It's in the Bag! Vancouver's Purse Auction Event!

It's in the Bag: Women helping Women is a fun fundraising event taking place Friday, May 27, 2011 from 6:30-10:30 at the Yalehouse Roundhouse Centre. The event, which will be hosted by Valerie Casselton, the Executive Editor of the Vancouver Sun, brings together professional women from all walks of life to have a great time with their girlfriends! The event features a silent auction of handbags (designer purses, artistic purses, purses donated by local or international celebrities), great food, exciting entertainment and an opportunity to raise money for women's groups in Vancouver (including The Antigone Foundation, WISH Drop In Centre, Soroptimist International of Vancouver, and AWARE)! It's guilt-free pleasure!

However, the event is not just about the pretty purses, and female pleasures but also what those purses represent. Today, professional women have increased earning power, spending power and giving power; women make an impact in the corporate world, in the world of medicine, and in the political world, among many other spheres! However, women are still widely under-represented in leadership fields and in Canada still make up the largest percentage of the poor. It's in the Bag: Women Helping Women is an opportunity for women who have achieved success, to help those who are still struggling to make it!

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Nonprofits & Activism

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