This year’s International Women’s Day event by the Italo-Canadian Club of Kingston is called the “EmpowerMarket”. It will be a networking/vendor fair with local female vendors, live and static food stations, complimentary cocktails, door prizes, live music, a fashion show and our annual Inspirational Woman Award presentation.This campaign is meant to empower and celebrate local women in our community. We will also raise money with a silent auction for three local non-profits focused on helping women: Dress for Success, Dawn House and MRKH Canada.Tickets can be purchased in advance, or at the door.Tickets include:– Access to the vendor market, silent auction, live music performances and Inspirational – – Woman Award ceremony– Complimentary Cocktail– Chance to win door prizes– Complimentary food ticket for live gnocchi food station– Access to Charcuterie Food Station* Swag Bags for the first 50 ticket holders!In addition to a generous charcuterie station featuring premium cheeses sponsored by Flight Cheese Shop, everyone who attends will receive a ticket to use towards Chef Chris’s live ricotta gnocchi station, which will be open from 5:30-8:30 pm during the event.We have two musical performances lined up for this event:ATIARI: The stage name and solo creative project of Ari Bautista, a Filipino-Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. Her self-titled debut album – a sonic culmination of years inspired by R&B, soul, jazz, pop, contemporary folk, and electronic music – explores many topics: unrequited love, trauma, addiction, family, and other “matters of the heart”. You may read more about their creative pursuits on their website, ATIARI.com. You can follow Ari @ATIARI.wav on Facebook and Instagram.Come shop and talk to over a dozen local female vendors selling anything from bath & wellness products, to clothing, baked goods, jewelry, art, home items and more!THE CAUSESOne of the ways we will use this campaign to enact lasting, sustainable change in our community is by raising money for local non-profits whose primary mission is in the service of women. We will be donating a portion of the proceeds from our silent auction at the event to the organizations below. Any additional donations received during the campaign will also be split between all of the non-profits involved (we are a not-for-profit organization as well). This year’s community partners are Dress For Success, Dawn House and MRKH Canada.
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