SoroptimiSt WOMEN

A Day of Purses, Cakes, and Fashion oroptimist International of Moorhead hosted its signature fundraiser Saturday, April 9, at Christ the King Lutheran Church. “This is our sixth year of celebrating the Spring Style Show and silent auction. It is our biggest fundraising event,” president Maureen Kelly Jonason said. “It supports our club in giving direct assistance to women and girls. We raised more than $5,000 and sold a record number of tickets.”

The Moorhead Soroptimist Club donates money locally to many groups including the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center, YWCA, Expanding Your Horizons, and the Tri-College NEW Leadership Institute. This year they also sent money to help their international sister clubs in Japan.

Fifty-eight purses, artfully arranged and brimming with jewelry, perfumes, scarves, gift certificates, and other treasures, were available in the silent auction. “People started coming an hour early,” Jonason said. “They wanted extra time to browse and make their choices.”

Coffee and deluxe cakes followed the bidding. Music by Clarion Quartet set the tone while volunteers modeled fashions with looks that ranged from dressy to casual from Coldwater Creek, Chico’s, Downtown Divas, and Sanford Gift Shop.

“The event is a perfect combination of our favorite things,” Jonason said. “Purses, shopping, and cake!” [AWM]

For more information visit www.soropotimistncr.org.