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Cascade Residents Participate in the 8th Annual Open Your Purse Event

This year is the 8th annual Open Your Purse event, which raises funds and awareness for the YWCA’s Women in Transition and Supportive Housing program. The event will showcase hundreds of handbags donated by Belk, boutiques and high-profile individuals. Attendees can purchase the handbags and other items during silent and live auctions. Open Your Purse will be held on Tuesday, October 15 at 6:00 p.m. at the Georgia Aquarium.

Cascade residents Sharmen Gowens, Lolita B. Jackson and Michelle Falconer are on this year’s YWCA of Greater Atlanta’s Open Your Purse Committee. Attached is a picture of them, along with the other committee members.

Each year the event recognizes a graduate of the YWCA’s Women in Transition program with the Power of the Purse Award. The honoree is an exceptional woman who has completed the 18-month supportive housing program and has overcome incredible odds to achieve success for herself and her family.

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