NYC nonprofit celebrates 25 years helping dress thousands of women and land jobs
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Finding a new job can be challenging. But one formerly homeless Bronx woman is getting help from the nonprofit Bottomless Closet.
The perfect outfit for a job interview to make that first impression can be tough and expensive. Bottomless Closet is a place that’s helped about 50,000 New York City women get new wardrobes, training, and a new outlook on life.
Bronx resident Diana King said it’s been a tough decade. A former well-known New York radio DJ, she lost her job and became homeless. King said the hardest part, after losing her job, was then losing her home, and most importantly losing hope. But in 2018, through the Bowery Mission, she was connected to Bottomless Closet.
King said she got her confidence back. Executive director Melissa Norden said her nonprofit provides a wardrobe and critical workforce training to transform women's lives.
Bottomless Closet‘s 25th anniversary was celebrated at a spring gala at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan. The event raised critical funds to continue their work.
Monica Morales, the host of the TV show and segment “Monica Makes It Happen,” served as the MC at the event. PIX11’s news director, Nicole Tindiglia, executive producer Veronica Kennedy, and community affairs director Ofelia Castiblanco, were also in attendance.
Right now, the Bottomless Closet is in short supply of plus-size blazers and cardigans and always needs new volunteers.