Topic: Health Awareness Campaigns
Posted on 7/1/2018
Hearst’s ABC affiliate WCVB-TV Boston hosted the annual “5 for Ellie Fashion Show” on June 6. The event raised more than $230,000 to benefit the Ellie Fund’s mission to offer critical support services to breast cancer patients and their families. Paula Faris of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and “The View” emceed the event, along with special guest New England Patriots’ special teamer Matthew Slater and Billy Costa of iHeartMedia’s WXKS-FM Boston. The women of WCVB, including anchors Maria Stephanos, Rhondella Richardson, and Nichole Berlie, as well as Karen Holmes Ward and Shayna Seymour, hit the runway alongside former Ellie Fund patients.
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