FANTASY Dancers Jaime Lynch, Mariah Rivera and Danielle Aveyard with Miss Nevada USA, Jason Feinberg and Daniel Park at 13th Annual ‘Girls Night Out’ at Hyde Bellagio
The evening began as Las Vegas celebrities walked the red carpet including the ladies of FANTASY at Luxor, Miss Nevada USA Brittany McGowan, Emmy-award winning anchor Jason Feinberg and Ms. Asian Las Vegas and co-owner of The Juice Standard, Jamie Stephenson (Pictured: Danielle Aveyard, Jaime Lynch and Mariah Rivera of FANTASY – Photo credit: Jeff Ragazzo).
Miss Nevada USA, Brittany McGowan, on the Red Carpet at Girls Night Out
Photo credit: Jeff Ragazzo.
As the largest fundraising event for the nonprofit organization, the soiree featured Feinberg as emcee, entertainment from headliner Daniel Park, a live auction hosted by celebrated auctioneer, Christian Kolberg, plus a silent auction.
Kim Wagner, Lynda Moore and Denise Valdez at Girls Night Out
Photo credit: Jeff Ragazzo.
Hundreds of guests, including media personalities Kim Wagner of News 3 KSNV-TV, Denise Valdez of 8 News Now KLAS-TV and Rachel Smith of Fox 5 Vegas KVVU-TV, sampled a variety of passed hors d’oeuvres, including vegetable pot stickers, sparerib skewers, tempura shrimp with caramel sauce, bruschetta, ahi tuna on a wonton crisp and antipasto skewers.
Jason Feinberg on the Red Carpet at Girls Night Out
Photo credit: Jeff Ragazzo.
Guests also enjoyed a signature mashed potato “martini” bar, complete with all of the fixings, including mushrooms in a red wine sauce, housemade gravy and fried chicken.
Daniel Park Performs at Girls Night Out
Photo credit: Jeff Ragazzo.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts ended the meal on a sweet note by providing guests with bowls of their signature glazed doughnut holes. Throughout the evening, guests also sipped on champagne, wine and handcrafted cocktails including the Pretty in Pink and Shade-tini, provided by Southern Wine and Spirits.
Throughout the evening, guests bid on raffle, live and silent auction items including a dinner for ten guests hosted by Elizabeth Blau and Kim Canteenwalla, the fine dining duo behind Andiron Steak & Sea, Honey Salt and Made L.V., in a private residence; a Wheels Up private aviation charter to an exclusive vacation destination; Breakfast at Tiffany’s and a $2,500 shopping experience for six guests; premium handbags of the latest fashions from the spring collections by designers Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Celine, Fendi, Givency, Louis Vuitton and others; VIP tickets to Rock in Rio and more.
The event raised $170,000 to benefit domestic violence victims, as well as their children and pets.
For more than 25 years The Shade Tree has been dedicated to improving the lives of women, children and their pets affected by domestic violence and crisis in the Las Vegas valley. As the only organization with an animal shelter on campus, named Noah’s Animal House, The Shade Tree brings families together with their pets and connects them with assistance and services. The Shade Tree is the largest shelter of its kind in Nevada and is the only 24-hour accessible shelter designed specifically to meet the needs of women and children in Southern Nevada. With 364 permanent beds, The Shade Tree provides over 6,000 women and children safe shelter each year. To remove any barrier that might prevent a woman from accessing necessary services for her and her children, 100% of services are provided completely free of charge, regardless of the length of stay.
To learn more about how you can support The Shade Tree, please call (702) 385-0072 or visit www.theshadetree.org.
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