SEQUIM — Women are encouraged to clean out their closets and refresh their wardrobes with United Way of Clallam County’s Project 10 Clothing Swap next month.
The event, scheduled from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Guy Cole Event Center, 144 N. Blake Ave., aims to bring women together from all walks of life to embrace their personal style and body confidence, organizers said.
They also aim to provide women access to the professional clothing they need to enter or re-enter the workforce.
Participants can register at e.givesmart.com/events/un4 for $10, then donate 10 items that “no longer fit your body, your lifestyle or your vibe,” organizers said.
Then, shop the swap and go home with 10 new items for the wardrobe.
In addition to the 10 donated items, participants are invited to bring up to three dresses (or non-dress full outfits) that would be appropriate for a guest at a formal event such as a wedding or prom.
As a branch of the fundraising element of Project 10, event organizers will accept designer purses in good condition as well as unopened luxury self-care items like toiletries, makeup and perfume; gift cards for stores and services, and more for the Packed Purse.
The purses will be “packed” with these goodies and raffled off at the end of the clothing swap. Raffle tickets will be available for purchase at the event.
Participants do not need to be present to win.
Those interested can help in other ways: donate $10 so someone else can attend; donate a formal item to the dress closet; donate a designer purse or specialty item to the Packed Purse Raffle; buy raffle tickets for the Packed Purse Raffle at the event or become an event sponsor.
Contact Development Director Jaycie Wakefield to discuss sponsorship levels and benefits at jaycie@unitedwayclallam.org.
Donations should be clothes and accessories for women that are in good condition (no rips, holes or stains) and that could be work appropriate for work environments ranging from casual to office professional.
The event is not accepting shoes, earrings, undergarments or leggings.
Drop off donations through July 25 at the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, 1192 E. Washington St., between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, or at the United Way of Clallam County, 319 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Register, sponsor or get more details at e.givesmart.com/events/un4.
The Project 10 Clothing Swap is hosted by Women United and sponsored by United Way of Clallam County and Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce.
