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  • Local firefighters and CHOC patients pose for a group shot...

    Local firefighters and CHOC patients pose for a group shot on the catwalk at last year's event./Photo Courtesy of Glass Slipper Guild

  • Karlee and Everlee Leyva on the runway with local firefighter...

    Karlee and Everlee Leyva on the runway with local firefighter at last year's event./Photo Courtesy of Glass Slipper Guild

  • Kristen and Cole Ryan Mendenhall heat up the runway with...

    Kristen and Cole Ryan Mendenhall heat up the runway with local firefighter at last year's event./Photo Courtesy of Glass Slipper Guild

  • Christina Coggins and Merina Esparza at last year's event/Photo Courtesy...

    Christina Coggins and Merina Esparza at last year's event/Photo Courtesy of Glass Slipper Guild

  • Bloomingdale's model and Rachel Airth at last year's event/Photo Courtesy...

    Bloomingdale's model and Rachel Airth at last year's event/Photo Courtesy of Glass Slipper Guild

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Orange County firefighters and local children from CHOC Children’s will heat up the runway September 15 during the Glass Slipper Guild Bloomingdale’s Firefighter Fashion Show.

The 11 a.m. show, taking place inside the fashion-forward eatery AnQi at Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza, is free and open to the public. Attendees will be treated to an assortment of AnQi’s signature appetizers while watching the models strut their stuff.  

“We are committed to promoting the health of our children by supporting CHOC,” says Bobbie Garza, co-president of the Glass Slipper Guild. The Guild, whose fundraising efforts support the children’s hospital through volunteer work and community outreach, is made up of about 125 women from the coastal Orange County area.  

About a dozen children – both current and former CHOC patients – will be escorted down the catwalk by firefighters. “Costa Mesa firefighters can’t wait to hit the catwalk to support CHOC Children’s Glass Slipper Guild. We are honored to be a part of this special event with Bloomingdale’s and CHOC hospital,” says Costa Mesa Fire Engineer Paul Kim.  

Last year the Glass Slipper Guild completed a pledge to raise $1 million for a research endowment to CHOC Children’s Neuroscience Institute. The women are currently working on a new $1 million pledge to fund a 6,400-square-foot Post Anesthesia Care Unit in the new patient care tower slated to open in 2013.

This year’s fashion show is expected to draw hundreds of fashion enthusiasts from across Orange County. The event, in its third year, will be showcasing the latest fall collections for menswear and children’s wear.

“It has become one of our favorite events of the year,” says Jim Murphy, general manager of Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza, who also says Bloomingdale’s will be donating $3,000 to the CHOC Glass Slipper Guild.