Verve Hair Lounge and Art Gallery is raising funds for Plan Canada's global initiative Because I Am A Girl through the sale of fine-art photography by Bunny Tonner, on display now at the salon, 227 Lonsdale Ave. in North Vancouver. For more information visit www. plancanada.ca/becauseiamagirl.
A Night for the Girls: Connect Fitness is hosting a sleeveless dress party aimed to encourage and support women and raise funds for North Shore Women's Centre, Aug. 22, 7: 30-10: 30 p.m. on the patio at Milestone's, Park Royal. Women are invited to come together, bear their arms and embrace their beauty in sleeveless dresses, all for a good cause. Raffle tickets are $10, or free by donation of two non-perishable food items. Prizes include personal training packages and group fitness packages from Connect Fitness. Info: www.connectfitness.com.
Champagne Saturday is the last Saturday of the month at Wear Else's three store locations, including the boutique in Park Royal's south mall. The women's clothing retailer will be serving up champagne cocktails all day and offering surprise instore promotions for this one day only. Gift with purchase while quantities last. Featured Aug. 27 - Denim. Details at www.wearelse.com.
Portobello Petite is taking over the Rize Pop Up Shop (Kingsway and East 10th Avenue in Vancouver) for the month of August. Five Portobello West regulars - Elroy Apparel, Jenn Ellis, Street Cat Designs, North Vancouver's littleMoSo and Beta5 Chocolate - will be showcasing and selling their wares at the unique retail space. Portobello Petite will shut its doors at 6 p.m. on Aug. 27 as the vendors switch locations for the Portobello West fifth anniversary market at the Creekside Community Centre on Aug. 28. Info: www.littlemoso.com.
Make way for summer fashions by clearing out unwanted clothing and accessories and donating them to the Canadian Diabetes Association's Clothesline program. Making a contribution is as simple as calling 1-800-505-5525 and arranging for a free pickup. The program currently picks up donations daily from homes in the North Shore area. Proceeds raised through the program help provide funding for research for the disease. To find out more, visit www.diabetes.ca.
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