Fashion Shows - Volunteers help in the city of Clearwater: Sponsored by the Church of Scientology

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Joanie Sigal and Jennifer Cooper of the CCV with VIP fashion models.

On September 27th 2003, over $20,000 was raised for the Boys and Girls Club of Clearwater and the Church of Scientology’s Winter Wonderland at a fashion show and silent auction, organized by the Clearwater Community Volunteers (CCV) and held at the Belleair Country Club. Sponsors included Progress Energy, Belleair Country Club, and Apropos fashion boutique that provided the fashions.

County Commissioner Susan Latvala, State Representative Kim Berfield, Cat Coates, wife of the Chief Deputy Sheriff, Tammy Flowers who is the head of Outreach Programs for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, political consultant, Mary Repper, Teresa Hibbard, the wife of Clearwater City Commissioner Frank Hibbard, Community Affairs Director for the Church of Scientology, Mary Story, Kay Dillinger, wife of the Pinellas County Public Defender and a professional model from Boom Model and Talent modeled for the over 260 people present.

Joanie Sigal, the Chairman of the Clearwater Community Volunteers MC’d the event and Karl Lavender, the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast and Jim Coats the Chief Deputy spoke.

The over 700 CCV volunteers are active in several programs aimed at bettering the social and cultural conditions in Pinellas County. They coordinate charitable events such as Winter Wonderland, the Say No to Drugs Race and the Easter Egg Hunt in Coachman Park. The Boys and Girls Club is a national organization that provides programs to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.