- October 23, 2024
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Matt and Krystel Beall with Jessica Rogers and President and CEO Philip Tavill
Helen Mrueger, Suzanne Meirink and Wilma McCray
Kim Schuerman, Kim Miele and Caryn Patterson
Kathy Tolleson passes out hats.
Samantha Weires
Evan Ackerman, Megan Wenger, Samantha Kinglsey and Alyssa Simons
Lauren Nielson
Katie Reynolds shows off a yoga mat.
Doris Johnson shows off her golf style.
Marcus Thomas shows off her golf style.
Kelsey Lomonaco and Brody Beall
Maggie Rogers hands out scrunchies.
Gina Jones, Linda Westrick, Katrina Otchet, Amanda Johnson, Mary Wescoat, Monika Zalachowski and Adrienne Gould-Chouquette
Teri Sayre and Susan Hines
Courtney Bonacuse, Donna Koffman and Daria Fairchild
Kelly Barrett
Jasmine Akins
Pat Anderson
Donna Pachota and Lisa Giglio
Carly Miri and Kaley Jackson
Kelly Pisano
Jennie Compton, Knickole Barger and Kelly Abercrombie
Daenarys Harrington
Alysha and Asher Shelby
Lesley France and Renee Phinney
Jennifer Magana and Ashley Salmons
Susan Hines, Laura Turkovics and Jennifer Fisher
President and CEO struts down the walkway.
Amber Morris and Adrienne Johnson
Christina Unkel, Nichole Zych, Liz Lowe and Jamie Lemp
Jennifer Simma, Kristin Fulkerson and Liz Stamoulis
Holly Skowronski with Modern Soul Boutique sold jewelry.
VP of Philanthropy Jessica Rogers started the program.
Matt and Krystel Beall started the fashion show.
Elaine Barber and Debbie Dietz
Jules Mackle, Lisa Budslick and Renee Ryckman
Dorothy Libron-Green with Kimberly Parris
Lark Baxter and Tony Wood
After a time away, the Children First organization returned to Sharky's on the Pier in Venice for its Flip Flops & Fashion fundraiser on Nov. 3.
Supporters gathered under a tent on the beach alongside Sharky's for a fun event that started with mingling and shopping before lunch. President and CEO Philip Tavill and VP of Philanthropy Jessica Rogers lauded the group's progress during the pandemic before sponsors Matt and Krystel Beall announced the many models for the event's fashion show.
Men, women and children donned tropical and beachy looks and walked the fashion runway that went throughout the tent area.
There was also a special surprise for two Children First employees. Rogers presented bouquets of flowers as tokens of gratitude to Samantha Kingsley and Megan Wenger, who have respectively spent 11 and seven years with the nonprofit. The pair will soon be departing for new positions, but were shocked and overjoyed to be given farewell gifts.
"We were completed caught off guard," Wenger said. "It was a big surprise but very meaningful."
"We've formed a family with this organization in the time we've been here," Kingsley said."It was nice to be recognized."
