Students fashionably fundraise
The fashion show ended up taking in between $1,500 and $2,000.
Nov. 13, 2007
Stop Traffic, MU's anti-human trafficking student organization, held a fundraising fashion show on Saturday in Memorial Union's Mark Twain Ballroom.
The show's models wore clothes designed and donated by local and national designers, Stop Traffic Vice President Paige Hendrix said.
According to the group's Web site, the clothes were designed to be "representative of our cause."
Hendrix said the event was standing room only, with more than 200 attendees.
The organization raised money by charging $8.50 for tickets for the general public and $7 for students. The group also took donations at the door. After the fashion show, the clothes exhibited were sold through a silent auction.
Hendrix said the fashion show ended up taking in between $1,500 and $2,000.
"I think it was a smashing success," Hendrix said. "We had people from all backgrounds at the event. We had tons of dance acts and designers."
Camry Ivory, volunteer coordinator for the event, said she thought the different backgrounds of the audience were important.
"I thought it went really well," Ivory said. "It was a very diverse crowd with faculty members, students and many people from the community."
Between runway displays, several student organizations including the Asian American Association, Hispanic American Leadership Organization and the Latin Dance Club performed dances.
Philip Norton danced in the event with HALO.
"It was a really fun, successful event," Norton said.
The money raised went to local facilities dedicated to stopping human trafficking. Some of the money also went into planning the Anti-Human Trafficking Conference to be held on campus in March.
Hendrix and MU junior Jennifer Kimball founded Stop Traffic in March.
Human trafficking is defined on Stop Traffic's Web site as "the violent act of selling and transporting human beings for the purpose of labor or sex."
Stop Traffic aims to end human trafficking around the world, especially in the Midwest, according to their Web site.
Hendrix said Stop Traffic has between 30 and 50 members. The next fundraising event for Stop Traffic will be held on Dec. 3 at Shakespeare's Pizza. If patrons present a flyer when ordering at the restaurant, the group will receive a percentage of sales.
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