First Step Program: March 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Women Mean Business Luncheon - March 31, 2009

The 15th Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon benefiting First Step is on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 from 11:30AM to 2:00PM at The Pierre Hotel, Fifth Avenue at 61st Street, New York City. PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE TODAY! For more information about sponsorship opportunities, click here.
Please contact 212.776.2056 or Redelman@cfthomeless.org for more information.

About First Step

Founded in 1991 and a program of Coalition for the Homeless, First Step’s innovative 14-week curriculum includes over 75 hours of computer instruction, along with literacy workshops, communication and interpersonal skills development, and other hands-on activities that give students a thorough and practical understanding of the job market and workplace. First Step also places students in internships with major corporations, law firms or nonprofit organizations, and offers mentoring by experienced professional women. We also provide a lifetime of post-graduate services, including job placement assistance, ongoing mentoring from staff and volunteers, additional training seminars and workshops, and numerous networking opportunities with alumni and business professionals. Free metrocards and a continental breakfast provided to current students and graduates doing job search activities. Each year First Step helps hundreds of women achieve a newfound sense of self-esteem and direction. The program has proven to be highly effective, with over 75 percent of last year’s graduates securing full-time employment. At present, approximately 85 percent of those who were placed in jobs in the last year remain employed.

Prospective Partners
If you work at a company, law firm or nonprofit and are interested in partnering with us, opportunities include hiring our graduates, hosting interns, providing corporate days, mentoring and teaching workforce development workshops. Please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org.

Graduates
If you are looking for a job, need to update your resume, have some social service issues you need assistance with, want to give back (by hiring a graduate, hosting an intern, providing a corporate day, speaking to a class and/or getting involved with the Graduate Committee) or just want to say hello, please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org. You know our motto - "Once a First Stepper, always a First Stepper!"

Prospective Students
Are you a woman 18 years or older living in New York City who would like to learn the skills necessary to obtain a better job in today's job market? Would you like to learn more about First Step? If so, come learn about First Step at an information session. To sign up for an information session, please call (212) 776-2074 or email firststepadmin@cfthomeless.org.

Donations
As we are a nonprofit organization, we rely on donations to continue and expand the crucial services we provide to our vulnerable clients. To make a monetary donation, please click here. We also welcome in-kind donations of clothing, books and other items. Please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org to make an in-kind donation.

Our Partners

Albert G. Oliver Program
Barrier Free Living
Bottomless Closet
Bumble & bumble
Career Gear
CNN
Columbia University School of Law
Columbia University School of Social Work
Community Service Society
Consortium for Worker Education (CWE)
Credit Suisse
CT Corsearch
Draftfcb
Dress for Success
Environmental Defense Fund
Euro RSCG Adrenaline
First Step Advisory Board
First Step Graduate Committee
Food Bank for New York City
Fordham Graduate School of Social Service
GE
Gersten Savage
GMHC
God's Love We Deliver
Goodwin Proctor
HBO
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Integral Yoga
InterAsian
JPMorgan Chase
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Kramer Levin
Lottaluv
Macy's Merchandising Group
Mad Dog Films
Microsoft
Mintz Levin
NAPO
NBC Universal
Neuman's Catering
New York Business Group on Health
Newsweek
NYU School of Social Work
OVID Technologies
Schulte Roth & Zabel
Strand Book Stores
The Albert G. Oliver Program
The Estee Lauder Companies
The Legal Aid Society
Time Warner Cable
Touro-Harlem Medical Library
United Way of NYC
Urban Justice Center
Visiting Nurse Service
Wilmer Hale

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