GoodWorks & Bottom Lines!
Doing well by doing good!

Introducing a new WOLDE initiative aimed at creating win-win solutions for small businesses and the clients we serve.

Through our progressive BusinessWorks! Partnership Program, small businesses can benefit from the services we offer and from our pool of highly-motivated women looking to gain hands-on earn-while-you-learn training experience or secure additional income earning opportunities.

All BusinessWorks! Partnerships are customized to benefit the small business and the organization. If you are a small business owner and want more information on how WOLDE can help you through helping others, please contact Jennifer Rehm-Clark, Founder/Executive Director.



Women’s Opportunity Link is proud to announce it’s first BWPP partner- Mitchell Business Services. Through this partnership, WOLDE and MBS bring affordable and professional bookkeeping and employment screening services to small businesses, while offering valuable hands-on training to clients interested in obtaining QuickBooks credentials and work experience. In addition, this partnership brings motivated women the opportunity to develop their own bookkeeping businesses and move into entrepreneurship.

Connie Mitchell of Mitchell Business Services has over 25 years of experience performing the services of an office professional, bookkeeper, accounting associate, administrative specialist, and corporate data processing manager in industries such as construction, manufacturing, real estate and government. Connie also teaches QuickBooks at Delaware Technical and Community College, and is a QuickBooks Pro Advisor. She received the 2003 Delaware Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year Award from the Delaware Small Business Administration, and assists women in developing their own bookkeeping services business.



WOLDE is proud to announce it's second BusinessWorks Partnership with Rags to Riches Upscale Resale consignment shop in Centreville, Delaware! Through this partnership the agency is able to offer clients "workwear wardrobes"- suitable business-casual and professional attire for the job.

Jodie McLaughlin is the owner of Rags to Riches Upscale Resale, a resale shop in Centreville, Delaware. In June of 2006, after a 25 plus years in a Corporate Management and IT career, Jodie retired from the corporate world and purchased the resale shop. McLaughlin's passion has always been resale and thrift shopping, collecting, antiques and vintage items.

McLaughlin, who believes that networking makes the world go round, made her mark on Delaware when she started the Women's Business Network (WBN) in 2000. WBN's primary focus is networking and is a non-exclusive group designed to welcome all women for whatever reason they feel they need to network. Word-of Mouth marketing is your best and cheapest form of marketing.

Jodie is also a member of the National Association of Professional Appraisers, the New Castle County Chamber, and an affiliate member of the Women's Referral Network (WRN) of Chester County. She was awarded the SBA 2002 Delaware Women in Business Advocate of the Year, and the 2005 NAWBO Bridge Builder Award for her work on unifying the many women's groups in the Wilmington area.

With her newest endeavor, the purchase of Rags to Riches Upscale Resale, she has made it her goal to be voted the "Best of Delaware" in the Resale Shop category.

Another milestone in the Rags to Riches UPSCALE Resale story, and in an effort to give back to the women of Delaware, is the partnership between the resale shop and Women's Opportunity Link of Delaware . Clothing donations are made to WOLDE, and donated items are issued to clients in need of professional career wear.