Community Corner
Royal Fashion For a Humble Cause
Ladies in Los Alamitos created and donned "Fascinators" at a Royal Tea Sunday to raise money for the Historic St. Isidore plaza.
There are many who carry St. Isidore Church around in their hearts, but only one lady wears it on her head.
Maria Teresa Diaz, debuted her new St. Isidore Church hat Sunday at a Royal Tea party and fundraiser to save the St. Isidore Historic Plaza.
Dozens gathered at the St Isidore Historic Plaza Sunday to enjoy scones and cupcakes and a variety of teas. However, the highlight of the day featured the “fascinator” contest, a creative hat contest inspired by the fascinator recently worn by Britain’s Princess Beatrice at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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The Royal Tea was hosted by the Comite Del Amor, a nonprofit working to raise $1.2 million to buy the historic church and plaza from the Catholic Diocese of Orange County. The church was closed in 1999 when the Catholic Church determined that it would be too expensive for earthquake retrofitting. The comite continues to use the plaza for community programs ranging from after school tutoring to AA meetings and food drives. The nonprofit aims to buy and reopen the church as a nondenominational congregation for the community.
