Inaugural Wine, Women & Shoes Event Promises Fun Fundraising
Ladies, are you ready for an opportunity to get glamorous with your girlfriends, show off your swankiest shoes, enjoy incredible varieties from top winemakers, shop local woman-owned businesses in the marketplace and see the latest looks from local boutiques and local female designers? It’s all for a great cause.
For Your Best Self Dermatology + Plastic Surgery presents the inaugural Wine Women & Shoes Space Coast event, benefitting weVENTURE Women’s Business Center (WBC) on Saturday, Aug. 26 from 2-6 p.m. at the Radisson at the Port.
The mission of weVENTURE WBC is to ignite the economic power of women by providing low- and no-cost business education, training and mentorship to female entrepreneurs, and leadership development opportunities for women across all industries. This event is a perfect opportunity for empowered women to help empower other women and support the local small-business community.
Women entrepreneurs are the fastest growing segment of new business starts in the nation. In contrast to the 5.2% growth rate for enterprises owned by men between 2012 and 2019, women-owned companies saw 16.7% growth over that time, according to the National Women’s Business Council. And the trend has continued since the pandemic. In program year 22-22, weVENTURE WBC counseled 716 unique small-business clients, 45% were in business for two years or less.
“Demand for our services has never been higher,” notes Kathryn Rudloff, executive director of weVENTURE WBC. “Proceeds from this FUNdraising event will help fund our business coaching and education programs, as well as fund an inaugural IMPACT Grant, providing much needed access to capital for deserving local entrepreneurs.”
Wine Women & Shoes Space Coast will be a showcase of local women-owned businesses and so much more.
If You Go!
Wine Women & Shoes Space Coast
- Wine tasting
- Designer shopping
- Sole Men
- Glamorous fashion show
- Savory food bites
- Best-in-Shoe contest
- Exciting live auction and extravagant raffles
VIP tickets are $250 and general admission tickets are $150. Sponsorships begin at $1,000.
Visit winewomenandshoes.com/event/spacecoast/ for more information or follow the facebook event @WineWomenShoesSpaceCoast for sneak-peeks of the vendors, brands and raffles.
Meet Our Thought Leader
Kathryn Rudloff is executive director of weVENTURE Women’s Business Center in the Bisk College of Business at Florida Tech. Funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration, weVENTURE WBC is dedicated to igniting the power of women entrepreneurs. To take advantage of their complementary business coaching, or low-and no-cost business trainings, call 321-674-7007 or visit weventure.fit.edu.
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