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PHOTO GALLERY: Center for Building Hope celebrity bartending


  • By Emarie and Petr Marcan
  • | 5:31 p.m. January 24, 2014
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The Center For Building Hope hosted its second annual Celebrity Bartending: Fashionista Edition Thursday, Jan. 23, at Michael's on East. Sarasota's best-dressed ladies and men poured drinks in the wine cellar to support The Center for Building Hope's free programs and services in Sarasota and Manatee counties for those impacted by cancer.

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