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Local High Schools Partner with Big Tigger for a Fashion Show Extravaganza Benefiting the Street Corner Foundation

January 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Looking for something fun and exciting to do?  Grab your family and friends, and go out to support this worthy event. 
 ”What’s Goin On: Fashion Meets Compassion”

To be Held February 7th at Wise High School 

Big Tigger, BET host and internationally syndicated radio personality, The Street Corner Foundation, Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr., High School, Fredrick Douglass High School Modeling Troupes  - FAMADA & Mode Cri’ Models 

“What’s Goin On: Fashion Meets Compassion” Fashion Extravaganza 

 Saturday, February 7, 2009

3:00pm–5:00pm Matinee &  7:00pm– 9:00pm Evening Show

Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr., High School Auditorium

12650 Brooke Lane, Upper Marlboro, MD  20772  

Event Details: Big Tigger,  WPGC-FM & Black Entertainment Television (BET) Personality and Official DJ of the Washington Wizards, partners with Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr., High School and Fredrick Douglass High School for “What’s Going On: Fashion Meets Compassion.”  As the first of its kind, the fashion extravaganza is designed to build awareness of issues facing today’s youth.  Students from both Wise and Dougalss High Schools will present a sensational, eight-scene fashion show with a purpose.  Student modeling troupes FAMADA and Mode Cri’ will saunter the catwalk in an effort to raise social awareness of issues such as self-esteem, literacy, peer pressure, education and other issues affecting their peers. With the tremendous commitment of the students, WPGC FM 95.5 FM and the Street Corner Foundation, the “What’s Going On” fashion extravaganza hopes to raise a minimum of $10,000 to benefit the Street Corner Foundation, LLC (SCF).  

$20.00 General Admission *  Tickets can be purchased on line at www.streetcornerfoundation.com or www.wpgc.com  

The Street Corner Foundation, LLC. (SCF) is committed to empowering and strengthening diverse urban communities through proactive, innovative programming. Based in the belief that knowledge is the key to improving issues affecting the community, SCF’s focus is two-fold — to increase public awareness of HIV/AIDS by funding educational initiatives targeting prevention, and to improve quality of life for youth by supporting programs that focus on literacy and self-esteem.

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