LAWS Fashion Show Fundraiser for Women Athletes

Windsor, ON,  - Olympians Meghan Agosta, Melissa Bishop and Mary Spencer, and the Canadian champion University of Windsor Lancers women’s basketball team — Windsor has an abundance of role models for young girls when it comes to women’s athletics. And on Sunday, girls and women received more inspiration to embrace physical activity, in the form of a big fundraising event that involved local athletes — male and female — modeling sporting attire provided by area retailers. Savvy Sweats and Sweets was the first event of its kind put on by Leadership Advancement for Women and Sport, a Windsor organization created 20 years ago to enhance opportunities for females in sports.  Raising funds and raising the organization’s profile in the community is the next step LAWS needs to take to expand its mission, said organizers.  “We still have stereotype with woman in sports that haven’t been broken yet,” said LAWS chairwoman Margery Holman. “What we are doing doesn’t just affect women, it’s a social issue.”  www.fundraising-ideas.org