<img width="400" height="284" alt="BLSADressForSuccess400px" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/BLSADressForSuccess400px.jpg" class="FloatRight">Homeless women who are working to rebuild their lives will get a boost of support from a group of Widener Law students who are planning a fun fall afternoon for them at a local shelter.<br><br>The students will put on a luncheon and fashion show for the women of Mary Mother of Hope I house in Wilmington on Saturday, Oct. 23. The event, presented by the <a href="/CampusLife/ActivitiesandOrganizations/OtherDelawareOrganizations/BlackLawStudentsAssociation.aspx">Black Law Students Association</a> with assistance from the <a href="/CampusLife/ActivitiesandOrganizations/OtherDelawareOrganizations/PublicInterestLawAlliance.aspx">Public Interest Law Alliance</a>, will benefit more than 20 women.<br><br>The students will be serving food they have made themselves and also solicited through restaurant donations, and they will be modeling “do-and-don’t” outfits. They intend to share helpful fashion tips that could benefit the women as they look to build self-sufficient lives in the work world.<br><br>A makeup demonstration will follow the fashion show.<br><br>The students have been collecting donated casual and business attire, shoes, unused cosmetics and gift cards that they will give to the women at the close of the event.<br><br>BLSA Vice President Brandi Everett is spearheading the program. Everett and BLSA President Asmahan Akam said the group is grateful for support it has received from the <a href="/CampusLife/CareerDevelopment.aspx">Career Development Office</a> and its Assistant Dean LeaNora Ruffin, and from Debra Berry in the <a href="/CampusLife/AdvisingandCounseling/OfficeofStudentAffairsDelaware.aspx">Office of Student Affairs</a>.<br><br>“BLSA is truly excited to be able to present the women at Mary Mother of Hope House with a program that will provide them with an entertaining afternoon while equipping them with the clothes and skills necessary to enter the workforce with dignity and confidence,” Everett said.