Uplanders Club plans fashion show

The Uplanders Club is having a Parisian Fashion Show and Ooh La La Luncheon to help get the ball rolling. But the nonprofit's biggest fundraiser of the year also will help feed the homeless, give students extra help and allow children to simply play.

The community is invited to the March 14, starting at 11 a.m. at the Upland Woman's Club, 590 N. Second Ave. Fashions will be from Chico's in the Claremont Village and modeled by club members including long-time residents and members Ann Thomas and Sherry Kinison.

"I joined this group years ago to get involved and I've met wonderful people. Our fashion show fundraiser, though, is very important because it represents local women coming together to help our community. It also gives us a great reason to get together and catch up with one another," said Kinison, owner of The Grove Theatre in downtown Upland.

In addition to modeling in the show, Kinison has donated to a "Pamper Yourself" gift basket available that afternoon during the silent auction. She has provided two tickets for an evening of fine entertainment at the theater.

"Every year we look at proposals from local groups who need help and this year all were great. We look at what they need and we try to raise a lot of money to help out," said Thomas, who is married to Upland Councilman Tom Thomas.