The amazing Fashionable Women of Chapman University presented Christmas at The Ritz. It was the 25th anniversary of the ultra-glamorous holiday luncheon that attracted a who's who crowd from high society, dressed to impress and prepared to donate significant funds to the O.C. university.

Chaired by Anne Manassero with support from Kathy Hamilton, president of the Fashionable Women, and a committee of dedicated fundraisers — including Sue Hook, Charlene Prager, Donna Bunce, Adrienne Brandes, Barbara Eidson, Nora Jorgenson Johnson, and Chapman's Joanne Jurczyk — an impressive $237,500 was raised by the close of the holiday gathering.

President Hamilton received a rousing hand when she announced that the Fashionable Women were very near to fulfilling their $1-million pledge to The Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman earmarked for the student filmmaker endowment fund.

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