Press Release - LILI THE FIRST RAISES $500 TO BENEFIT THE WOMEN'S CENTER

Vienna, VA, October 21, 2014 – LiLi The First, the clothing and accessories boutique in Vienna, VA established a “Fashion Support” rack; donations of new and lightly used upscale items have been sold in the boutique. 100% of the profits from these sales reached $500 and have been donated to The Women’s Center to use towards support and empowerment of women in the community through education, training, mediation, financial planning and more.

LiLi The First boutique is striving to bring versatile and sophisticated fashion from around the world and provide a memorable shopping experience to its customers. The mission of The Women’s Center is to significantly improve the psychological, career, financial and legal well-being of women, men, teens and children, regardless of their ability to pay.

“As a business owner, I feel honored and obligated to support women in the community I am serving. This joint effort of LiLi The First and the First Ladies (my dear customers), has been a success in terms of donations of clothing as well as purchases of the items. It is a lovely example of a cycle of women who are supporting each other” said Ifat Pridan, owner of LiLi The First.

“We were so honored to have been chosen by LiLi The First to be the first beneficiary of the Fashion Support Rack, and have been overwhelmed by the support from the community in terms of donations to and purchases from the rack, as well as direct donations and volunteering that have arisen from this partnership,” said Shirley Clark, Executive Director of The Women’s Center. “Ifat and her ‘First Ladies’ have demonstrated a real commitment to the community and we could not be happier to have been a part of this program.”

Details on this program and both groups can be found on the websites: www.LiLiTheFirst.com and www.thewomenscenter.org

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For more information, please contact Ifat Pridan at 703.261.6323 or email at Ifat@LiLiTheFirst.com.