The 21st Annual Fashioning Futures Luncheon took place at the Sinclair Conference Center on October 24th, 2024. The theme – Shifting into Gear. This theme represented Clothes That Work’s growth over the past year with the launch of the Mobile Outreach Initiative, and their anticipated expansion into a new location in July 2025.

            The Fashioning Futures Luncheon serves as a celebration of those who have leveraged CTW’s services to launch into the next chapter of their employment journey. This year, Clothes That Work featured eight former clients as Fashioning Futures models. Each model showcased their business professional look on the runway to cheers of support from over 460 attendees. A video featuring each model provided insight into the circumstances that brought each of them to Clothes That Work.

            The support for Clothes That Work, and the client models, was reflected in the donations received during the event. The goal was $20,000, but thanks to the generous attendees, Clothes That Work raised over $29,000 in total to support programs and services.

Clothes That Work will host the 22nd Annual Fashioning Futures Luncheon on Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, at Sinclair Conference Center. Sign up for the CTW mailing list to stay up to date on news and upcoming events.

(Left to right: Baba Laye Sarr, Tozene Jackson, Sheldon Shells, Valentina Carson, Sir’Anthony Keyton, Rodney Hill Jr., Sha’Kiesha Thompson. Not Pictured: Kermith Morton)

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