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ProAssisting, an online executive, personal and administrative assistant training program, recently announced that it has formed a 1-for-1 partnership with Dress for Success, a worldwide non-profit.

ProAssisting and Dress for Success have co-opted the unique TOMS Shoes 1-for-1 business model, where the company gives one pair of shoes to someone in need for every pair of shoes purchased. The partnership creates a new way for companies and non-profits to join forces and do good for people in need.

"I've been volunteering with Dress for Success for the past year while we were developing our training program," ProAssisting Co-Founder Stephanie Bull said. "After a session recently, I mentioned how Dress for Success had enhanced its career transformation center to my co-founder. He started asking questions about what exactly those career centers entail and then suggested a potential partnership for ProAssisting.

"As we talked through how to potentially work with Dress for Success over the next few weeks, we watched a news segment on TOMS Shoes and their unique business model and that’s when the 1-for-1 partnership idea really took shape," she continued. "We're truly honored to be partnered with such a great organization."

To start out, ProAssisting has donated 150 assistant training program scholarships to be distributed to Dress for Success clients throughout the country under the organization's scholarship program.

After the initial scholarships are awarded, for every future participant in the ProAssisting Training Program through 2010, the company will donate a full-year scholarship to a Dress for Success client who would otherwise be unable to afford the training.

"ProAssisting has really made the connection between professional development and self-sufficiency," Denalerie Johnson, executive vice president of workforce development at Dress for Success, said. "We are pleased to have a strong supporter of our women through the educational scholarships provided by ProAssisting and their community which enables higher education, gainful employment, and true personal pride and accomplishment around developing key job skills."

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