York police officer to help with fundraising fashion show for St Leonard’s Hospice (From York Press)
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York police officer to help with fundraising fashion show for St Leonard’s Hospice
11:21am Tuesday 9th March 2010 in
A YORK police officer has been drafted in to help raise funds for a local charity.
PC Howard Smelt-Webb has been recruited to compere a Jubilee Fashion Show for St Leonard’s Hospice.
The event will see fashion on the catwalk from hospice shops in York, Haxby and Pocklington. The event, on Wednesday, April 14, will mark the charity’s 25th anniversary.
PC Smelt-Webb is well-known for his community work and is no stranger to presenting events.
Helen Moreton, of St Leonard’s, said: “Howard is exactly the right man to keep our fashion show moving along with wit and humour.”
The show, Step Out In Style, takes place at the Gateway Centre, in Front Street, Acomb, starting at 7pm.
Tickets cost £5, which are on sale from all St Leonard’s Hospice shops in advance.
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PC Howard Smelt-Webb with shop managers Pat Addison, left, and Sue Bonarius, who are helping to raise money for a fashion show at St Leonards Hospice
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