Goodwill collected business clothes donations from employees of more than 50 companies at the Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer office at Short Pump on Friday. Photos by Burl Rolett.
A who’s who of the Richmond real estate scene came together over the last six weeks for a good cause.
Suit Up started last month as a used clothing drive that local real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer had hoped to put on with the help of 15 or so other local firms.
By Friday, Thalhimer and more than 50 other companies had filled a sea of blue Goodwill donation crates and some of its own makeshift collection boxes with nearly 4,400 pounds of suits, sport coats, blazers, slacks, dresses and other business wear.
“We absolutely – not on purpose – blew Goodwill up to where they had no more bins,” said Nick Schimick, Thalhimer’s director of marketing.
And that was Friday morning’s number. Goodwill’s Laura Faison said the nonprofit is still counting clothes.
Suit Up ran from Sept. 1 to Oct. 17. The companies that participated include some of the biggest names in local real estate such as Lingerfelt Cos., Highwoods Properties, Baskervill, Odell Associates, Marchetti Properties, Timmons Group, Shamin Hotels and Walter Parks Architects.
An event was held Friday to wrap up and celebrate the initiative at Thalhimer’s headquarters across from West Broad Village in Short Pump.
Brokers Eric Robison, Pam Strieffler, Jason Guillot and Isaac DeRegibus all had a hand in putting the drive together. Nicki Jassy served as a Thalhimer liaison to the nonprofit throughout the program.
The clothing Suit Up collected won’t end up in Goodwill’s retail stores. The items will be reserved for participants in Goodwill’s job training programs.
Goodwill collected business clothes donations from employees of more than 50 companies at the Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer office at Short Pump on Friday. Photos by Burl Rolett.
A who’s who of the Richmond real estate scene came together over the last six weeks for a good cause.
Suit Up started last month as a used clothing drive that local real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer had hoped to put on with the help of 15 or so other local firms.
By Friday, Thalhimer and more than 50 other companies had filled a sea of blue Goodwill donation crates and some of its own makeshift collection boxes with nearly 4,400 pounds of suits, sport coats, blazers, slacks, dresses and other business wear.
“We absolutely – not on purpose – blew Goodwill up to where they had no more bins,” said Nick Schimick, Thalhimer’s director of marketing.
And that was Friday morning’s number. Goodwill’s Laura Faison said the nonprofit is still counting clothes.
Suit Up ran from Sept. 1 to Oct. 17. The companies that participated include some of the biggest names in local real estate such as Lingerfelt Cos., Highwoods Properties, Baskervill, Odell Associates, Marchetti Properties, Timmons Group, Shamin Hotels and Walter Parks Architects.
An event was held Friday to wrap up and celebrate the initiative at Thalhimer’s headquarters across from West Broad Village in Short Pump.
Brokers Eric Robison, Pam Strieffler, Jason Guillot and Isaac DeRegibus all had a hand in putting the drive together. Nicki Jassy served as a Thalhimer liaison to the nonprofit throughout the program.
The clothing Suit Up collected won’t end up in Goodwill’s retail stores. The items will be reserved for participants in Goodwill’s job training programs.