Fun Shopping Event that Helps Kids, Too
Want to get your hands on a designer handbag and help kids in foster care at the same time? Then consider attending the annual “Old Bags” event in St. Louis. Old Bags™ is an annual fundraiser held on the fourth Tuesday of April by the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. The party features a silent auction of new and like-new designer handbags. All proceeds are used to recruit foster and adoptive families for the over 4,000 children in Metro St. Louis who are waiting for a “forever family.”
This year’s event is set for April 27 at the Living World in the St. Louis Zoo.
The Old Bags™ party will feature a silent auction of new and like-new designer handbags. The party is scheduled from 6 to 9:00 p.m. and is a fun girls’ night out that offers appetizers, drinks and hundreds of designer bags, like Gucci, Chanel, Burberry, Kate Spade, Cole Haan, Coach, Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Fendi and more, to bid on in a silent auction. Raffle tickets also are sold for a chance to win a new designer handbag!
Volunteers spend months planning for the Old Bags™ party. The proceeds from Old Bags™ directly support the Coalition’s Extreme Recruitment™ program, recently featured in the New York Times. Extreme Recruitment finds forever families for children who have spent way too long in foster care. The average “cost” for finding a foster child a “forever” home is about $5,000. That is a small amount of money in exchange for a child finding a home and a family with whom to share his/her life.
How To Donate Purses
Want to help Old Bags™ 2010 be the best yet? Donate new and/or gently used handbags! Clean out your closet, ask your friends, or team with co-workers to purchase a great designer bag to donate! All donations are tax-deductible.
The Designing Block
7735 Clayton Road, 63105
314.727.4224
Doncaster Studio
8001 Clayton Road, 63117
314.863.5753
F.O.B. Saint Louis, Inc.
285 Lamp & Lantern Village, 63017
636.207.7131
Susan Lynn’s
1122 Town and Country Crossing, 63017
636.530.7337
Charm Boutique
313 North Eleventh Street, 63101
314.588.8203
How To Purchase Tickets
To make a reservation, please contact the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition at 1.800.FOSTER.3, or visit www.foster-adopt.org/oldbags for more information. Reservations are $75 per person in advance and $100 at the door.
About the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition, a proud member of United Way, is a non-profit agency that strives to create permanency in foster children’s lives by recruiting and retaining foster/adoptive families. Founded in 1989, the Coalition is the area’s largest recruiter. To learn more, call 800.FOSTER.3 (314.367.8373), or visit www.foster-adopt.org.
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