Trend present raises funds for FUEL

Fundraising and trend joined forces lately throughout Tiger Lily Boutique’s annual Fall Trend Present benefiting the FUEL program.

The style present, a returning occasion for nearly a decade, has been organized every year to assemble funds for the FUEL program, which helps to deal with starvation amongst college students within the Warren County Faculty System. Whereas college students obtain a free lunch in school, they’re typically left with meals insecurity when faculty shouldn’t be in session, equivalent to throughout weekends and prolonged breaks. FUEL packages baggage of meals for college kids to take residence throughout these occasions in an effort to bridge the hole till the scholar returns to high school.

With First Nationwide Financial institution’s major foyer because the backdrop, the style present consisted of fifteen fashions exhibiting off the most recent in fall trend whereas attendees had been handled to time spent socializing and having fun with scrumptious meals. Hors d’ouevres and stylish desserts had been offered by WCHS’s culinary program college students whereas budding entrepreneurs Abram Stinson and Ella Colvard introduced their very own creations for guests to browse throughout the present.

“The afternoon was completely fantastic. It was a whole lot of good time collectively and enjoyable seeing all of the fashions for the upcoming season, all to boost cash for such a superb trigger,” stated organizer Kari Burnett of the occasion’s success. “We had an important end up, and we’re all happy that so many confirmed as much as assist the FUEL program.”

This 12 months’s occasion was a convincing success and raised roughly $1800 for the FUEL program, which is sufficient to furnish about 90 FUEL baggage for college kids.

“I want to thank First Nationwide Financial institution for partnering with us and our proficient distributors,” Burnett stated. “We sit up for seeing everybody subsequent 12 months, and we hope to make the Fall Trend Present even greater and higher.”