Kent Downtown Partnership\u2019s<\/a> biggest annual fundraisers, brought in the crowds and pleased the vendors, according to organizers.<\/p>\n\u201cIt went off wonderfully – it was a nice night,\u201d said Libby Seidel, who chaired the event.\u201dEverybody had a great time. The vendors thought it was well worth their time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seidel said she made the rounds during the event, stopping to talk with each vendor, and got a clear message that they were interested in returning to next year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say we will be hard pressed to have a new vendor come in next year, unless we open it up (further),\u201d she said, noting that all of this year\u2019s vendors get first rights of refusal for next year.<\/p>\n
Seidel said the KDP also was able to raise $735 in raffle-ticket sales as a benefit for the Washington Women\u2019s Education and Employment organization, a non-profit group with an office in Kent. WWEE works with the less fortunate, to give them the opportunity to become more viable members of the workforce and to better support their families.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everybody was in such a great mood, and there were great raffle prizes,\u201d Seidel said of the general spirit of giving that prevailed at the event.<\/p>\n
To learn more about the Wine, Women and Wow! event, or about the KDP, go to www.kentdowntown.org, or call 253-813-6976.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kent\u2019s biggest women-oriented bash went off without a hitch May 7, drawing approximately 500 ladies through the doors of the ShoWare Center.
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