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Join us for a Fabulous Fall Fashion Show ~ Your Support will help a Young Mom like Sarah

Lately we have been having a lot of fun preparing for our upcoming Shepherd’s Fashion FUNRaiser event this coming Tuesday, October 20th at Shepherd’s Train Yards at 6:00 pm!

It is going to be a fantastic night of fun and fashion, and we hope to see you there! For a little fashion inspiration, here are some photos from last year’s event:

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We also thought we would tell you more about why we are having this event in the first place! We are raising funds so that more of our young moms here at Youville Centre (ages 14 to 21) can access mental health and addiction counselling, and so their children (ages 1 month to 3 years) can access parent-child attachment counselling and continue to benefit from our infant mental health programs.

Your support of Youville Centre by attending our Fashion FUNRaiser can make an immediate difference in the lives of our young mothers and their children.

By supporting Youville, you are supporting young moms like Sarah:

Thank you for watching this wonderful video that we co-produced with our friends at United Way Ottawa. We thought it was important for you to know where your donation will help the most when you are considering coming to our event.

Here is where you can purchase tickets: http://www.youvillecentre.org/ways-to-give/

We hope to see you there!

A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this event possible:

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Photo Gallery: Shepherd’s Fashion FUNRaiser in Support of Youville Centre

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, Youville Centre joined together once again with Marlene Shepherd and Shepherd’s Fashions  for a fabulous Fashion FUNRaiser. A smaller, more intimate version of the Ooh ‘n Ahh Fashion Show, this event was held inside Shepherd’s Train Yards store.

Raising over $25,000 with significant contributions from Scotiabank and Shepherd’s, this event was a great success, thanks in large part to the many sponsors and donors who contributed. (Please see a list below of the sponsors and donors who helped to make this event possible.)

This year we decided to honour nine women who have made a significant impact on Youville Centre, whether it be through their work, volunteerism, donations or philanthropic initiatives. As a fun way to recognize their contributions to Youville Centre, we asked these nine women to be the models in the fashion show!

Please enjoy this gallery of our very special models from this wonderful event.

All Photos by Lil’ Moments Photography (Kim Grenier)

DSC_0107Shannon Gorman, National Director, Community Affairs, TELUS

DSC_0119Angela Lariviere, Director, Youville Centre Board of Directors

Cindy-LeanneMC Leanne Cusack with Youville Centre’s Executive Director, Cindy Simpson

DSC_0020Clarissa Arthur, Youville Centre Alumna and Child Development Program Coordinator

DSC_0027Olive MIrchandani, Friend and Supporter of Youville Centre

DSC_0041Theresa Smith, Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Scotiabank, Ottawa & West Quebec District

Cindy-leather-nojacketCindy Simpson

DSC_0193(L to R): Leanne Cusack, Clarissa Arthur, Cindy Simpson, Megan Wallace, Jenny Strange

DSC_0982Megan Wallace, President, Youville Centre Board of Directors

DSC_0999Clarissa Arthur

DSC_1011Dorothy Jackson, Friend and Supporter of Youville Centre

DSC_1034Jenny Strange, Clinical Supervisor, Mental Health & Addictions Counsellor, Youville Centre

Our gratitude goes out to the following individuals, businesses and organizations for their contributions to this event!

Key Sponsors
Shepherd’s Fashions
Scotiabank
The Danbe Foundation

Special Guests
MC: Leanne Cusack
Auctioneer: Lawrence Greenspon
Model Escort: Dennis Jackson
Shepherd’s Models: Paula, Wendy and Elaine
Group Therapy –A Capella Singing Group

Event Sponsors
Barefoot Wine & Bubbly
The Loft/Le Spa
The Ottawa Citizen

Live Auction Sponsors
Shepherd’s Fashions
The Loft/Le Spa
Dr. Conrad L’Ecuyer
The Lord Elgin Hotel
Beckta Dining and Wine
C’est Bon Cooking

Silent Auction Sponsors
Daphne Sillanpaa
Jenny Strange
Cadillac Fairview (Rideau Centre and St. Laurent Centre)
ChefX
Hairmosa

Youville Centre Special
Models
Shannon Gorman
Theresa Smith
Angela Lariviere
Megan Wallace
Dorothy Jackson
Olive Mirchandani
Cindy Simpson
Clarissa Arthur
Jenny Strange

Volunteers
Jean-Marie Stewart
Micheline Harvey
Kathleen Kenny
Monica Kerwin
Gail Taillon
Dianna Gardner
Maurene Atherton
Elizabeth Poole
Mike Simpson
Christine Harrison
Kelsea Lancaster
Allison Pieters
Christina Lawrence
Amanda Brown
Leslie Moggridge
Jackie Sullivan
Mollie Sullivan

We also included a full writeup and gallery in our most recent newsletter, so please look for it in your inbox or mailbox very soon. If you are not on the e-newsletter list but you would like to continue to hear from us, please email: communications[at]youvillecentre[dot]org – copy and paste this statement into your email:

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Shepherd’s Helps Youville Grads Prepare for Fashion Show

On Monday, October 7th, six lucky Youville Centre graduates got the chance to try on some glamourous gowns at Shepherd’s Fashions! In preparation for our long running fashion show fundraiser with Marlene Shepherd (which was on October 22), our alumnae tried on cocktail dresses and formal evening wear, all in an effort to choose the perfect outfit in which to walk the runway at the event.

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Marlene gets a dress ready for one of our alumnae.

Adding a special fashion show finale where Youville Centre grads would proudly model in the show was an idea we had been working on for a while, and once we had chosen our alumnae models, Marlene Shepherd generously offered to dress them for the fashion show.

Clarissa and CindyYouville Centre graduate and current Child Development Program Coordinator, Clarissa, selects a dress with the help of Youville Centre’s Executive Director, Cindy Simpson.

After our grads chose a dress, it was time to accessorize, and Marlene and her team graciously helped our Youville alumnae pick the perfect earrings, bracelets and necklaces to go with their dresses.

AmandaYouville alumna Amanda found a dress that she loved right away!

 It was a chance to get dressed up and have fun with fashion, and an opportunity to reconnect with former classmates and get to know other Youville Centre grads from over the years. Many thanks to Marlene and her team for being so generous!

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Stay tuned to the blog for more news and photos from our recent fashion show!