MCABW Fashion Show Fundraiser

By J. Werner

MCABW's annual fundraiser will feature 'women of influence' and raise money for college scholarships.

'Looking Haute' Women of Influence Fashion Show to help women reach their full potential.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - Some of the community’s most influential women will take to the runway on Thursday, September 30, to help other women reach their full potential. The Montgomery County Association of Business Women (MCABW) will be featuring community leaders, successful fundraisers, and prominent business women, in a fashion show fundraiser at April Sound Country Club, to raise money for college scholarships.

The MCABW holds an annual fundraiser to benefit essential causes and non-profits in need. Every year’s fundraiser is a different concept, and each year there’s been a different beneficiary. The MCABW’s motto is “Women Helping Women,” and MCABW founder and executive director, Carol Gooch, said the organization is on a mission to help a diverse cross-section of the community. This year’s “Looking Haute” Women of Influence Fashion Show will provide scholarships for young women graduating from Montgomery County high schools in 2011, and women seeking to achieve or advance their college educations.

Past recipients for the annual fundraiser have been the Women’s Center, Children’s Safe Harbor, and the Friends of Montgomery County Texas Animal Shelter, all of which hold membership in the MCABW. Currently there are eighteen non-profits in the organization, and on a quarterly basis one is selected to receive a donation and in-kind services which include volunteerism, collection drives, and media exposure.

This year’s fundraiser fashion show will be held at April Sound Country Club on Highway 105, from 6 - 9 p.m. on September 30. The fashion show is being coordinated by Stacy Harris of Stacy Harris Images, and will feature the latest in fall fashions for what is comfortable for our local climate. Ten influential community women have been selected to model the fashions, but the MCABW is keeping the names of the models as discreet as possible in order to create sense of anticipation. The fashions are being provided by boutiques and stores throughout the county who are either owned by women, feature women’s attire, or who want to support future women leaders of the community.

Ladies Night Out Chairman, Donna Wick, of New Visions Communications Group, said the program is coming together nicely and that attendees will enjoy a sit-down dinner, beautiful fashions, and have an opportunity to win donated raffle items and door prizes.

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