Hoagies and High Fashion, to benefit Promise Place, may prove to be the perfect “date night,” and there is much talk about making this unique fundraiser an annual affair. This year’s evening to remember will take place Friday, April 20, at New Hope South (the Starr’s Mill location).
 
The event will begin with an affordable Silent Auction from 5-6:30 p.m., followed by an extraordinary evening of fun, fashion, and inspiring entertainment from 7-9 p.m. Tickets at $25 per person are still available at Alpha Internal Medicine or Heritage Bank on South Glynn Street in Fayetteville.
 
Following the welcome by Maurice W. Worth, attendees will dine on hoagies, chips, pickles, RC Colas and Moon Pies, while nearly 50 area adult and teen models will present the latest spring fashions from Boulignini’s, Coldwater Creek, La Vie Boutique, Lizard Thicket, My Favorite Things, and Smith and Davis.
 
A number of locally recognized musicians and artists, including Donna Harris, Tammy Moore, Marie Smith, Angel Walker, Crystal Swygert, and Steven Walker, as well as Leigh Ann Harrell from Berry College, will perform between fashion segments. 
 
Fayetteville Police Chief Steve Heaton and other dapper uniformed officers also will participate in the program. Planning committee chairperson Mary Jane Holt said community support has been overwhelmingly positive for this worthy cause.
 
Hoagies and High Fashion, one of several benefits being hosted this year to benefit Promise Place, is sponsored by Alpha Internal Medicine with the support of a vast number of retailers and volunteers who have stepped up to help meet this tremendous need.
 
Promise Place, Fayette County’s Refuge for Abused Families, is a non-governmental agency and is the sole provider of comprehensive services to adult victims of domestic violence and sexual assault within the Griffin Judicial circuit, which include Fayette, Spalding, Pike, and Upson counties. The phone number is 770-460-1604.
 
Founded in 1989, Promise Place has grown from a small, grassroots organization to an active, community appreciated agency with five paid staff members and over 50 active volunteers. In 2006, the need was recognized for a much larger facility where refuge can be offered to a growing number of victims of domestic violence.
 
"It is not good that there is so great a need. It is very good, however, that so many local citizens have responded to a call to help meet this need," said Dr. Betsy Horton at Alpha Internal Medicine.

Tickets for the event can also can be purchased from Fayette County Chamber members: Barbara Stevens at 770-515-7001, Alice Mallory at 770-461-6074 and Mary Jane Holt at 770-719-5490.