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Alternatives For Girls Benefit

On Dec. 11, The Townsend Hotel in Birmingham was the setting for the 20th anniversary Holiday High Tea to benefit Alternatives For Girls. Shirley Maddalena and Kerrie Trompics sponsored the event. Photographs by Elayne Gross Photography

Dec. 11, 2008

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Aimee and Kathleen Lanciault	Alex Chappell, Joann Hellberg, Lana Chappell	Amanda Good and Marilyn Nix	Carol Zuzenak	Charlotte Blocki, Linda Bomberski, Frannie Greenebaum
Cindy Beckman	Connie Purucker	Cynthia Kidder and Kim Eberhardt	Ella and Jenny Downey	Jane Motta, Pat Sapienza, Vicki Dale
Jessica Ault	Joan Cleland and Laurie Tennent	Julie Yolles, Lynne Deitch, Laurie Tennent and Leslie Pilling	Little Miss Michigan, Elizabeth Bezy and Natalie Bezy	Marilyn Rushe and Alicia Pace
Mary Beth Wells and Sophia Wells	Nancy and Kerrie Trompics	Osiyah Haley	Princella Graham and Marjorie Schultz	Robbie Scavone and, Shirley Maddalena

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