Save the Date!

Enjoy an Extraordinary Evening

Thursday May 3rd, 2012

5:00 P.M. at Spirit Mountain Chalet

• Tapas Dinner & Dessert
• Wine Tasting
• Silent Purse Auction
  (opens as 5:00 P.M.)
• Keynote speaker: Margi Preus
  
  Margi is the author of several books for children, including the 2011 Newbery Honor winning Heart of a Samurai, also a recipient of the 2011 Asian Pacific American Award for Children's Literature, among other honors. Her picture books include the recently released Celebritrees; Historic and Famous Trees of the World, which Publisher's Weekly calls "a joyful and respectful homage to trees." Margi has also written hundreds of comedy sketches, a couple of comic operas, and dozens of plays for young people. When she isn't writing, she teaches an occasional course at the College of St. Scholastica or The University of Minnesota-Duluth. She lives Duluth, Minnesota where she likes to ski, hike, paddle and watch for whales in Lake Superior.
United Way of Greater Duluth’s Women’s Leadership Council knows how to host an amazing night out! Wine tasting, tapas dinner, delectable dessert, and amazing speaker….and of course, purses!!

Lots and lots of purses! There will be nearly 200 purses for your bidding pleasure, all donated by local individuals, retailers, artists, businesses, schools, and donors from all across the country. Styles include everything from the fanciful and functional to chic designer clutches, children’s totes and more!

The event kicks off at 5:00 PM with the silent auction and wine tasting, followed by a delightful tapas dinner and one final opportunity to place a winning bid. Then, at 7:00 PM, attendees will sit back and be entertained by our keynote speaker. This year features local author Margi Preus.

Power of the Purse helps supports Dolly Parton'sImagination Library, a free monthly book program available to children ages 5 and under in Duluth, Proctor, Hermantown and up the North Shore. Each child receives a new, age-appropriate book sent to them at their home each month until their fifth birthday. The program is offered to families at no cost. Find more information on the Imagination Library Factsheet.

This is a really fun event to enjoy with friends, mothers, grandmothers and whoever is thrilled about supporting early literacy by having a really fun time.

We hope to see you there!

Online registration coming soon!