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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax February 15, 2019
Viveca Altobelli, Michelle Witze
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Gosia Pilch, Lisa Hartman, Laurie Wolfe
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Jill Raleigh, Diane Muldoon
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Andrea Hunt, Erin Duggan
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Susan Erhart, Mitzie Henson, Katie Hayes
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Mary Ellen Mancini, Christina Bonilla
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Lashawn Kron, Leslie McKnight
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Laralee Bash, Sherry Cook
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Mary Pat Bradford, Lindsay Howell, Nicole Kaney, Jessica Hayes, Sarah Lodge, Andrea Hunt
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Angelina Garrison, Sherry Cahill
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Maura Condon, Gretchen Bauer, Erin Moran
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Gail Bowden, Erin Reed
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Kim Hopper, Marcia Norris
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Linda Bergin
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Martha Will, Cassandra Holmes
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Rita Thibault
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Julia Heslin, Allison Kummery
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Nati Shabat
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Jessica Hayes
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Michelle Senglaub, Hermione Gilpin
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Patricia Summerlee, Mary Francis Seymour
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Clothing at the boutique
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Jacqueline Matter, Beverly Tscher
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"Joan Rivers" aka Matthew McGee
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"Joan Rivers"
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Beverly Tscher
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Jacqueline Matter
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Jacqueline Matter
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The runway show
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On the runway
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Fashions for the show were from the Treasure Chest, SPARCC's resale boutique
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The runway
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Guests also had the chance to win prizes by purchasing a flashing light raffle ring, and to shop the boutique before the luncheon. SPARCC's mission is to stop domestic and sexual violence in the community.
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