events
Countown to Essex Annual Village Fashion Show
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Fashionistas: it’s that time of year again. The annual Village Fashion Show will be held in Essex, CT on Thursday, March 25 at the Griswold Inn. The show is presented by the Essex auxilliary of Child & Family Agency. This is a wonderful way to help raise funds to support all the work this great org does.
Come see the latest fashions for spring from our wonderful local boutiques including Stonewear, the Red Balloon, Aegean Treasures, J. Alden, Peonies, Silkworm, and Scensibles.
Modeling for us (woot, woot) will be Amy Friedman, Pat Hermann, Kim Rogala, Pat Thompson and Marsha VanDerBeek. If you’ve been in year’s past, you know this is a popular event and seating is limited. Want to get in on the runway action? Call Phyllis Graf, 860.767.2328 or Dianne Sexton, 860.767.3551 for tickets.
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Peonies to raise monies for Child & Family Agency
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
This Saturday, Peonies will donate 20% of its sales to the Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut. This dovetails with Peonies’ support of the Essex Holiday House Tour.
The event is an annual fundraiser for The Child & Family Agency given by The Essex River Valley Auxiliary — an organization whose staff and volunteers assist children and families-at-risk locally with programs that deal with the prevention of child abuse, the treatment of family violence, teen pregnancy, children’s health care, childcare, parent education and children’s mental health. The Essex Holiday House tour takes place Saturday, December 12, 2009, from 10am to 4pm. See all events CFA events here. Ticket info here.
Christmas is for kids
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Won’t you help 217 kids in Essex and Old Saybrook celebrate Christmas?
Social Services in Essex have identified 131 children in Essex and 86 children in Old Saybrook (and many families from both towns) who need help this Christmas. A dedicated team of people have come together to make the holidays of these children and families a little merrier through a fundraising event.
Christmas is for Kids will be held at the Otter Cove Restaurant on Monday, December 7, 6-9 pm, featuring food, drink and the wonderful Russ Becker Trio. Corporate sponsorships are available. Tickets to the event ($50) are available at Peonies, the designer resale shop in Centerbrook. Or, you can send a check to the Otter Cove Restaurant, 99 Essex Road, Old Saybrook, CT 06475. Checks can be made payable to the Old Saybrook Youth and Family Foundation.
All proceeds go to Old Saybrook Youth & Family Services Foundation and Essex Social Services.
For details on contributions or donations, or any questions, contact Laurel Peters at laurel@peoniescouture.com.
~ Pam and Laurel
Essex Holiday House Tour
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Ahhhhh, don’t you just love carols, the scent of holiday baking wafting through the house, and warmth of homes uniquely decorated for the holidays? We do, and so we are marking our calendars right this very minute for the Essex Holiday House Tour. If you have been before, you know how great it is. If you haven’t, it’s a treat to see six amazing Essex homes, including the Essex Historical Society’s Pratt House, Hill’s Academy and the Connecticut River Museum all uniquely dolled up for the ho- ho- ho- lidays!
By participating, you are also doing something good: this event is an annual fundraiser for The Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut given by The Essex River Valley Auxiliary — an organization whose staff and volunteers assist children and families-at-risk locally with programs that deal with the prevention of child abuse, the treatment of family violence, teen pregnancy, children’s health care, childcare, parent education and children’s mental health.
The Essex Holiday House tour takes place on Saturday, December 12, 2009, from 10am to 4pm. See all events CFA events here. Ticket info here. We can’t wait to see you there.
~ Pam and Laurel
