F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E
CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
A California Non-profit 501(C)(3)
Contact: Juliana Thiessen
Phone: 805-366-4014
Email: jthiessen@casapacifica.org
For: Assignment Editor
Casa Pacifica Spotlight on Style Fashion Show Lit Up Runway on November 5th
Westlake Village, CA November 8, 2016 – One of the finest fashion events in Ventura County, the Casa Pacifica Angels “Spotlight on Style” Fashion Show, took place on Saturday, November 5th, 2016, at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village. Guests enjoyed a great afternoon of fabulous fashion, sumptuous dining, and unique boutique shopping. The fabulous day was hosted by Susan & Ken Bauer, and Carin Holmenas Productions produced an incredible runway fashion show featuring the beautiful clothing creations of designer Marḡi Kent, whose most recent designs are a collection that celebrates the casual California lifestyle, and who held a special meet and greet with fashion-loving guests following the show.
Guests enjoyed a champagne reception while they perused a variety of designer boutiques featuring a wonderful collection of accessories, clothing, and gifts to satisfy the most discerning of shoppers, and featuring the perfect one-of-a-kind gifts to buy for friends and family for the holidays.
A silent auction offered baskets filled to the brim with amazing experience packages and personal pampering opportunities, including a fabulous stay at a cozy beach house on Hollywood Beach; an incredible men’s Porsche timepiece; and a stylish, hip cocktail and hors d’oeurves party for eight (8) guests hosted by the local restaurant and bar, Twenty88, among many other fabulous offerings. One very unique opportunity was a special Russian Dinner, featuring traditional European and Russian-style cuisine by Pierre’s Catering. The dinner will be held at a private home for up to 50 guests on Saturday, January 14th. Some tickets are still available for purchase to this event. The raffle opportunity featured a very unique, one-of-a-kind, impressively beautiful mannequin holiday tree that stood 5’8” tall and easily rolled on castors.
Top level sponsors of the “Spotlight on Style” event included: Hosts - Susan & Ken Bauer; Spotlight Sponsors – Hugh and Keets Cassar, Four Seasons Hotel, and Richard and Marilyn Stoddard; Haute Couture Sponsors – Patricia and Herb Bostrom, Neiman Marcus Topanga, Procter & Gamble, and Wells Fargo; Couture Sponsors – Bill and Jewell Gerald Powell, Five Star Bookkeeping, Pacific Western Bank, Porta-Stor, and the Volk Family Trust; Designer Sponsors – Susan Burgos, California Giant Berry, Fuzion-The Art & Craft of Fused Glass by Frances Elson, Home Helpers, The Hopps Group at Morgan Stanley, Carolyn Huntsinger, Michael McCarthy, DDS, Monetcito Bank & Trust, Ed O’Brien and Parry Weet O’Brien, The Shoppes at Westlake, and the Weidenweber Family Foundation.
With the incredible efforts of Marilyn Stoddard and Parry Weet O’Brien, chairpersons of the 2016 “Spotlight on Style,” and their Spotlight on Style Committee, the Fashion Show raised over $100,000 to support Casa Pacifica’s therapeutic programs and services for children and families! If you would like to purchase tickets to the Russian Dinner, or if you would like more information about this year’s Spotlight on Style Fashion Show, please contact Casa Pacifica’s Development & Event Assistant, Anna Coulson, at 805-366-4023 or acoulson@casapacifica.org.
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About Casa Pacifica Center for Children and Families
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families is a crisis-care and residential treatment facility for abused, neglected, or at-risk children in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The agency is the largest non-profit provider of children’s mental health services in both counties and along with its campus-based programs administers a number of community-based programs which are designed with the intent to strengthen families and keep children in their homes. For more information about Casa Pacifica or to learn about its “Building New Foundations of Hope” Capital Campaign that is underway, please visit its website www.casapacifica.org or call the Development Department at (805) 445-7800.