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Jackets for
Jobs, Inc.
Year In Review
2009
January 2009
·
Michigan Women's Lawyers Association-Clothing
drive for JFJ
February 2009
·
Alison Vaughn, Founder & CEO-awarded “Women
of Excellence Award”-Michigan
Chronicle Newspaper
·
Takeda Pharmaceutical-
conducts clothing drive for JFJ
·
Women In Defense-
conducts Clothing drive for JFJ
·
Alison Vaughn & Betty Henderson, JFJ Career
Wardrobe Director honored in Who’s Who
in Black Detroit
·
Alison, Mistress of Ceremony-Messiah
Missionary Baptist Church Black History
Month Celebration
·
Alison speaker at L.I.F.T. Program
for women
March 2009
·
Jackets for Jobs-celebrates 9 years
·
Detroit Chamber of Commerce,
Detroit Leadership Conference-conducts
clothing drive for JFJ
·
Women In Defense-
clothing drive for JFJ
·
Alison Vaughn-speaker @ Detroit Urban
League “Mature Workers” program
·
Beaumont Hospital(Social
Workers) –conducts clothing drive for JFJ
·
Dow Corning-clothing
drive for JFJ
·
Dow Chemical-clothing
drive for JFJ
APRIL
2009
-
Talbots
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Ameriprise
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Deloitte
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Brook
Cushman
Law
Firm
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Delta
Sigma
Beta
Sorority
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Wayne
State
University
conducts
clothing
drive
MAY 2009
Jackets
for
Jobs
&
NAACP
co-sponsor
Jobs!
Jobs!
Jobs!
Job
fair
at
COBO
Hall
June
2009
-
Fox2
News,
features
Jackets
for
Jobs
on
the
"Fox2
News
Job
Shop"
special
-
Delphi
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Alison
Vaughn,
speaks
@
DTE
Energy
women's
group
event
July
2009
-
Blue
Cross/Blue
Shield
conducts
clothing
drive
-
A.
Vaughn
receives
"Leaders,
legends
& Luminaries"
award
from
Lakeshore
Engineering
-
Schoolcraft
College
donates
clothes
JFJ
-
Women
In
Defense
supports
Jackets
for
Jobs
@
their
annual
golf
outing.
-
Vaughn
writes
an
article
“Corporate
Golf
can
advance
your
career”
in
Michigan
Chronicle
&
Michigan
Front
Page
August
2009
September
2009
-
Betty
Henderson,
JFJ
Career
Wardrobe
Director
speaks
@
Partnering
for
Impact
-
Alison
Vaughn
speaks
@
Focus
Hope
-
BASF
Corporation conducts clothing drive
-
Vaughn
&
Henderson
speak
@
Monica
House
-
DTE
Energy
employees
volunteer
for
the
day
-
Vaughn
writes
an
article-“How
to
avoid
7
work
fashion
pitfalls”
in
Michigan
Chronicle
&
Michigan
Front
Page
October
2009
-
Alison
speaks
@
Groves
High
School
for
their
Fashion
Club
-
Talbots
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Allstate
Insurance conducts clothing drive
-
Deca
Club
Farmington
Hills
High
conducts
clothing
drive
-
JFJ,
Wayne
State
University
&
TJ
Maxx
host
“You
Too
Can
Make
It”
event
at
Wayne
State
University
November
2009
-
Troy
Chamber
of
Commerce
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Vaughn
&
Henderson
attend
The
Women’s
Alliance
Conference
in
Chicago,
IL
-
Merrill
Lynch
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Vaughn
receives
the
Humanitarian
Award
from
the
Top
Ladies
of
Distinction
at
their
35th
annual
leadership
conference
-
Vaughn,
Mistress
of
Ceremony
@
Top
Ladies
of
Distinction
35th
annual
leadership
conference
-
Women
In
Defense conducts clothing drive
-
Trinity
United
