Engaging Future Community Leaders
Leadership Joplin is a program developed by the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by community businesses to identify, cultivate and motivate future community leaders. Leadership Joplin is in its 34th year with more than 850 graduates. This informative and thought-provoking program introduces participants to the community, exposes them to its challenges and requires them to fully participate in the 12-session curriculum. In addition, Leadership Joplin provides a strategic curriculum to enhance participants’ leadership skills and creates a dialogue for discussion on relevant topics and assessment of case studies, ultimately supporting the Chamber’s strategic initiatives and goals.
Dress to Impress
Class Project - Collaboration with Young Professionals Network
Project Leaders: Sherry Noller & Pat Nagel
Leadership Joplin Program Sponsor:
JACC Staff: Martha Getz - YP
JACC Staff: Ginger LaMar - LJ
2017
Leadership Joplin Service Project
Dress to Impress Professional Clothing Giveaway, a partnership between JACC Young Professionals Network and MSSU Career Services, provides students with professional attire to prepare them for job interviews, build professional wardrobe, and coach them on appropriate professional dress.
How to sign up:
Sort Nights & Event Set Up (Sign up for one shift)
March 9, March 10 & March 14
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Day of Event - March 15 (Sign up for one shift)
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Dress to Impress Volunteer Needs
Sort Nights
Volunteers (March 9 & March 10)
Selector - The Selector will gothrough all donated clothes to pull undesirable and inappropriate garments.
Sorter– Sorters will separate clothing for men and women, as well as hang up clothes.
Hanging
Clothes
Organizer – Organizers will organize clothes according to size and type.
Pants
Organizer – You will sort all pants and skirts by size and gender. Also, pulling unprofessional attire if needed.
Rover – Liaison between pants room and main sort room. Also delivering clothes to sorters for sorting. Collecting garments that will not be used for this event in bags and boxes to be donated. Able to lift 25+ lbs.
Suit Sizer – Focus on organizing suits according to size and/or determining approximate size.
Set up Volunteers (March 14)
Mover – Transport clothing racks from sort room to Ballroom.
Pants/Skirts – Organize and display pants and skirts by size and gender.
Accessories – Organize and display jewelry, scarves and other accessories
Shoes/Ties – Organize and display shoes by size and ties by color.
Suit Sizer - Focus on organizing suits according to size and/or determining approximate size.
Day of Dress to
Impress Event Volunteers (March 15)
Shopping
Assistant
– Individually assist students to select 3-4 outfits to try on. After taking them to the dressing room, checking back in at the front to help another student.
Women’s Dressing Room Attendant – Help students make final outfit selections, manage available rooms and hang up discarded items to be put away.
Men’s Dressing Room Attendant - Help students make final outfit selections, manage available rooms and hang up discarded items to be put away.
Accessories
Assistant
– Help students find accessories and shoes to complete their selected outfit. Organize accessories as needed.
Checkout Station – Bag selected clothing and accessories for the student to take home.
Floor Associate – Re-stock discarded items to appropriate racks or tables.
Condensing racks and tear down (8) – Begin condensing racks and tables as the event ends. After 5 pm, begin boxing up leftover clothes and tearing down racks.
No Charge for event
