Spreading the legacy of Maddie and Kaylee
Ashlin Couch and Kaitlyn Widmyer prepare for the sold-out Make it Pink Gala on Thursday afternoon. The event Saturday raised money for the Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves Memorial Scholarship Fund. Couch had a close relationship with Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves before they were killed during the 2022 murders in Moscow.
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Kaitlyn Widmyer of Marmalade Fresh Clothing poses outside the store. Widmyer is an executive producer at CDA Fashion Week and hired Maddie Mogen at her family's business, Marmalade Fresh Clothing in Coeur d'Alene. Mogen was a University of Idaho student who was slain in the 2022 Moscow killings.
COEUR d’ALENE — As the last touches to the Make it Pink Gala fell into place, Ashlin Couch stopped by the Marmalade Fresh Clothing on Thursday where her friend, Maddie Mogen, used to work.
Couch co-founded the Made With Kindness Foundation with her mother, Angela Navejas to fund memorial scholarships honoring Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, who were slain in the 2022 killings in Moscow.
The emotions ahead of the big day were a bit too much, and Couch deferred to Kaitlyn Widmyer to share memories of Mogen. Widmyer helps run Marmalade and worked with Mogen at the boutique.
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