Submitted by Lydia Position
Thursday, September 16th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Lydia Place, along with presenting sponsor, San Juan Broadband, are bringing Bellingham’s greatest vogue extravaganza and handbag exchange, Purses for Housing, back with a first ever, hybrid event—featuring a fully vaccinated in-person event on Thursday, and a virtual auction continuing via Sunday, September 19th at 5 p.m. PST.
Entering its 9th year, Purses for Housing—Lydia Place’s 2nd premier annual auction and fundraiser—is having back centerstage with a tropical paradise themed celebration to provide some significantly-essential fun and R&R to the neighborhood. Guests can flock to the Barkley Village Eco-friendly and to www.handbagsforhousing.com, where they can shop hundreds of new and previously loved handbags curated to in good shape every single design and style and finances, guidance nearby boutiques and suppliers showcased in the trend demonstrate, and increase crucial funding for hundreds of people in our neighborhood dealing with housing insecurity or homelessness.
Since its first appearance in 2013, Handbags for Housing has raised over fifty percent a million dollars for Lydia Location packages and solutions. With its long-term partner and Vogue Clearly show sponsor, Labels Women’s Consignment Shop, Handbags for Housing is about empowerment and building a format where fashion and philanthropy come together to leverage positive modify. Together with over 50 local boutiques and retailers, organization sponsors, and occasion partners, this year’s event has a fundraising intention of $125,000 and will spotlight the crucial purpose that Lydia Place’s Guardian Assist Program has as family members glance to get back again to “normal” this drop.
According to their last yearly publication, “Only a single in four reduced-cash flow kids are completely well prepared to start off Kindergarten. Our Parent Guidance Program promotes school readiness to assistance shut this gap.” On common, Lydia Place’s PSP provides 500 dwelling visits to households with young little ones who are enrolled in their housing programs. This year, in addition to their admission ticket, Handbags for Housing friends have the selection of bringing either a new or previously loved handbag from their closet or donating a new children’s reserve to their Guardian Aid Application, which has a intention to go away one particular age-appropriate book with each kid, each take a look at.
However it is not totally very clear what the extended-term effects the pandemic will have on Whatcom County families, Tally Rabatin, Lydia Place’s Community Engagement Director remains hopeful. “Our agency is extremely grateful to our local community customers and companions that have continued to stage up and add how and in which they can,” she claims. Those dollars, companies, and partnerships were critical to making sure Lydia Place’s doors remained opened and we can continue to provide essential housing, parenting, and mental overall health services to the families in our group.”
Close to half of Lydia Place’s now $2.9-million budget is dependent on the generosity of local community users who assistance the agency by way of funds donations, business enterprise sponsorships, bequests, foundations, and guest attendance at several fundraising activities in the course of the 12 months.
For those unable to attend Handbags for Housing on Thursday, September 16th, you can sign up as a digital auction visitor for free and shop the online purse auction until finally it closes Sunday, September 19th at 5 p.m. PST.
All proceeds from Purses for Housing advantage Lydia Position, a area nonprofit company functioning to disrupt the cycle of homelessness for recent and potential generations. You can purchase tickets, donate a handbag to help Lydia Place’s online auction, indication-up to volunteer, and extra at www.handbagsforhousing.com.
Seeking for other strategies to help neighborhood family members in need? You can get involved by becoming a Lydia Place Housing Hero. For as tiny as $5 for every thirty day period, you can enable Lydia Put go on to say “yes” to family members in have to have of crisis housing. For much more details or to set up your recurring gift today, be sure to check out: www.lydiaplace.org/hero.
Featured photograph by Evantide Photography
