Fashion show raises funds for Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxiliary
Models worked stage at Jackson United Methodist Church on Saturday, showing off a variety of fashions for a good cause.
The Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxiliary hosted its fourth annual fundraising fashion show and brunch event, highlighting women’s and children’s fashions from Daisy Pearl’s Boutique and Lady Bugs and Tadpoles Children’s Boutique in the Village at Indian Springs and Belk department store.
Carolyn Chastain, the president of the Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxiliary, said the funds raised during the fashion show go toward the group’s efforts to support the hospital. The auxiliary also hosts a Christmas tree-lighting fundraiser in December.
Chastain said the 31 members of the Sylvan Grove Hospital Auxiliary support the needs of the hospital by volunteering time, purchasing furniture and equipment and hosting activities for patients at Sylvan Grove. Last year, for example, the group purchased a new set of leather lobby furniture for Sylvan Grove. In the past, it has pooled grant funds to purchase a specialized crib for the hospital’s emergency room. The $6,000 pediatric crib was purchased with money from grants from the Central Georgia Electric Membership Corp. and American Woodmark.
“Last year we had a good fashion show and we’ve had some very good backers,” Chastain said before the start of this year’s event. “It’s something that’s a lot of fun.”
Ed Whitehouse, administrator of Sylvan Grove Hospital, said the auxiliary members are an asset to the hospital’s operations. He said auxiliary volunteers answer phones at the nurses’ station, greet patients and assist with registration for the hospital’s annual health fair, among other contributions.
“They’re at the hospital every day,” Whitehouse said.
Those who helped prepare the models for the fashion show were Rita’s Beaute Rama providing hair styling and April Freeman’s Mary Kay Cosmetics with makeup. Frankie Willis of the Village at Indian Springs emceed the fashion show, describing the outfits and models.
In addition to the fashion show and brunch, the event included a number of vendor tables showing off makeup, jewelry, knit hats, gift items and canned garden products. Lacey Little and Garrett Collins of Jackson High School provided musical entertainment before the fashion show began.
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