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Serving People in Need (SPIN) will hold a fashion show May 4 at the

Four Seasons Hotel to raise money for its program.

The nonprofit organization helps Orange County’s working poor and

single mothers achieve independence by helping them to find housing, by

offering job training and educational support as well as substance abuse

recovery and crisis intervention.

The Costa Mesa-based organization, which was founded in 1987, also

runs a food bank that provides meals to the homeless.

The benefit event will include raffles, opportunity drawings and a

silent auction with prizes such as fine wines, facials and clothes. The

grand prize is a one-week stay at a country club in Florida.

Tickets for the event, which includes lunch, cost $85. The benefit

begins at 11 a.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel’s palm garden, 690 Newport

Center Drive, Newport Beach.

Information: (949) 751-1101