Woodlands Academy?s Winter Wonderwalk/Boutique Begins Dec. 10

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In addition to tours of four architecturally significant Lake Forest homes, this year?s Winter Wonderwalk & Holiday Boutique benefit for Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart offers a first-hand look at the transformation the former Barat College?s library building, designed by architect Dirk Lohan (grandson of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), has undergone. Renamed the Gloria Dei Center as part of Woodlands Academy?s recently dedicated expanded campus, the facility will host Boutique shopping events all three days of this year?s Winter Wonderwalk, Thursday, Dec. 10, through Saturday, Dec. 12. A Boutique preview party themed ?Let it Snow? will be held Thursday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. featuring cocktails and hors d? oeuvres, first-look shopping, door prizes and more. Also new this year, the Housewalk tours are scheduled on a Friday (Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Friday?s Boutique hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. offer a full day of shopping. Other new features include the addition of Saturday Boutique shopping hours (9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 12) along with seminars, demonstrations, hourly prize drawings and a Pop-up Alley including additional Saturday-only vendors. Tickets for Winter Wonderwalk may be purchased on the school?s website, www.woodlandsacademy.org. Reduced Early Bird prices are in effect through Dec. 1. Winter Wonderwalk is one of the major fundraising events supported annually by Woodlands? Mothers Club, Fathers Club and Alumnae Parents Connection. Proceeds will benefit the school?s financial- aid program For Winter Wonderwalk & Holiday Boutique information, visit either the school?s website or www.winterwonderwalk.org. You also may contact Kathy Fivelson at kfivelson@woodlandsacademy.org. ### Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women. It?s part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans the United States and 40 other countries. A nonprofit, Woodlands Academy?s identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat?s desire to inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to serve. For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org