HAUTE WITH HEART 2009: FASHION EXTRAVANZA FOR ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE'S CENTER AUG. 22

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August 17, 2009 (El Cajon) – Whether your fashion tastes are classic, sophisticated, or trendy, you'll find plenty to savor at St. Madeleine Sophie Center's Haute with Heart fashion extravangaza this Saturday, August 22, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, starting at 10:30 a.m.

 

Over 500 guests are already confirmed to attend this popular fashion show luncheon, with Title Sponsor: San Diego National Bank; Gold Sponsor: Sycuan Casino & Resort; and Silver Sponsor: Video Fact Documentation. The fashion show’s producer is KUSI’s style guy, Leonard Simpson, of Fashion Forward, and will feature designers Q by Qadir Hamad, Stiska Designs by Michael Stiska, and True Birds by Heidi and Heather Palmer. Carol LeBeau, former Channel 10 News Anchor, will be the host of this heartwarming event.

 

A special prelude to the fashion show will start at 10:30 a.m., hosted by Honorary Chairman, Sally Thornton, featuring Thornton Non-Vintage Brut from Thornton Winery. The opportunity drawing that St. Madeleine’s has become known for will be under way, in addition to over 80 silent auction items ready for bidding. Boutique vendors will be there to sell their fabulous fashion “gear,” from purses to jewelry. St. Madeleine’s students will be selling their artwork, and providing painting demonstrations. Charity Auctioneer, Steve Hamann, will lead the bids on incredible items from spa and restaurant certificates to a child’s “first Mercedes” car.

 

Tickets (Standard Seating only $75, and VIP Seating $125, both include a gourmet luncheon by Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina), and opportunity drawing tickets (1 for $5, 5 for $20, 20 for $50) are still available. Call Nora Boswell at 619-442-5129, ext. 3117, or nboswell@stmsc.org.

 

 

About St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center

St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center helps people with developmental disabilities (such as downs syndrome, autism, and epilepsy), and their families and communities, discover, explore, and nurture opportunities to live life to its fullest, through their progressive programs and services, including an art gallery in downtown El Cajon (Sophie’s Gallery), an organic garden (Sophie’s Organic Garden), a Jr. Olympic Pool, supported employment contracts with local and national businesses, culinary, technology and music programs, and more. SMSC, a nondenominational adult day training and life skills center, is located in El Cajon, California, 20 miles east of downtown San Diego; they provide service to the greater San Diego communities.
 


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