10th Annual Trunk Show Committee
Front row: Melissa deBaptiste, Dolly Steinman, Susan Mullin, Marg Williams
Middle row: Bettina Young, Pat O’Grady, Doli Rodriguez, Lynn Wilkins, Kathie Walker, Sandra Powell, Jane Gleason, Muriel Losee. Back row: Jenny Mullin, Deb Wrazin, Nini Ijams, Kathy Fay, Bessie Vance, Mona Wolter. Not shown: Cackie Austin, Metha Barton, Julie Hagnauer, Judy Hodge, Cody Jones, Marina Kaiser, John Lynch, Patsy Randolph, Boyd Schoeller, Kari Shipley, Barby Sloan, Jamie Snyder, Liza Vanneck, Nonie Wyckoff and Victoria Wood. Photo provided
By Lucy Lazarony
The annual Holiday Trunk Show, benefiting the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys and Girls Club in Delray Beach, has become the place to shop for distinctive holiday gifts.
“It’s all about holiday giving, Christmas and Hanukkah and all that good stuff,” said Susan Mullin, a co-chairwoman of the committee that planned this year’s trunk show.
The trunk show, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, features everything from jewelry, toys and clothing to housewares, linens and stationery.
The 40 vendors featured in the trunk show come from all over the country, said Kari Shipley, who served as a co-chairwoman for the organizing committee.
“What we try to do is rotate one-third of the vendors every year so there are new vendors all the time,” Shipley said.
The trunk show has gotten so popular among businesses that there’s a constant waiting list of vendors who want to get in, Shipley said.
The appeal of the trunk show for shoppers is the variety and quality of the goods.
“We have a lot of different things, and they aren’t things you can find in a mall,” Shipley said. “There are a lot of $20, affordable items.”
The 10th annual Holiday Trunk Show, which will take place at The Seagate Hotel and Spa, at 1000 E. Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach, kicks off with a preview cocktail reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3. Tickets for the preview party are $85 per person and include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
The show is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 4 and 5. Admission is free. The trunk show is sponsored by The Seagate Hotel and Spa and the law firm of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart and Shipley.
All proceeds help support programming for more than 300 children who attend the Delray Beach Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys and Girls Club.
For more information or to buy tickets, call Deb Wrazin, Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County, at 683-3287 or visit www.bgcpbc.org.
If you go
The 10th annual Holiday Trunk Show, benefiting the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys and Girls Club in Delray Beach
Where: The Seagate Hotel and Spa, 1000 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach.
When: 6 to 8 pm Dec. 3 for preview cocktail reception;
9 am to 5 pm Dec. 4 and 5 for trunk show
Tickets: For reception tickets, call Deb Wrazin, Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County, at 683-3287 or visit www.bgcpbc.org.
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