"Suiting Up For Success" a SUCCESS!

A HUGE thank you to the community for coming out to the Woods on South and helping raise awareness for the Uptown Shelter! Another HUGE thank you to our very own Andrea Williams for helping coordinate this fantastic event! By the end of the night the Shelter had distributed tons of materials talking about the Shelter and had received two FULL racks of professional men's clothing (suits, shirts, ties, shoes...). Take a look at these excerpts in the Charlotte Observer covering the event:

PAUL WILLIAMS III - SPECIAL TO THE OBSERVER
Jazz Jam and Professional Men's Clothing Drive

The music of trombonist Jeff Bradshaw blows guests away
at the Uptown Shelter's Jazz Jam and Professional Men's Clothing Drive May 2 at Woods on South. The more than 200 guests donated 60 suits - plus pants, jackets and ties ­for- men from the shelter to use on job interviews. Details:
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wwvv.uptownshelter.org.
The Charlotte Observer Sunday, May 18, 2008
Section H

Uptown Shelter gets a helping· hand from gallery crawl

By Andrea Williams SPECIAL TO THE POST

The Uptown Shelter started its evening by being invited to be a part of 107.9 the Link's Gallery Crawl at Woods on South restaurant May 2 ..
This gave the agency an op­portunity to expand commu­nity awareness of the. programs and services that it provides ..
Over 200 persons attended and the shelter collected over 60 suits, shirts, pants, blazers,
. ties and men's furnishings.
These items will be available to men who go on job inter­views, as well as help those who are already employed to have some business appropri­ate items to add to their wardrobe.
Jay Delai from Q92.7 hosted the event and entertainment was provided by: Tom "Ja-
maica Funk" Browne, Trom- PAUL WilLIAMS III FOR THE CHARlOTIE POST Please see UPTOWN/3B

Uptown Shelter help
Continued from page 2B bonist Jeff Bradshaw and Charlotte band Intertwined.
Operating at or over capac­ity year-round, the Uptown Shelter can house about 250
men.
The Uptown Shelter is the only agency of its kind in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, serv­ing adult men who are clean and sober. After going through the admissions process, men who enter the
shelter are assessed and then assigned a case manager. Treatment for mental health and substance abuse issues is available. Many shelter visi­tors are employed or are employed or are seeking employment.