Lights, Camera, Fashion Kickoff

Lights, Camera, Fashion Kickoff

On Thursday evening, September 17, My Best Friend Jenna celebrated the kickoff of Lights Camera Fashion 2021. Lights Camera Fashion is an annual runway prom fashion show with models coming from area high schools. This year’s show will take place on February 20, 2021 and there are 55 models. At the kickoff, the models met each other and learned about the schedule for the upcoming months leading up to the show. Participants will have the opportunity to make new friends from around West Tennessee as they each raise money for St. Jude Research Hospital, participate in photo shoots and modeling classes, and then get to work the runway at the Lights Camera Fashion Show in February.

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VIProfile: Matthew Marshall

VIProfile: Matthew Marshall

Matthew Marshall serves as President and CEO of United Way of West Tennessee. He was formerly Executive Director and Head of School at Hands Up! Preschool, a non-profit Early Childhood Education program in Jackson, TN. Before that, he spent eight years in higher education at his alma mater, Union University, where he did undergraduate work in Christian Ethics and then earned a Masters in Education.

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Real Men Wear Pink

Real Men Wear Pink

The lobby of Robinson Toyota was pinked out on Thursday evening, September 23 as the participants of this year’s Real Men Wear Pink gathered to celebrate the kickoff. There are 16 Real Men in this year’s group, and all of them are excited to be joining the fight against breast cancer. The candidates who attended enjoyed food and beverages provided by Party Mart, swapped strategies and ideas for fundraising, and even walked the red carpet in an impromptu fashion show. Breast cancer survivors Stephanie Hunt and Shannon Arnold were honored guests at the kickoff as well.

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