Saint Mary Women’s Club hosts fashion show

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Updated: March 10, 2012 8:12AM

Saint Mary Parish, Buffalo Grove, Women’s Club will hold its annual Fashion Show Fundraiser on Friday evening Feb. 17 and Saturday afternoon Feb. 18. The two-day event expects to raise more than $25,000.

On Friday evening, Feb. 17, the keynote speaker is Patrick McCaskey.

McCaskey is a board member and senior director of special projects for the Chicago Bears. He is also chairman of Sports Faith International, which recognizes people in sports who lead exemplary lives. He has authored two books Bear with Me: A Family History of George Halas and the Chicago Bears and Sports and Faith: Stories of the Devoted and the Devout. McCaskey will speak Friday evening prior to the beginning of dinner and the fashion show.

On Saturday, attendees will be delighted by the “reporting” of Colleen Ferreira, television news reporter at WSBT-TV, South Bend as MC for the afternoon gala.

Ferreira spent a summer working for the CBS Early Show in New York City and another summer as a White House intern in Washington, D.C. She is no stranger to philanthropy, having spent a summer as a Rotary Cultural Youth Exchange Student in Milan, Italy. After being the on-air reporter for two years at the Fox affiliate in Las Vegas, Ferreira missed the changing seasons of the Midwest and chose to come home. She can be seen on South Bend’s channel 22.

Fashions being modeled Friday evening and Saturday are being provided by Lord & Taylor in Woodfield Mall. The latest in women’s, men’s and children’s spring and summer fashions will be showcased. Friday evening’s event includes a gourmet dinner provided by the Marriott Lincolnshire Hotel, 20 raffle baskets each filled with merchandise from Lord and Taylor and valued at more than $250, musical entertainment provided by Reverie Dance Academy and Saint Mary School Singers. The evening concludes with dancing.

Saturday’s luncheon includes a gourmet meal provided by the Marriott Lincolnshire Hotel, more than 75 raffle baskets each more than $100, musical entertainment provided by Reverie Dance Academy and Saint Mary School Singers.

Saint Mary Women’s Club has sponsored more than 50 fashion shows. The success of this event has helped provide meals to the homeless in the community through PADS, coats to disadvantaged children and adults, gift cards to needy families, meals and support to the local USO, scholarships and special events and requests that support parish life in the community.

To attend this extraordinary event either Friday or Saturday, contact joyito@comcast.net

Additional information may be provided by contacting publicrelations@stmarybg.org.