Around Wellington
Calendar Donation — Nicole’s Village Tavern in Wellington hosted a unique calendar signing party on Thursday, Dec. 4 featuring Gary and Carrie Kane, the photographer and stylist behind the 2009 equestrian women calendar Les Femmes Équestres. The calendar contains fashionable images of local riders Georgina Bloomberg, Paige Johnson, Amy Swerdlin, Monica Burssens, Ainsley Vince and several other notables. At the event, the Kanes presented a $5,000 donation to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, one of the charities benefitting from the calendar. Shown right is Shauna Hostetler, Terri Priore, Gary and Carrie Kane, Tony Robinson and Julie Denning with the Making Strides donation. PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN
Viso LASIK Support Guide Dog Foundation —
(Above) Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind volunteer Tom Collins with Vacca. (Left) Vacca with Raquel McInnis, Marc-Anthony Fraser, Tricia Knorr, Melody Duploy.
Viso LASIK Medspas in Wellington teamed up with the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind on Tuesday, Dec. 2 for a day of beauty. The event featured hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, as well as special discounts on beauty services, with ten percent of all sales for the day donated to the foundation. Viso LASIK Medspas is located at 2515 State Road 7, Suite 210. For more info., call (561) 795-4772 or visit www.visolasikmed spas.com. For more information about the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, visit www. guidedog.org. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN
WHS Marching Band Hosts Pearl Harbor Day Concert — The Wellington High School Mighty Wolverine Sound marching band presented a memorial concert in honor of Pearl Harbor Day on Sunday, Dec. 7 at the original Wellington Mall. Members of the Mighty Wolverine Sound have been honored with an invitation to perform at the battleship USS Missouri, which is permanently docked in Pearl Harbor. The performance is scheduled for March 30, 2009. PHOTOS BY CAROL PORTER (Left) Members of the clarinet section perform. (Below) WHS Band Boosters Association Event Coordinator Maria Becker addresses the crowd.
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