Theme: “Sasha Explores the USA”
Host: Heidi Wheeler along with an amazing team of assistants
Location: Columbus, OH
Date: 26-29 June 2025
Dress-A-Sasha Theme:
Sasha and Gregor Go on Vacation: You can create a scene from one of your vacations, or maybe a scene from your dream vacation.
Childrens Fund Auction:
$12,860 raised plus an added $300 donation for a total of $13,160.
$10,000 sent to Save The Children (with 10X match)
$4,000 sent to St Jude
$1,160 sent to The Trevor Project
The St Jude Raffle doll in honor of Natalie had 190 tickets. That $950 was also sent to St Jude along with two generous $1 matches of the number of tickets, rounded up to $200 each. This brought the total donation for St Jude to $5,350.
Festival Outfits:
(1) Sundress trimmed with rick-rack, belt, white undershorts, and sandals with bows.
The sundress came in four different fabrics: red and blue plaid, navy blue gingham,
royal blue gingham, or red gingham. The belt was red, white, or blue with a square
buckle. The sandals were all white with white, red, or blue bow on the toe.
(2) Khaki cargo pants, zip up hooded sweatshirt, tank top with “Explore the USA” print, and
red high-top sneakers. The hoodie was either red or a similar shade of blue.
There was a third festival souvenir: paper dolls and clothing drawn by Janet Myhill Dabbs.
This photo of the various dress and hoodie colors is courtesy of JoAnn Staricha.
