Portland Non-Profit MIKE Program Announces Spring Benefit Fashion Show and Wine Raffle
It's the Fashion: to Love Your Kidneys, A Fashion Show and Wine Raffle to benefit MIKE Program featuring guest emcees Byron Beck and Ayanna Berkshire of Twilight and Extraordinary Measures
Portland, OR, February 22, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Hip, Hot and Healthy: Local Fashion Designers help Create Awareness for National Kidney Month
Local fashion designers are set to launch their latest line of spring fashions with more than fabric and flair. Betty Jean Couture, Bon Lou Couture and Christa Taylor are collaborating with MIKE Program to create a fashionable message of a healthy lifestyle for youth with a fashion show March 13, 2010. The event is designed to raise awareness and funding for youth-based activities in the Portland area.
Local celebrities Byron Beck and Ayanna Berkshire of Twilight and Extraordinary Measures will co-emcee the evening event, featuring Fox 12’s Sophie Soong as a celebrity model. Kenneth Doswell of Betty Jean Couture is heading the production end of the show. From his four-square facility on North Williams, Doswell looks to ramp up the show with sounds and sights in high style. He brings a style to the show that made China Design Now gala last October such a success. Doswell serves as treasurer with the Portland Fashion Synergy (PDXFS), which managed the gala. He tapped Taylor, who serves as director of scholarships for PDXFS, for a coveted slot in the MIKE Program affair.
Doswell, who founded his design studio and manufacturing business, Doswell Manufacturing and Design House (DMDH), created Betty Jean Couture to continue the legacy of his mother. Her death from breast cancer brought Doswell and his family into the destructive nature of major diseases. Doswell’s work for MIKE Program is to reach out to youth in a fun way in hopes of offsetting kidney disease. Preventing diabetes is one of the best ways to eliminate kidney disease, but it all begins with healthy eating habits.
MIKE Program works with disaffected youth to help them learn and live a healthy lifestyle. Local students who are involved with MIKE Program will be participating in many of the aspects of the fashion show. Some are busy designing t-shirts with healthy messages, while others are looking to model the couture fashions of the designers.
The show also will feature the works of O’Pearl Jewelry and The Real McCoy® Purses, both of which will make just the right accessories for the fashion show.
Who knew that dressing up a healthy message could look so good?
What: It’s the Fashion! to Love your Kidneys; A Fashion Show Benefit for MIKE Program
Where: California Closets Showroom, 1225 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214
When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 (in recognition of National Kidney Month and World Kidney Day)
Time: Doors open at 5:00pm. Show runs from 6:00-8:00pm.
Cost: $30 per person. (Price includes admission, script for beverage/wine and hearty appetizers.) A wine raffle will also be available.
Why: Because everyone deserves to look good and you can’t look your best unless you feel your best.
About MIKE Program – Multicultural Integrated Kidney Education Program (MIKE Program) works locally to enrich the lives of teens and empower them to be ambassadors of health. Our purpose is to decrease the number of people whose kidneys fail because of obesity, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, risky behaviors, and negative social situations. The youth we serve often face socio-economic challenges or have family histories that may lead to increased risk of kidney failure. We recruit and train caring adults, often from the ranks of health professional students, to be health mentors. Paired with teachers or youth workers, the mentors team with groups of young people to guide progress through MIKE Program’s comprehensive adolescent health programming. Over a period of months, meeting weekly, mentors build trust relationship with youth and help build life skills known to lead to academic and career success. Working in a cooperative environment, the youth develop a service project to help their peers, families, and communities adopt healthier behaviors. An example of the youth projects can be found at 703 NE Hancock, Portland, in a colorful and inspirational 2000 sq. ft. mural showing people of various heritages pursuing activities that lead to health, harmony, and hope.
MIKE Program is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization EIN 45-0520604
Contact:
Dr. Cheryl Neal
MIKE Program
9155 SW Barnes Road, Suite 221 Portland, OR 97225
Phone: (503) 296.7705
Fax: (503) 216.2594
Email: cheryl@mikeprogram.org
http://mikeprogram.org
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Local fashion designers are set to launch their latest line of spring fashions with more than fabric and flair. Betty Jean Couture, Bon Lou Couture and Christa Taylor are collaborating with MIKE Program to create a fashionable message of a healthy lifestyle for youth with a fashion show March 13, 2010. The event is designed to raise awareness and funding for youth-based activities in the Portland area.
Local celebrities Byron Beck and Ayanna Berkshire of Twilight and Extraordinary Measures will co-emcee the evening event, featuring Fox 12’s Sophie Soong as a celebrity model. Kenneth Doswell of Betty Jean Couture is heading the production end of the show. From his four-square facility on North Williams, Doswell looks to ramp up the show with sounds and sights in high style. He brings a style to the show that made China Design Now gala last October such a success. Doswell serves as treasurer with the Portland Fashion Synergy (PDXFS), which managed the gala. He tapped Taylor, who serves as director of scholarships for PDXFS, for a coveted slot in the MIKE Program affair.
Doswell, who founded his design studio and manufacturing business, Doswell Manufacturing and Design House (DMDH), created Betty Jean Couture to continue the legacy of his mother. Her death from breast cancer brought Doswell and his family into the destructive nature of major diseases. Doswell’s work for MIKE Program is to reach out to youth in a fun way in hopes of offsetting kidney disease. Preventing diabetes is one of the best ways to eliminate kidney disease, but it all begins with healthy eating habits.
MIKE Program works with disaffected youth to help them learn and live a healthy lifestyle. Local students who are involved with MIKE Program will be participating in many of the aspects of the fashion show. Some are busy designing t-shirts with healthy messages, while others are looking to model the couture fashions of the designers.
The show also will feature the works of O’Pearl Jewelry and The Real McCoy® Purses, both of which will make just the right accessories for the fashion show.
Who knew that dressing up a healthy message could look so good?
What: It’s the Fashion! to Love your Kidneys; A Fashion Show Benefit for MIKE Program
Where: California Closets Showroom, 1225 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214
When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 (in recognition of National Kidney Month and World Kidney Day)
Time: Doors open at 5:00pm. Show runs from 6:00-8:00pm.
Cost: $30 per person. (Price includes admission, script for beverage/wine and hearty appetizers.) A wine raffle will also be available.
Why: Because everyone deserves to look good and you can’t look your best unless you feel your best.
About MIKE Program – Multicultural Integrated Kidney Education Program (MIKE Program) works locally to enrich the lives of teens and empower them to be ambassadors of health. Our purpose is to decrease the number of people whose kidneys fail because of obesity, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, risky behaviors, and negative social situations. The youth we serve often face socio-economic challenges or have family histories that may lead to increased risk of kidney failure. We recruit and train caring adults, often from the ranks of health professional students, to be health mentors. Paired with teachers or youth workers, the mentors team with groups of young people to guide progress through MIKE Program’s comprehensive adolescent health programming. Over a period of months, meeting weekly, mentors build trust relationship with youth and help build life skills known to lead to academic and career success. Working in a cooperative environment, the youth develop a service project to help their peers, families, and communities adopt healthier behaviors. An example of the youth projects can be found at 703 NE Hancock, Portland, in a colorful and inspirational 2000 sq. ft. mural showing people of various heritages pursuing activities that lead to health, harmony, and hope.
MIKE Program is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization EIN 45-0520604
Contact:
Dr. Cheryl Neal
MIKE Program
9155 SW Barnes Road, Suite 221 Portland, OR 97225
Phone: (503) 296.7705
Fax: (503) 216.2594
Email: cheryl@mikeprogram.org
http://mikeprogram.org
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503.890.1300
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