Kathy Kerry, front, and Amy Hardy, with Dress for Success, assist Butler Memorial Hospital staff who shopped for clothing at a mobile store at Butler Memorial Hospital in May. The next registered distribution will be Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Butler SUCCEED, 150 N. Main St. in Butler. Butler Eagle file photo

The Dress for Success boutique in the Holly Pointe Building saw five or six women come in every week to browse the racks in search of clothing to wear for job interviews or to supplement their current workplace wardrobes. That number was dwarfed by the 25 to 30 women who attend the mobile and pop-up clothing distribution events hosted by the organization.

Seeing that transportation and time was a barrier for these women, Butler Dress for Success closed its office in July in favor of increasing the already far more popular pop-up events.

According to Liz Mims, client services director for Dress for Success Pittsburgh, a problem for many women seeking employment is “how do you get clothing for a job when you don’t have the job yet?”

“We were seeing transportation as a barrier in Butler County,” she said. “So we decided we were going to meet women where they were — literally.”

Dress for Success provides business casual clothing and shoes, as well as amenities like lotion, shampoo, conditioner and other hygiene products, primarily for working women and women who are entering the workforce.

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