{"id":70,"date":"2004-01-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laaker.com\/cms\/?p=70"},"modified":"2005-12-04T03:01:47","modified_gmt":"2005-12-04T03:01:47","slug":"laaker-joins-career-gear-benefit-committee-solicits-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/press-releases\/2004\/laaker-joins-career-gear-benefit-committee-solicits-sponsors","title":{"rendered":"Laaker Joins Career Gear Benefit Committee, Solicits Sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"prbodycopy\">(New York City) &#8211; Career Gear, a not-for-profit organization that has helped disadvantaged men nationwide with professional attire, interview skills, career counselling, and job retention programs, recently accepted Micah Laaker as a member of its Capital PerSuit &#8217;04 benefit committee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ednote\" class=\"prbodycopy\">\n<div id=\"ednotetitle\">Learn More<\/div>\n<p>Laaker.com readers can learn more about Capital PerSuit &#8217;04, as well as RSVP for the event, by downloading the 100k <a href=\"CareerGearRSVP04.pdf\">information sheet PDF<\/a>. (To view this file, you will need to have the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobat\/readstep2.html\">Adobe Reader<\/a> installed.)<\/div>\n<p class=\"prbodycopy\">Mr. Laaker, known for his proselytizing (whether for <a href=\"https:\/\/laaker.com\/\">himself<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dealnews.com\/\">DealNews<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hellboy.com\/\">Mike Mignola<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nebraska.gov\/\">Nebraska<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00006JO4Q\/0713m611l-20\">Justin Timberlake<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svgnow.com\/\">SVG<\/a>, and others), was asked to join the committee to apply his zeal to something that would provide a measureable benefit to those struggling to reenter the workforce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prbodycopy\">To help raise funds for the charitable organization, Mr. Laaker is seeking both individuals and corporations to attend\/sponsor Capital PerSuit &#8217;04, the group&#8217;s annual fundraising benefit. The event will be held Wednesday, March 24, at Times Square&#8217;s impressive NASDAQ MarketSite. Attended by many young professionals in the business, fashion, and design communities, the event serves to raise both the profile and funding abilities of Career Gear. <\/p>\n<p class=\"prbodycopy\">&quot;As we all know, the economy hasn&#8217;t been treating many of our talented and educated colleagues too kindly over the past two years,&quot; said Mr. Laaker. &quot;For those trying to reenter the workforce, whether fresh from incarceration, drug rehabilitation, or other scenarios, getting back on track can be a difficult process. Career Gear has helped more than 10,000 men since 1999 by giving them the tools they need, both suits and interview skills, to remain competitive in an ever-increasingly sparse job pool.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"prbodycopy\">Tickets for the event are available for $125 for individuals, and corporate sponsorships are available from $500 to $10,000. Interested parties can contact Mr. Laaker directly via <a href=\"mailto:micah@laaker.com\">email<\/a> or phone (212-673-8700), or download the <a href=\"CareerGearRSVP04.pdf\">information sheet PDF<\/a> to RSVP directly with Career Gear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prbodycopy\">Readers can learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careergear.org\/\">Career Gear<\/a> online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(New York City) &#8211; Career Gear, a not-for-profit organization that has helped disadvantaged men nationwide with professional attire, interview skills, career counselling, and job retention programs, recently accepted Micah Laaker as a member of its Capital PerSuit &#8217;04 benefit committee. Learn More Laaker.com readers can learn more about Capital PerSuit &#8217;04, as well as RSVP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laaker.com\/micah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}