When the generous Kellie Steeves of the Body Shoppe Salon and the Oxford Academy contacted me to ask for my help with this benefit show I could'nt say no. The Red Carpet Glitz & Glam Show will take place at the Strand Theater, 165 Bank St. in Seymour at 7:00PM. Proceeds will benefit Mia Zito, a five year old who is battling stage 4 Melanoma.
After reading Mia's story it truly broke my heart. I LOVE babies and children! They honestly are so innocent. I fill up at the thought of someone so innocent having to battle something so serious at such a young age. I am filling up as I am writing this for you to read. How could I not want to do something to help out. If you aren't near by or can't make it out to the benefit please stop by Mia's blog and show some blog love....pretty please.
(The above Image is from Mia's Blog http://www.misspeachybeans.blogspot.com/)
Following is the article in Today's New Haven Register:
‘Glitz & Glam’ show to aid Valley child
Thursday, November 6, 2008
By Patricia Villers, Register Staff
SEYMOUR — The red carpet treatment. That’s what all who attend a fundraising hair fashion show this month at the Strand Theater can expect.
Proceeds will benefit Mia Zito, 5, a Bungay School kindergartner who is undergoing treatment for advanced melanoma.
Kellie Steeves, administrator and owner of the Oxford Academy of Hair Design in Seymour, said she, her staff and students are planning a “Glitz & Glam” benefit at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at the movie theater, 165 Bank St.
She wants people to feel they are going to a special event. Photographer Val McCormick will be on hand to photograph the models and guests as they arrive on the red carpet in front of the theater.
The photos will be posted online, Steeves said, and proceeds from sales of the photos will be donated to the benefit.
“I’ve never met Mia, but I wanted to do something to help someone in the community,” Steeves said. “People have really come together for this.”
One of her hairdressing students, Samantha Allard, has created a 20-minute slide show that tells Mia’s story and describes hair fashions. It will be shown before the fashion show. Steeves said Carousel Gardens Restaurant of Seymour will donate catering services.
Mia, whom Steeves called “the star of the show,” will model with other girls in the age 5-8 category.
This is the third annual “Glitz & Glam” benefit that Steeves has organized. The first benefited the Children’s Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital, she said, and the second one was a benefit for Sydney Bartone of Derby, who died last November at age 7 after a battle with neuroblastoma.
Mia’s mother, Christine Zito, said Mia “is doing fabulous” and is enjoying school.“It’s very kind and very generous” of Steeves to stage the show, she said.Louis Vayas will serve as DJ, and a special guest is expected, Steeves said.
Donations of $20 are requested, but any amount will be welcomed.For information, call the Oxford Academy of Hair Design, 888-9075.
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Boy is she cute!
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