News Release
For Immediate Release: January 16, 2009
Fashion Show More Than Stylish
Proceeds benefit people with disabilities
(MANTUA, Ohio)
Jan. 16, 2009 – The annual
Have a Heart for Hattie Luncheon and Fashion
Show, featuring spring fashions by Toni
of Chagrin Falls, will be from 10:30 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Feb. 7, 2009, at the Twinsburg,
Ohio, Hilton Garden Inn.
Tickets start at $45.
All proceeds benefit Hattie Larlham, a nonprofit
organization that provides services throughout
Ohio to people with mental retardation and
developmental disabilities.
Hosted by WKYC meteorologist
and celebrity model Betsy
Kling, the afternoon will feature live
and silent auctions, a luncheon and a fashion
show. Auction items include a Cleveland
Indians loge for 12 and a Worth Cashmere
Wrap valued at $900.
Have a Heart for Hattie
was created by the Hattie Larlham League
of Hudson, a local charity that has raised
more than $600,000 for Hattie Larlham. Hudson
League members Ginny Hicks and Pam Bellin
are this year’s fashion show co-chairpersons.
“I wish
everyone could see first hand what a truly
remarkable warm and loving home Hattie Larlham
is,” Hicks said. “It is such
a wonderful cause.”
More than 250 people
attended last year’s show, raising
more than $18,000.
For more information,
call Ginny Hicks at 330.650.0006 or visit
www.leagueofhudson.com.
About Hattie Larlham
Established in 1961,
Hattie Larlham is a Mantua, Ohio, nonprofit
organization that provides services throughout
the state to 1,500 children and adults with
mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
Hattie Larlham was one of the top 99 Northeast
Ohio organizations to work for in 2008.
For more information, visit www.hattielarlham.org.
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 fashion08_1.jpg
(1.1 mb) – WKYC-TV meteorologist Betsy
Kling models some of the spring fashions
that were featured at the 2008 Have a Heart
for Hattie fashion show.
Contact
Bill
Wahl, Communications
and Media Relations
Coordinator
phone: 330.274.2272, ext. 3011
e-mail: bill.wahl@hattielarlham.org
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