Power of the Purse 2024
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY Zach Tomesch shows off one of the purses he was tasked with modeling.
Thursday’s event was a going away party of sorts for departing Parks and Recreation Director Geoff Hubbard, who will soon be relocating to Johnston to take the same position there. Even as the days wind down before he moves on to the new adventure, he was in his usual high spirits serving as a purse model.
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY From left to right, Karina Hernandez, Melisa Fonseca, Guadalupe Gomez, Laura Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez-Alvarez and Yuri Sanchez pose for a photo at their table during the Power of the Purse event Thursday.
Peggy Hannam, left, and Kelli Close, right, were all smiles as they perused the silent auction purses.
Announcer Kyle Martin of KFJB Radio, right, reads the details of a purse while Auctioneer Kurt Kauffmann prepares to sell it to the highest bidder.
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY Zach Tomesch shows off one of the purses he was tasked with modeling.
Thursday’s event was a going away party of sorts for departing Parks and Recreation Director Geoff Hubbard, who will soon be relocating to Johnston to take the same position there. Even as the days wind down before he moves on to the new adventure, he was in his usual high spirits serving as a purse model.
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY From left to right, Karina Hernandez, Melisa Fonseca, Guadalupe Gomez, Laura Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez-Alvarez and Yuri Sanchez pose for a photo at their table during the Power of the Purse event Thursday.
Peggy Hannam, left, and Kelli Close, right, were all smiles as they perused the silent auction purses.
Announcer Kyle Martin of KFJB Radio, right, reads the details of a purse while Auctioneer Kurt Kauffmann prepares to sell it to the highest bidder.
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The annual Power of the Purse fundraiser for the Marshalltown Area United Way brought a sizable crowd to Midnight Garden on Thursday night to raise money for all of the causes the MAUW supports. The goal for the event was to raise $50,000 (final tallies were not yet available at presstime), and if that number was reached, one of the purse models, Zach Tomesch, promised to shave off his lengthy mane of hair.