That’s where Kay Carter comes in. As executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, for the last five years Carter has overseen the distribution of food and grocery items to over 650 nonprofit agencies and churches around North and South Carolina. In 2006-07, the Food Bank, which was established in 1981, distributed over 20 million pounds of food and groceries through 19 counties.
Thankful For Pie
Pumpkin, That is
It’s hard to top the traditional Libby’s Famous Pumpkin Pie recipe, which has been on the label for over 50 years. Or, for a cool twist on tradition, try the Easy Pumpkin Cream Pie, which is cool and creamy, and redolent with the flavors of the season.
25 Years, 25 Artists. To commemorate Jerald Melberg Gallery's 25th anniversary, the gallery is exhibiting important work by 25 artists whose work has most frequently graced the gallery's walls. View Riverside 2008, by Brian Rutenberg, and other works at the gallery from Nov. 22, 2008 through February 28, 2009.
Swathing Women In Success
Joi Gordon, Dress For Success CEO
BY COREY STEWART
Since its inception in 1997, Dress for Success has helped over 450,000 women find employment all over the country. On September 18, 2008, the Charlotte affiliate of Dress for Success hosted the fundraiser “Look at Her Power” in conjunction with the Southern Women’s Show. Featuring actress Andie MacDowell as the keynote speaker, the event drew a crowd of over 700 Charlotte-area supporters, and raised the profile of this rapidly expanding, New York-based charitable organization. Dress for Success’s Worldwide CEO, Joi Gordon, was in town for the event, and the affable Gordon was kind enough to sit down with Today’s Charlotte Woman for a candid Q&A.
TCW: You’ve been involved with Dress for Success since the late 1990s. What drew you to the organization initially?
Gordon: I was working as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx in ‘97, making a difference, but not experiencing much joy! I left that post to join another nonprofit, and was watching television one morning when I saw an interview with an officer from Dress for Success. The organization’s work captivated me, so I called, thinking I would donate some suits. I mentioned having seen the interview, and as it happened, I was speaking to the woman who’d been interviewed on TV. I complimented her, and she asked what my line of work was. When I told her I was a lawyer, she said, “Oh! I need a lawyer on my Board of Directors!” I went in and spoke to her, and six months later, joined the board.
