Wings of Ave Maria will host a fashion show and luncheon on Friday, May 4, 2018 at Tower Center, Clark Tower, 5100 Poplar Ave. 33rd Floor, #3300 at 11:30 a.m. A benefit for Ave Maria Home, the event will feature fashions by Betty Hays Boutique, as well as a silent auction, showcasing jewelry from James Gattas Jewelers. The organization held its first fashion show and luncheon in 1950, when they were raising funds to build the Ave Maria Home to care for men and women of all faiths during their senior years. Most of the first shows were held at either The Peabody Hotel Skyway or the Holiday Inn Rivermont downtown with fashions by Goldsmith’s.

The Ave Maria Home, which is located at 2805 Charles Bryan Road in Bartlett, Tenn., houses Long-Term Nursing Care, Assisted Living, Skilled Rehabilitation, Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care, Adult Day Center, and Home Care services. Ave Maria is also home to THE GREEN HOUSE® Project, which represents a revolution in long-term care, creating small homes that return control, dignity, and a sense of well-being to elders, while providing high-quality, personalized care.

Jim Jaggers, meteorologist, WREG News Channel 3, will be the emcee of the event and ABC 24’s Local Memphis Live’s Amy Speropoulos will be the celebrity model. As tradition would have it, most of the other models are women from Wings of Ave Maria, and some of their family members, but there is one special standout. Helen Davis Benskin, an 86-year old resident of the Ave Maria Home Assisted Living facility, will revive her modeling career from her younger days and take to the runway.

Wings of Ave Maria was founded as the Ave Maria Guild, Inc. in early 1950 by a small group of Catholic women, who recognized the need for a home for the aged men and women in the Memphis community.  In March 1950, the Guild applied for and was granted a Charter under the laws of the State of Tennessee. Wings of Ave Maria is a nonprofit organization that supports the Ave Maria Home through financial contributions, volunteer efforts and spiritual healing.

Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased by contacting Mary Webb, Wings of Ave Maria, at 901.481.1769 or marymwebb@msn.com or online here.

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