A Sarnia woman is inviting people to dress up for a ‘Mrs. Roper Romp’ this month and donate to the local Women’s Interval Home.
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“I’m going to have a collections container if anyone wants to bring items,” said Jan Moran, noting the agency helping women and children fleeing domestic violence has said it needs things like towels, t-shirts, underwear, juice boxes, school lunch snacks, cell phone chargers, reusable water bottles and gas gift cards for those it helps.
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“I’ve been wanting to do this idea for a couple of years because it looked like so much fun,” said Moran about dressing up like Helen Roper from the hit 1970s television show Three’s Company.
Plans are to meet under the Blue Water Bridge March 28 in Point Edward at 7 pm for a photo, she said, noting a “couple of carloads” of people are expected to attend, so far.
From there, people can make their way to local establishments “and just kind of frolic downtown,” she said.
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The big thing is trying to help local women, she said.
Lambton County council last September declared intimate partner violence in Sarnia-Lambton an epidemicwith home officials noting a lack of transitional housing units in the community leading to homelessness, or people returning to abusive relationships.
“We’re in really tough times,” Moran said, adding “women are struggling all over the place.”
The event is also a substitute of sorts after plans to raise money for the Women’s Interval Home last fall using a Barbie box went sideways, when Moran said she was told she needed Mattel’s permission to set the box up for photos and donations in Lambton Mall.
She never heard back from the toy company, she said, noting it was the mall that requested Mattel’s permission; but said she understands company officials were probably busy given the popularity of the Barbie movie at that time.
“I’m sure there were so many permissions that had to be given,” she said.
People can make donations directly to the Women’s Interval Home, as well as to the Mrs. Roper Romp, she said.
“It’s just fun for the community,” Moran said.
“Who doesn’t love Mrs. Roper?”
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