Dress for Success: an Official Charity at Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon and 5km-Walk on June 28, 2015

    VANCOUVER, BC, June 12, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dress for Success Vancouver Society ("Dress for Success" or the "Organization") is pleased to announce its participation in the Scotiabank ("Scotia") Half-Marathon and 5km-Walk (the "event") that is taking place on Sunday, June 28, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia. As the event gears up, Dress for Success invites participants to choose the organization as their charity of choice and fundraise on behalf of Dress for Success. Funds will go to support the organization's ongoing efforts to help women gain the confidence they need to get back into the workforce.

All proceeds raised will go to the organization and Scotia will provide 10 additional cash prizes for the official charity with the largest total dollars raised, largest number of fundraising runners, largest average dollars raised per fundraising runner and/or the individual fundraising runner with the largest total dollars raised. If you're already participating or thinking about registering, please be sure to fundraise on behalf Dress for Success as you run for a meaningful cause that helps women throughout the community.

For runners, Scotia's incentive program includes a variety of free entries, gear, prices and/or great pre/post-run parties. Dress for Success will have a booth in the Charity Village at the event so, on race day, participants will have the opportunity to meet the team of incredible people who serve to support women everyday throughout the community.

To register Dress for Success as your charity of choice, please do so here: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/LocationHome.aspx?eventid=154764&langpref=en-CA&locationID=165665&Referrer=http://www.canadarunningseries.com/svhm/svhmCHARITY.htm. Those unable to participate may still donate to Dress for Success here: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=2689148.

"Dress for Success is honoured to be one of the listed charities in Scotia's Half-Marathon. Each year, we've experienced such overwhelming support. We're incredibly thankful to our community members who continue to back our initiatives to help women re-gain the independence and confidence they need to get back to work. We invite everyone to meet us at the Charity Village and participate on behalf of Dress for Success. Like every year, this is going to be an incredibly fun, feel-good kind of run and we can't express how much we appreciate our supporters fundraising efforts. I'm looking forward to meeting all of our wonderful runners and walkers at this year's event," commented Christina Florencio, Marketing and Sponsorship Manager, Dress for Success, Vancouver.

About Dress for Success
Dress for Success promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help get women back into the work force and help them thrive in both work and in life. Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to more than 140 cities in 19 countries and has helped more than 850,000 women work towards self-sufficiency. https://www.dressforsuccess.org

About the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon
The Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K is part of the prestigious Canada Running Series. As one of Vancouver's premier running events, the SVHM attracts more than 7,000 runners and walkers of all levels, including many elite athletes and spectators, to the city. The Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K takes place on Sunday, June 28, starting at 7:30 a.m. for the Half-Marathon and 9:30 a.m. for the 5K. Register today at http://www.vancouverhalf.com.

On Behalf of Dress for Success,
Christina Florencio
Marketing and Sponsorship Manager

Contact
Dress for Success Vancouver
c/o Royal Bank 685 W. Hastings Street,
Vancouver B.C.
V6B 1N9

Christina Florencio
[email protected]
T: 604.408.7923 ext. 223
dfsvancouver.org

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