Guests of the third annual Empower Your Purse Luncheon were greeted by a panorama of purses on Oct. 20 at the Polo Grill and Bar in Lakewood Ranch.
The event was hosted by Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, Women's Resource Center and Hope Family Services.
Members from each organization perused a pop-up purse boutique before settling in to learn about the services offered by each organization.
Jeanne Grill and Kelly Lavieri
SPARCC CEO Jessica Hays, Gretchen Bauer and Sidney Turner
Nancy Raymond, Babs Ulmer and Margo Bischof
Pauline Ledsom and Terry Bissell
Ann Day, Jane Toole, Maureen Fasoli and Mindy Hill
Elsa Hanna and Kathy Eckert
Polly Greene and Sharyn Nassau
Libby Engel and Cindy Readnower
Guests perused a pop-up purse boutique before settling in to learn about the each organizations life saving services.
Christine Burton and Tanjee Lane
Carol Nash, Ardell Terry and Marlene Gavens
Sharmaine Blackstone and Savannah Francis
Fran Mastrelli, Pat Eilender, Phyllis Fox and Debbie Fox
Hope Family Services CEO Laurel Lynch, Womens Resource Center CEO Ashley Brown and SPARCC CEO Jessica Hays
Hope Family Services board member Patti Wrobel, Hope Family Services CEO Laurel Lynch and Lakewood Ranch Women's Club President Monika Templeman
Shaun Dumas, Rhonda Browning and Linda Patzmann
Shannon Stafford and Heather Koester
