The 10th Annual Fashions With Flair Silent Auction and Fashion Show raised $20,000 for Nourish to Flourish, and $5,000 for Shriners Hospitals for Children, Tampa!

Clearwater Community Volunteers (CCV) is a non-profit, charitable organization, made up entirely of volunteers and is a community arm of the Church of Scientology in Clearwater.

CCV produces the huge Easter Egg Hunt in Coachman Park in Clearwater every Spring and “Winter Wonderland” – an annual holiday charity drive in downtown Clearwater featuring 5 village buildings, 100 live pine trees, a fully functioning stage with entertainment, tens of thousands of tiny white lights, pony & train rides, a playground, a giant slide and bouncy house, and Santa and Mrs. Claus.

CCV gets their inspiration from the quote by L Ron Hubbard, “Love and Help Children.” CCV has raised over $136,000 over the past 19 years for charities such as Nourish to Flourish, Shriners Hospitals for Children – Tampa, Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and The Children’s Home, Inc., the oldest orphanage in Tampa.

Watch this incredible video to learn about the plight of the homeless and chronically hungry children in our very own Pinellas County.

This year, the CCV partnered with the 6th Judicial Circuit Public Defender, Bob Dillinger, to help feed the chronically hungry children of Pinellas County –- children who are on the free or reduced lunch program in their schools but go to bed hungry and do not have enough food on weekends. Recent statistics estimate that there are some 4,000 chronically hungry children in Pinellas County.

Both the CCV and Bob Dillinger have a common goal in mind; Dillinger’s “Nourish to Flourish” program provides food to these unfortunate children by sending a tray of food home with them every weekend. Each tray costs approximately $3.10 and for only about $156 a year, one child will be fed every weekend during the school year.

“This year we are proudly celebrating 10 years of giving back to our community,” commented Pam Ryan Anderson, Chairperson of the CCV. “The hunger problem is happening right in our backyard, and we are determined to make a difference.”

A letter of grateful acknowledgment was received from Bob Dillinger:

Watch the fun at Clearwater’s Easter Egg Hunt in beautiful waterfront Coachman Park!

Watch Santa’s “Mission Impossible”…arriving at Clearwater’s Winter Wonderland 2011!

Enjoy this video of our beautiful fashion show from 2011, held at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida.

Watch the Public Service Announcement for CCV’s Winter Wonderland 2009.

Watch the Public Service Announcement for CCV’s Easter Egg Hunt 2009.

Watch the Public Service Announcement for CCV’s Winter Wonderland 2008.