University Station to Host Purses & Pumps Donation Drive to Benefit Dress for Success Boston

University Station to Host Purses & Pumps Donation Drive

to Benefit Dress for Success Boston

Now through Sunday, May 30, 2021

WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS (May 2021) – University Station (ShopUniversityStation.com) is teaming with Dress for Success Boston to host a Purses & Pumps Donation Drive through Sunday, May 30, 2021. Donations of new purses and women’s professional shoes including flats and modest heels (no mules, stilettos, or sandals please) can be dropped off at Starbucks at University Station in Westwood.

All donations benefit Dress for Success Boston. The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and then development tools to help them thrive in work and in life. The needs have never been greater. For more information, or to make an online donation, visit DressForSuccessBoston.

“We are pleased to partner with Dress for Success on this important donation drive which will help area women re-entering the workforce,” says Rebekah Macchia, Marketing Director of University Station.

Dress for Success Boston is an affiliate of the Worldwide Dress for Success organization, with over 150 affiliates in 20 countries. Started in 2001 by Co-Founders Nancy Schneider and Enith Levine, to date Dress for Success Boston has served just under 15,000 women in the greater Boston area.

“The empowerment of women, with an end goal of economic independence, informs everything we do,” says Kim Todd, Executive Director of Dress for Success Boston. “We are grateful to University Station for hosting this donation drive to allow us to provide our clients with professional purses and footwear for the workplace,” she adds.

University Station

University Station is a vibrant, mixed-used development in Westwood, Massachusetts combining unique retail, restaurant, residential and office uses. Located on University Avenue at Exit 13 on Route 128/I-95, University Station is adjacent to the Route 128 MBTA Commuter Rail/Amtrak Station. Anchored by Target, Wegmans and Nordstrom Rack, University Station features an exciting mix of restaurants and stores including Del Frisco’s Grille, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Not Your Average Joe’s, Casa Loca Mexican Cantina, Smashburger, Homesense, Michaels, Marshalls/HomeGoods, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty, and more. Courtyard by Marriott®, New England’s first Life Time Athletic, Brigham & Women’s Health Care Center, Gables Residential (featuring 350 luxury apartments) and Bridges by Epoch (a memory care facility) are also at University Station. For more information, visit ShopUniversityStation.com.  

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