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Dress for Success Regina has entered a new era. The non-profit, which aims to help women and non-binary people gain economic independence, recently held a grand opening for its new location at 1920 Hamilton St. Along with the new digs is a new face.

Shannon Chernick is now the program director at Dress for Success. In fact, the June 4 grand opening was only Chernick's second day on the job. "[It's] exciting for me because it means this organization is very healthy.



Clearly the volunteers, they're extremely committed. Everyone's working really hard," Chernick said. Along with work attire, Dress for Success provides a professional women's group where women mentor each other and do skill building exercises on different employment opportunities.

Chernick calls it "wrap-around service" for people while they're trying to find employment in the community. She said that in her new role, she hopes to double the number of clients they serve. Right now the non-profit has approximately 70 volunteers and serves about 160 clients each year.

Dress for Success Regina has moved from the third floor of Westminster United Church to 1920 Hamilton St. (Laura Sciarpelletti/CBC) Dress for Success first opened in 2008, and called the third floor of Westminster United Church home for years. But with longevity comes growth, and Dress for Success eventually outgrew the space.

"We're really excited about this location. We loved our relationship with Westminster United Church. They were very good to us.

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