In Christy’s Shoes — an organization that hosts shoe fashion shows to raise money for non-profits including women’s shelters and more — is hosting a fundraiser next month.
Jacki Barnett, one of the organization’s founders who I interviewed in March last year, sent me details of the April 10 event, which starts at 4pm at the Clarendon Ballroom at 3185 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia. There’ll be a shoe fashion show with products from Gossip on 23rd and DSW, as well as a silent auction and a DJ performing.
Jacki and two friends created In Christy’s Shoes in memory of their late friend Christy Levy Peters. In February 2006, Christy — a 33-year-old mother to a then-10-year-old daughter Sydney — was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Christy passed away in April 2007. “She was a wife and mother and sister and a best friend, and we lost her too soon,” Jacki told me during our dinner at Bourbon Steak in Washington, DC.
Christy loved shoes, and the friends eventually came up with the idea of hosting shoe fashion shows as fundraising events for non-profits that support women in challenging circumstances. This year’s Sole Celebration — the fourth annual fundraiser — will benefit the charities Doorways for Women and Families and The Women’s Home.
Tickets for the event are $60 and include a swag bag and hors d’oeuvre. To purchase tickets, or to sponsor the event, visit the In Christy’s Shoes website.