An event which started out in 1955 as a small fashion show, with just over 100 people in attendance, has grown into a fundraiser that raised $40,000 last year to benefit the children of Easterseals Central Illinois.
The first fashion show fundraiser was held at the Peoria Country Club in 1955, when a small group of women recognized a need to help children, with disabilities and other special needs receive therapy services.
