FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 3, 2011
CONTACT:
AMANDA WELLS
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) read on »
Take the Chick Ball Challenge! Get together a group -- as few as two and as many as 20 people -- to raise money and gather gifts and art for the 2011 JFP Chick Ball. The group with the highest total amount (money+gift value) will win the big Chick Bowl trophy this year. Be the first to take it home! Register to compete: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) read on »
The JFP Chick Ball committee is busy collecting sponsors and silent-auction donations, as well as reaching out for more volunteers and committee members. (This year, we're starting a "rooster" support committee of men who want to officially help out. The 7th Annual JFP Chick Ball will be at Hal & Mal's on July 9 and will this year raise money to help fight domestic abuse in surrounding rural counties. If you are interested in getting involved in any way whatsoever, please write .(JavaScript ... read on »
Pass it on! The cover charge for the JFP Chick Ball is only $5, as always. (You can also purchase $5 door-prize tickets.) The $5 includes food from local restaurants and all the Chick Ball events. Enter through the Red Room entrance.
Chick-a-BOOM is a separate reception in Hal & Mal's brew pub to honor 2010 Chicks We Love. Tickets for that event are $50, and are available here.
July 21, 2010
It’s Chick Ball week in the city! Every summer, the Jackson Free Press presents the JFP Chick Ball at Hal & Mal’s in downtown Jackson for two reasons: to fight domestic abuse in the area and to spotlight strong women and their artistry.
Dana Griffith (Van Gogh)
July 21, 2010
Paintings on canvas and bright sparkly jewelry
Purses with handles and cupcakes for eating
Bath salts for soaking tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things.
Julie Andrews was spot on in the “Sound of Music”: Our favorite things have the ability to lift our mood and our spirits.
July 21, 2010
Every year, the Jackson Free Press chooses a delightful slate of Chicks We Love to spotlight, and each year we host the JFP Chick Ball to raise money to fight domestic abuse in our community. This year, we decided to put them together in a new and fun way to help seed the new legal fund at the Center for Violence Prevention. We chose 15 fabulous and strong women to name as "honorary chicks" for the July 24 Chick Ball; 11 of those women are featured in this issue as the Chicks We ... read on »
Every year, the Jackson Free Press chooses a delightful slate of Chicks We Love to spotlight, and each year we host the JFP Chick Ball to raise money to fight domestic abuse in our community. This year, we decided to put them together in a new and fun way to help seed the new legal fund at the Center for Violence Prevention. We chose 15 fabulous and strong women to name as “honorary chicks” for the July 24 Chick Ball; 11 of those women are featured in this issue as the Chicks We Love. (The ... read on »
Leading up to the 2010, the Jackson Free Press asked domestic-abuse survivors to tell their stories. This is one of the pieces we received, republished verbatim.
(Name withheld)
“He will make your crooked paths straight,” the minister said as I sat there on the pew next to him with screams ‘knocking my chest down,(tm) trying to get out. I wanted to die or either I wanted him dead. I wasn•€(tm)t supposed to feel this way, I thought, especially sitting in church, for goodness sake. There I ... read on »
The 6th Annual JFP Chick Ball will build awareness about domestic-abuse victims’ struggle in the state’s legal system, and recognize attorneys who are helping them navigate a system stacked against them.
At the Jackson Free Press’ annual event on July 24, 2010, at Hal & Mal’s, the JFP Chick Ball organizers will present its Hero Award to the Shows Powell Law Firm for dedicating their time and talents to helping domestic-abuse victims. Sandy Middleton of the Center for Violence Prevention ... read on »
_(WPB)_(44_of_216)_medium.jpg "Chick Ball 2009 (7.25.09) (WPB) (44 Of 216)")
10
::recent comments
May 22, 2012One Night at Fenian's
DonnaLadd: ... because if there is anything The Clarion-Ledger can muster the resources to do, it's show up any night of the week…
May 22, 2012
One Night at Fenian's
Rico: Next time just call Metro Mix at the C-L and have them come and take some pretty pictures for the newspaper. Hell,…
May 22, 2012
[Editorial] To Do Its Job, Council Must Show Up
RobbieR: And Chokwe wants to run for Mayor? Hopefully the citizens of Jackson don't fall for this clown's…
May 22, 2012
Catholics Sue Over Birth Control Rule
Brian C Johnson: I cannot decide whether this is a vanity lawsuit, in the sense that the bishops know they stand…
May 22, 2012
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
Brian C Johnson: Darryl, I think it is simply a statement of fact that African Americans in Mississippi are less likely to…
May 22, 2012
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
Duan C.: I am in agreement with Golden Eagle - requiring I.D. ties a fee into voting, the only reason why its…
May 22, 2012
Person of the Day: Rep. Andy Gipson
RobbieR: What? I was clearly referring to Bennie Thompson, not Rep. Gipson.
Rep. Bennie Thomson represents…
May 22, 2012
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
justjess: Darryl, out of my "simple ignorance" I ask you this "little question:" Why are registered voters here in the State of…
May 22, 2012
Person of the Day: Rep. Andy Gipson
Duan C.: @ Robbie R - you lost me on that one? They have him listed in the 77th District…
May 22, 2012
Bryant Signs Voter ID Bill
bill_jackson: I would be interested to know what percentage of the voting age population does not have identification in this day and…