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The Ladies Empowerment Action Program (LEAP) recently relocated its Dragonfly Thrift Boutique from Hialeah to a beautiful location at 5815 SW 68 St. in South Miami.
For those unfamiliar with LEAP, it is an amazing program that helps women coming out of jail/prison in so many ways including employment and work experience. Of course, the thrift store provides a great opportunity.
Designer items are frequently found there as are so many upscale items from by generous donors. The new location provides free parking and also houses the LEAP’s new reentry program center. LEAP’s passionate and hard-working executive director, Mahlia Lindquist, is a former lawyer and prosecutor who started with LEAP as a volunteer and got hooked. For more information on how you can help or learn more about their many services, go to www.Dragonflythrift.org.
In yet another item of import, on Sept. 17, the Miami Shoe Museum launched with a party where toasting out of a glass slipper proved a challenged and laughs for guests. One of only a handful of shoe museums in the world, the Miami Shoe Museum has found a home in South Florida thanks to its founder, Luis Valenzuela. Luis, an outstanding creative artist, collector and educator who orchestrated the affair, started his shoe collection with one shoe gifted to him years ago and the rest is history.
Among the many guests enjoying the affair were Lynn Bauer, Dr. Hal Wanless, as well as Sue and John Medina, to mention a few.
October galas and fundraisers benefit multiple charities from A Safe Haven for Newborns on Oct. 19 to the Third Pink Ladies Cancer Foundation Fishing Cure-nament on Oct. 3-5, open to all anglers.
Founder and CEO of A Safe Haven for Newborns, Nick Silverio, has announced its 410 infant was saved recently from possible abandonment and death. Nick looks forward to sharing that and more at the gala to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel Miami, 100 Chopin Plaza. For more information, contact asafehavenfornewborns.com.
As for the Pink Ladies Fishing Cure-nament, its founder and a survivor Carolyn Stash promises a great time and has worked tirelessly to achieve just that. She has even purchased a 30-foot boat and will take out cancer survivors and female veterans at no cost.
Entry fee per boat for four anglers is $400 and $100 for each additional angler.
October is breast cancer awareness month, so what better way for anglers to show their support. For more information on how you can register and/or sponsor, visit www.pinkladiesbreastcancerfoundation.org.
Paws4You’s Howl-O-Ween on Saturday Oct. 19, has a new location and time, 6-10 p.m., at Palmetto Bay Park. Now in its 14th year, Howl-O-Ween is the premiere dog-friendly Halloween event that attracts more than 2,5000 attendees and their companions. It is a great opportunity for companies to showcase their businesses to a wide audience in South Florida and to do so talk to Carol Caridad, Paws4u Rescue’s founder and CEO.
For more information, visit www.paws4u.org.
Yet another Halloween party that always is great fun is produced by the GFWC Coral Gables Woman’s Club. This year there is a theme, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Partygoers are invited to come in any costume you like but please plan on dressing for the night. Events chairs, Carmen Suarez and Rita Tennyson, are planning games, contests and dancing for a laughter-filled, crazy good time. Tickets are $30 per person. Concession food and drinks will be sold at a separate cost — just like the movies! For more information and tickets, visit gfwccoralgableswomansclub.org.
Until next time, share your time and talents, count your blessings, and make a difference.
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