Desert Best Friend's Closet
Cause Area
- Community
- Education & Literacy
- Employment
- Homeless & Housing
- Race & Ethnicity
Location
74040 Highway 111Suite FPALM DESERT, CA 92260 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Mission
Desert Best Friend's Closet's educates and empowers our clients for success in life and employment.
Vision
For all Coachella Valley residents to be economically self-sufficient through employment.
Description
In 2008, Desert Best Friend’s Closet (DBFC) surveyed human resources representatives from 28 companies in the desert and learned that inappropriately dressed job applicants were a problem in the community. Sixty percent of those surveyed confessed that they judge appearance first and eighty-five percent admitted they hesitate to hire someone who is dressed unprofessionally. Over two-thirds estimate that job applicants do not have the financial resources to buy appropriate interview attire or even know what to wear. As a result, DBFC was created to fill an unmet community need.