RISE & Bloom Fashion Show Fundraiser 2025
A Fundraiser of Wearable Arte with Unexpected Focus: The Justice Impacted
Helping Our Women RISE and Youth Bloom
The RISE & Bloom Fashion Show Fundraiser is more than a runway event—it's a powerful celebration of resilience, renewal, and the beauty of second chances. This groundbreaking experience redefines fashion as a platform for transformation and hope. This unique experience brings together women from our RISE Program and youth from our Youth Mentoring program, partnering them with local fashion designers to co-create original pieces inspired by their personal journeys.
Each garment tells a story of survival, growth, and newfound confidence as participants take to the runway not only as models but as authors of their own transformation. The fashion show serves as a narrative of what is possible when justice-involved women are met with compassion, opportunity, and community support.
At FRE | CRJ, we address the often-intertwining problems of behavioral health, domestic violence, reentry, recidivism, and risks to youth by offering treatment and support that leads to positive change.
Interested in becoming a RISE & Bloom Fashion Show Fundraiser Sponsor?
Contact our Fund Development Team by email:
donate@crj.org
“Participating in the fashion show was especially empowering after returning home from incarceration because it allowed us to pamper ourselves, personalize our looks, and celebrate our womanhood after being stripped of our individuality and anything that differentiated us from others”
— Sara (RISE Program)
