Young girls will model period costumes and raise money for Seattle Children’s Hospital, in the American Girl Fashion Show coming to the Newcastle Golf Club this weekend.
The charity event is expected to draw some 1,300 people to five shows, during the weekend. The fashion shows are 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., March 14, and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., March 15. The shows feature the young models with their dolls in matching outfits.
However, if you don’t have your ticket already, it’s too late to purchase them for this year’s show. Tickets were available through Wednesday.
“The fashion show is a fun way to learn about what girls wore a long time ago,” Ann Doughty, event organizer, said via email. “These girls lived in different periods of America’s past, but they show how the values and interests girls had in times long ago are still relevant and inspirational to girls today. We’ll see outfits they would have really worn in their times.”
Participating girls range from 6 to 10 years old and there will be 50 models per show, with three show groups.
The models have a challenge to raise at least $100 on their own. Last year’s models raised $17,000. Most of the models raise the funds through bake sales, making scarves, bracelets, piano recitals and other activities.
“We want to teach them how to be philanthropic and know that at any age you can make a difference,” said Doughty.
All the money raised goes toward Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Uncompensated Care Fund. This year alone the hospital is expected to provide more than $119 million in uncompensated care.
Uncompensated care helps families not have to choose between caring for an ailing child and putting food on the table, said Doughty. It covers when insurance won’t cover medical procedures or when insurance money is depleted.
Star Guild, a nonprofit, is hosting the event and ranks as one of the top ten contributing guilds among the 450 guilds in the Seattle Children’s Guild Association. To date, the organization has given $1.2 million toward uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
For more information, or to see photos from previous fashion shows visit americangirlfashionshow.org.
