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The Ditto Boutique in Wheeling will host its first fashion show next month, with proceeds providing for travel assistance for cancer patients.
"Catwalk on the Boulevard" is set to take place at 1 p.m. March 28 at the Char House, site of the former Ernie's Esquire at 1055 East Bethlehem Blvd. in Bethlehem.
Those attending the fashion show will be given a lunch and a drink ticket, and have the opportunity to participate in raffles and drawings and shop at a pop-up boutique.
Stacy Dietz, owner of the Ditto Boutique, also serves as principal at both Bethlehem and West Liberty elementary schools. Students, staff and parents at both schools are involved in the Giving Tanks program, which purchases gas cards and provides them to long-term cancer patients needing to travel to treatments.
"It will be the spring launch of all of our items we will be showing for this spring season," Dietz said of the fashion show. "It will be a luncheon, and proceeds at the door will be going for the gas cards we do at both of my schools for the Giving Tanks funds."
Tickets can be purchased at The Ditto Boutique, located at 1143 National Road in Woodsdale; by calling the store at 304-238-9956; or through a link on the store's Facebook page.
The number of tickets available will be limited due to COVID concerns, according to Dietz.
Over the past six years, more than 500 gas cards have been distributed by Bethlehem and West Liberty elementary schools.
Dietz coordinates the schools' efforts with the Schiffler Cancer Center at Wheeling Hospital. She also reaches out to families at the school to find out if they know of any cancer patient who might be in need of a gas card.