Seaside High School senior Whitney Westerholm will be awarded the Breaking Barriers scholarship at the event.

WARRENTON — The Seaside American Association of University Women will host Spring into Fashion, a scholarship fundraiser, from 2 to 4 p.m. May 7 at Astoria Country Club, 33445 Sunset Beach Road.

The style show program will include fashions from local clothing stores for women, men, teens and children, with local models showing off different clothing pieces. The show will be moderated by the mother-daughter team of Diana McLoughlin and Bethany Kunds.

Refreshments and a no-host bar will be offered, and there will be raffles of many items donated by local businesses. Spring into Fashion is supported by 15 local merchants: AAA, Astoria Golf and Country Club, Beach Books, By the Way, Dress Barn, Christopher & Banks, Costco, Eddie Bauer, GB Jewelers, La Luna Loca, Nike, Ter Har’s, T.J. Maxx and Van Heusen.

The event will also award the Breaking Barriers scholarship to Seaside High School senior Whitney Westerholm. The award is given to a local woman or girl who exemplifies AAUW’s mission in a manner that has had a demonstrative impact on the city’s women and girls in the area of equity and education. This is the first year Seaside AAUW has chosen to participate and honor a young woman from the community.  

The Seaside Branch of AAUW was established over 75 years ago to advance the equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. In 2004 a scholarship foundation was formed to provide tuition to women in Clatsop County.

The Seaside branch has 50 members from Cannon Beach, Gearhart, Hammond, Manzanita, Seaside and Warrenton and is open to any woman who has earned an Associate Degree or its equivalent. Members enjoy a weekly walking group, monthly educational meetings, book and movie discussion groups, voter candidate forums and more.

Funds raised by this event will be used for scholarship awards to area women and girls.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students. They may be purchased at By the Way in Gearhart, Beach Books in Seaside, from an AAUW member, at the door ,or by phone at 503-717-2353.