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PACE Center for Girls of Lee County offers year round counseling and academic services for girls, ages 12-18, who are facing challenges such as foster care, domestic violence, abuse and neglect, death of a parent, substance abuse, and/or family history of incarceration. At the request of community leaders and elected officials, PACE Lee was established in 2007 and since opening its doors has served over 300 girls find success in school, generate a positive relationship with their families and peers, and become productive members of our community.
"Love That Dress!" on September 1 at Embassy Suites in Estero. Christin Collins, event founder and chairwoman, and her dynamic volunteer committee executed an event that collected over 2,000 dresses and raised $70,000 for PACE Center for Girls of Lee County. The results of the sold-out event more than doubled funds raised at last year's inaugural dress party.
Due to the generosity of many sponsors, 100% of donations and sales from "Love That Dress!" will help further the mission of PACE. Special thanks goes out to our major sponsors: White House Black Market, Embassy Suites, Norman Love Confections, Waterman Broadcasting, Comcast, Lamar Advertising, The News-Press Media Group, For The Bride, Red Door Studio, Get Smart Women and 96.9 WINK FM. For a complete list of sponsors, click here.
Please join us on Wednesday, September 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at John Marazzi Audi Jaguar Land Rover to celebrate the success of "Love That Dress!" Admission is free, and guests are welcome. Click here to RSVP.
Want to shop the remaining dresses? They're on sale at Hope Hopice's thrift store, Hope Chest, in North Fort Myers.
Stay tuned for a complete wrap-up, words from our sponsors and photos! To share your personal pictures from the event with PACE, please click here.
"Save That Dress!" and mark your calendar! LTD!3 will take place on August 31, 2011.
FORT MYERS, FL (April 15, 2010) – PACE Center for Girls of Lee County together with Christin Collins and Trish Leonard of TLC Consulting earned two awards from the Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) for their work on the “Love That Dress!” special event. The awards were presented for excellence in public relations at the 2010 Local Image Awards dinner on April 14 at the Paragon Flight Training Hangar at Page Field in
A delightful time was had by all the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre for our second annual Grande Dames Tea on March 23, 2010. It was a special afternoon as we joined girls from the
Under the leadership of co-chairs Dena Geraghty and Andrea Prather and presented by our title sponsor,
PACE Lee greatly thanks our community for Honoring the Female Spirit!