Little Black Dress with Pop! Fashion Show and Luncheon
Goodwill Manasota and the Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida present the second annual Little Black Dress with Pop! Fashion Show and Luncheon
By
Niki Kottmann
| 6:19 p.m. July 22, 2016
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The Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida and Goodwill Manasota teamed up to host the second annual fashion show and luncheon at Michael’s On East on Friday, July 22. This year, each girl scout was paired with a member of the Junior League of Sarasota who served as a “role model” to teach them about philanthropy. Together, they picked out a black dress at Goodwill for the role model to repurpose and wear in the fashion show with a recycled accessory as an added “pop.”
Principal of Wordslinger Marketing & PR Sharon Kunkel, Goodwill Manasota Director of Development Morgan Gerhart, Goodwill Youth Ambassador Brianna Moss, Goodwill Foundation Development Team Leader Kelly Gardner and Goodwill Manasota Director of Marketing
Vice President of Goodwill Manasota Veronica Brandon Miller sporting a Goodwill cape as her pop of color.
Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting and a Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie with mint garnish were served for dessert.
Tonya Smith of Moondance Art — one of several jewelry sellers at the event — and Jill Plotkin.
Moondance Art was one of several jewelry designers to sell its handcrafted pieces at the event.
Gabriella Stafford, Faith Holliday and Kaila Stafford, all Girl Scout members of troop 254.
Junior League models Jennie Baumberger and Jeanne Paulus with Junior League member Erin Christy.
Laurel Corriveau and Veronica Brandon Miller.
Sue Miller, President and CEO Goodwill Manasota Bob Rosinsky and Dr. Lou Bertha Wharton.
Junior League President Britt Riner and her daughter Magnolia Riner with Girl Scout Kaitlyn Peters and CEO of Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida Sue Stewart.
Goodwill Ambassador Sandy Young with Lulu Soder of “Maverick and Lulu” on 92.1 CTQ.
Brenda Maraman and Renee Brady.
Junior League volunteers Raeanna Kalkert and Corey Talbot.
Graci McGillicuddy and Josephine Eisenberg.
Clara Ramos and Lori Hagey.
Jen Rust, Barbie Nilsen and Junior League model Kelly Baldwin.
Cherie Ketchum with Vicki Rollo of Hearts Desire, one of the jewelry sellers at the event.
Inna Snyder, Alya Olievskiy and Elena Williams.
LeeAnne Moody and Angela Guerrero.
Rae Dowling and Maribeth Phillips.
Anna E. Von Gehr and Sharon Freddes.
Raffle ticket boxes made to look like jewelry boxes from Tiffany & Co. All the proceeds from the raffle ticket sales benefited both Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida and Goodwill Manasota.
Junior League model Keri Kuhn hits the runway in a Goodwill dress and bag made from a recycled Girl Scout cookie box.
Junior League model Lindsay Gartrell — who is also a Girl Scout Brownie troop leader — poses on the runway with Girl Scout Emily Amado. Gartrell wore a Chaus dress that was originally around $90, but was found at Goodwill for $6.99.
Marissa Rossnagle sports a Forever 21 dress that was bought at Goodwill for more than 75% off the original price.
Britt Riner poses on the runway with Girl Scout Allison Carchio. Riner wore a dress from J.R. Nites by Caliendo that costs $6.99 from Goodwill.
