dress for Success of Western Mass, she decided to pursue a training program to become a Line Cook.   Iris has always considered herself a go-getter, striving to learn new things and grow. Iris shared that “the sky is the limit, leaving nothing but the opportunity to gain important values...

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Join the Dress for Success Wester MA 25th Anniversary Club!⭐

    Thanks to supporters like you, Dress for Success of Western Massachusetts serves hundreds of women and non-binary people in Western Mass every year. Your support and belief in our cause keeps us going strong. 25 years strong, to be precise!   In honor of our 25th Anniversary, we’re launching a new peer-to-peer campaign to raise $25,000 to help fund our continuum of workforce readiness programming. We would love it if you could participate.   Will you join the DFSWM 25th Anniversary Club?   Our goal is to recruit at least 25 of supporters to collect donations of $25 or more...