To celebrate and help promote Novato businesses, the Novato Republican Women, Federated will host “Strolling Into Spring” fashion show and luncheon. The event will showcase apparel by Anne’s Secret Hang Ups, a boutique owned and operated by Anne Wade in Novato’s Old Town. The event will also feature a drawing of gift items promoting Novato merchants. The event is open to the public.

RSVP: Visit novatorwf.org to register no later than 5 p.m., Friday, May 17. Tickets are $50, and reservations are required. As always, guest are encouraged to bring practical and non-perishable items for care packages for servicemen and women from Marin County stationed in Afghanistan.