Celebrating 5 Years of Empowering Women
In a year dominated by the global Covid-19 pandemic, we were thankful to be able to celebrate the 5th anniversaries of Image Mission and Dress for Success® Singapore.
Our anniversary event on 26 September 2020 celebrated our journey as well as the invaluable partnerships forged with our community partners, corporate partners, donors, volunteers and clients.
Highlights of the event included:
- Congratulatory message from Joi Gordon, CEO Dress for Success® Worldwide
- Guest speaker, radio and TV personality Georgina Chang on Digital Empowerment
- Client testimonial and live performance by Slyvia
- Hainanese kaya making cook-along with social enterprise, Food Playground
Awards were also presented to the following in recognition of their outstanding support:
Community Partner 2020: Daughters of Tomorrow
DOT is our biggest community partner who shares a common mission to support women to achieve economic independence. Our partnership is a demonstration of how charities can work together to complement each other and give the best of both worlds to our clients.
CSR Partner 2020: 33 Talent
33 Talent is one of our corporate partners who believe in long term partnership. Since November 2018, their team of 13 recruitment specialists have been volunteering every week as coaches to our clients.
Corporate Partner 2020: The Fifth Collection
The Fifth Collection has supported us since 2018 with the generous donation of pre-loved workwear for our clients, as well as luxury clothing and accessories that have raised over $10,000 at our fundraising events.
Star Fundraiser: Joanne Ong
Joanne Ong has been our Ambassador since July 2019 and in less than a year, has raised more than $17,000 to support our cause.
Founder’s Award for Volunteerism
- Xu Zhihong joined us in 2017 and has been a dedicated volunteer clocking in every week at the office to support administration and operations
- Yong Qiao Qing has been a volunteer coach and stylist since 2018 and has since taken on a Lead role in outreach. Qiao Qing is also our volunteer data protection officer
- Anja van Putten joined as a volunteer stylist in 2019 and has since taken on a Lead role in boutique support
Long Service Awards
- Dorine Lee: Board Director, Programme Development (December 2015 – July 2019)
- Jen Wong: Board Director, Partnerships (August 2015 – July 2019); registered member of Image Mission Ltd (since August 2019)
- Cheryl Ong: Board Director, Finance (December 2015 – November 2019); Board Director, Stakeholder Relations (since December 2019)
- Elizabeth Chew: Board Director, Communications (since August 2015); Board Chair (since April 2020)
Acknowledgements
Thank you to everyone who joined our celebration and special thanks to our event sponsors – Bynd Artisan, Capri by Fraser, Food Playground and Georgina Chang!
Thank you also to our Event Committee volunteers for putting together such a great programme, MC Ian Feldman and video montage producer Jonathan Teo.
