Hats in the Garden offers tea and hope

Lucette Moramarco

Associate Editor

The staff of Hope Clinic for Women hoped to have 150 people attend their Hats in the Garden Tea, Oct. 16, at the Fallbrook Community Center. Instead, 250 registered for the fundraising event which featured 239 gift baskets and items in a silent auction, eight raffle items and a collection of vintage hats which were for sale with half the money going to HCW.

All the funds raised at the event are supporting the growing program needs at the clinic. Thirty-two babies were born to moms served by the clinic in 2020; 3,345 free services were provided at 950 client v...