Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
“I think that’s what this week [Yankees Hope Week] is about, to recognize people who give back to the community, and for us it’s fun to be a part of,” Derek Jeter.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner Through Career Gear Dion Thompson was able to secure a job at Daytop, a substance abuse center. “I remember my first suit they gave me. Brooks Brothers. Pin-striped. Changed my life.”
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner In its sixth year, Yankees Hope Week gives back to communities in need.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner DKNY provided Coss Marte, Thompson and Clarke with suits.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner DKNY — a sponsor of Yankee Stadium — lent goods for the cause.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner “Derek Jeter picked it for me,” said Leon Clarke Jr., of his black, fitted suit from DKNY.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner Yankee pitcher Hiroki Kuroda.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner Yankee infielder Brian Roberts on being picked by his teammates as the best-dressed player on the team: “Me, they picked me? Well, I do like fashion. I enjoy it.”
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner “I feel like a star,” Rodney Gordon said. Once incarcerated, the 55-year-old resident of East New York now volunteers with Career Gear, which gave him his first nice suit.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner Jenny Steinbrenner and Jason Zillo of the Yankees. The Yankees donated $10,000 to Career Gear.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner “I am interested in fashion,” said Hiroki Kuroda measuring Dion Thompson, “and when were on the road we wear suits to get to the other cities.”
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner “I just want to say I feel like crying,” Norman Gaye said. “I used to walk to Yankee Stadium and watch batting practices with [players] like Joe Pepitone, Tony Kubek, Yogi Berra, and now I see you guys in person. It’s a moment for me.”
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner Coss Marte detailed going from making $2 million a year as a drug kingpin and serving four years in prison to now creating a positive “prison-based” workout program.
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Derek Jeter Career Gear Yankees DKNY Yankees Hope Week 2014 WWD NYC
Image Credit: Steve Eichner “I was really surprised when I saw the players. I had no idea. And to find that they had the time to give is really what it should be about,” said Rodney Whaley.