Center for HOPE Sets Annual Luncheon and Fashion Show for April 25

Calling all fashion enthusiasts and style gurus!  The annual Center for HOPE Luncheon and Fashion Show is back!

Celebrating the Center for HOPE’s 25^th Anniversary, this year’s event will take place Wednesday, April 25 at Wee Burn Country Club in Darien.  The luncheon begins at 11 a.m., with the fashion show following at 12:30 p.m.  Models will strut the runway in the latest spring fashions from Saks Fifth Avenue in Greenwich and precious jewelry from Betteridge Jewelers.  Jane Frank and Carolyne McEnery, both of Darien, are co-chairs.

Guests have the opportunity to win a number of wonderful door prizes, including a trip to Costa Rica; a package of gift certificates to Fairfield County’s finest restaurants; jewelry from Betteridge Jewelers and Tiffany & Co.; a portrait sitting and photograph from Jeffrey Shaw Photography; a Burberry bag from Saks Fifth Avenue and a pair of Stueben Glass crystal hearts.  All attendees will also be given a certificate for a facial peel or microdermabrasion valued at $150 courtesy of Greenwich Medical Skin Care and Laser Spa.  

Sponsors of the Center for HOPE Luncheon and Fashion Show include The Windmill Foundation, Kelly Associates Real Estate, the M. Bonnie Axthelm Foundation, Joan Melber Warburg, Rings End Lumber, Darien Rowayton Bank, Patriot National Bank, Wheeler Real Estate, MasterCard International, The Rainbow Shoppe and Kitchens by Deane.  Sweet Lisa’s Exquisite Cakes of Greenwich also designed a special cake to commemorate the Center for HOPE’s 25^th anniversary.

All proceeds will benefit the Center for HOPE, a Darien-based agency that provides bereavement and illness support services to adults and children living in Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford, Westport, Weston and Norwalk.  The Center for HOPE is a division of Family Centers – a private, nonprofit organization offering education and human services to children, adults and families in Fairfield County.