Methodist
Church
conducts
clothing
drive
-
Melting
Pot
conducts
clothing
drive
w/
“Girls
night
Out”
event
-
Fox
2
News
features
Alison/Jackets
for
Jobs
for
their
“Holiday
Connection”
TV
special
December
2009
-
Hour
Magazine
highlights
JFJ
in
their
“December
giving”
article
-
JFJ
a
sponsor
for
the
Michigan
Chronicle
Legacy
in
Motion
Dinner/Gala
-
Fox
2
News
features
Alison/Jackets
for
Jobs
for
their
“Holiday
Connection”
TV
special
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2008
January
· TJ Maxx begins million-dollar construction
for Jackets for Jobs, 2nd office
February
· Alison Vaughn speaker @ Detroit Urban
League
March
· Jackets for Jobs, Inc 8th anniversary
· Alison Vaughn speaker @ “Be Blessed”
seminar at University of Michigan Dearborn
· Jackets for Jobs participates in MBPA
Women & Leadership conference –Livonia, MI
· Jackets for Jobs participates University
of Michigan “On The Move” College Workshop
· Alison Vaughn speaker @ Business
Professionals of America conference in Grand
Rapids, MI
· Dow Corning conducts clothing Drive
· Vaughn invited guest for Governor Jennifer
Granholm’s Town Hall Meeting in Grand
Rapids, MI
April
· Jackets for Jobs Grand Opening of 2nd
location downtown Detroit, thanks to TJ Maxx
· Chrysler Financial conducts clothing drive
· Jackets for Jobs & NAACP co-sponsor Jobs!
Jobs! Jobs! At CoBo Hall-Detroit
· Delphi conducts clothing drive
May
· Wayne State University conducts clothing
drive
· Merrill Lynch conducts clothing drive
· North Congregational church conducts
clothing drive
June
· Alison speaker @ International Buy Black
Weekend at CoBo Hall-Detroit
· Jackets for Jobs participates in “Spring
Into Action” Career Fair sponsored by
Detroit Workforce Development Dept.
· Talbots conducts clothing drive
July
· Jackets for Jobs, Inc & TJ Maxx sponsor
“Put Your Best Foot Forward” hosted by 2008
Miss America, Kirsten Haglund
August
· Vaughn, guest on “Talk of the Town” TV
show with Frankie Darcell
October
· Jackets for Jobs & TJ Maxx sponsor “A Tie
To Remember” hosted by Murray Feldman, Fox 2
News
· Alison Vaughn, speaker @ Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority(AKA) Youth Empowerment Seminar
· Jackets for Jobs highlighted at Black
United Fund-Michigan Dinner
· Alison, Mistress of Ceremony @ Top Ladies
of Distinction (TLOD) Scholarship luncheon
· Vaughn, speak before Detroit City Council
regarding JFJ’s involvement to the community
November
· Vaughn, featured in November/December
issue of Ambassador Magazine
· Alison, Judge in the Miss Teen Detroit
Pageant
· Jackets for Jobs receives award from Payne
Pullium School
· Troy, MI Chamber of Commerce conducts
clothing drive
· Alison, speaks at The Women's Alliance
Conference in Miami, Fl
December
· Jackets for Jobs receives award from TWW &
Associates-Foundations Intergenerational
Institute
· Pepsi Bottling Company conducts clothing
drive
2007
January 2007
*Alison Vaughn, Founder & CEO received
“Community Service” award from Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Alpha Rho Chapter.
February 2007
*DTE Energy sponsors clothing drive.
*DiamlerChrysler sponsors clothing drive.
March 2007
*Alison Vaughn honored from Alabama A & M
University as “Entrepreneur Of The Year”
*Merrill Lynch sponsors clothing drive
*DiamlerChrysler sponsors clothing drive.
*New Metro Detroit club of NANBPWC sponsors
clothing drive
*Jackets for Jobs-celebrates 7 years of
service
April 2007
*Jackets for Jobs, Inc selected as “Charity
of The Month” for 105.9 FM – Radio
*Delphi conducts clothing drive
*Jackets for Jobs, Inc & NAACP co-sponsor
Job Fair, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs @ COBO Hall
May 2007
*Carolyn Watts, Jackets for Jobs, Inc
program coordinator, keynote speaker @ Arab
Community Center for Equality & Social
Services (ACCESS)for their Mother’s Day
Program
*Alison guest speaker @ National Sales
Network (Detroit Chapter) luncheon
*Alison guest speaker @ International
Women’s Expo-Success Strategies for Women
June 2007
*JFJ, Wolverine Bar Association & Detroit
Legal Community sponsor “Law Suits” Drive
*JFJ highlighted at Wolverine Bar
Association Presidents Dinner
July 2007
*Oakland Press selects JFJ for charity event
September 2007
*Talbots, of Grosse Pointe conducts clothing
drive
*Alison keynote speaker @ Focus Hope
*Eileen Fisher, Somerset Mall host charity
event for Jackets for Jobs
*JFJ and TJX Company form partnership
October 2007
*Jackets for Jobs host Domestic Violence
event with G.O.D.D.E.S.S, Inc.
*Corinthian Lodge #38 Clothing Drive
November 2007
*Alison guest speaker for National Sales
Network @ Wayne County Community College
*JFJ participates in “Women Empowerment
Series” @ Citadel of Praise
*Max Mara, Somerset Mall sponsor clothing
drive
*Alison featured in Who’s Who of Detroit
*JFJ highlighted on WDIV, Local 4-NBC for
Public Service Announcement
*Alison was a judge in the “Miss Teen
Detroit” Pageant
December 2007
DTE Energy conducts clothing drive
2006
FEBRUARY 2006
-Jackets for Jobs, Inc. selected charity
to participate in Motown Winter Blast, The
backdrop event for SuperBowl XL in Detroit.
-JFJ and Ciroc partner for Black History
Month for "Grapevine Film Series".
MARCH 2006
-JFJ 6th ANNIVERSARY
-DaimlerChrysler conducts a clothing drive
for JFJ.
APRIL 2006
- NBC’s Today Show airs one year follow-up
story on JFJ.
-JFJ and NAACP co-sponsor Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
Career fair at CoBo Hall (thousands attend)
MAY 2006
-Alison Vaughn, Founder & CEO becomes a
candidate for the Michigan State Senate
-Merrill Lynch conducts a clothing drive for
JFJ
JUNE 2006
-JFJ featured in DaimlerChrysler's Anual
Report
-JFJ gives free suits to fathers for
"Father’s Day". WDIV, Channel 4 covers
story.
JULY 2006
-JFJ rings closing bell on NASDAQ in New
York.
OCTOBER 2006
-Pepsi conducts a clothing drive
-Alison Vaughn, inducted into the Who's Who
of Black Detroit
2005
JANUARY 2005
-DaimlerChrysler selects JFJ as their
charity for the North American International
Auto Show and awards JFJ $25,000
FEBRUARY 2005
-JFJ & Former Detroit Piston, Derrick
Coleman partner to launch JFJ men's program.
-Derrick Coleman donates $50,000 worth of
men's clothes to JFJ.
MARCH 2005
-JFJ -5TH ANNIVERSARY
APRIL 2005
-JFJ selected as NBC's Today Show -Lend
-A-Hand Charity. Sears donates $25,000 worth
of merchandise and Toyota donates a 2005
Sienna Minivan.
MAY 2005
-JFJ & Daimler Chrysler featured in the May
issue of O' Oprah Magazine
-JFJ featured on AOL Black Voices
JUNE 2005
-Alison Vaughn, founder & CEO graduates from
Word of Faith Bible school
OCTOBER 2005
-Donald Trump & the NBC hit TV show
"Apprentice" cast donate to JFJ.
DECEMBER 2005
-Xerox Corporation donates and conducts
clothing drive
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