JA reception honors First Lady Andrea Conte
Andrea Walks for Tennessee Children. That was the focus for the recent two-day trek across Warren County led by Tennessee First Lady Andrea Conte. During the local walk placing emphasis on child advocacy, Conte reached the 300-mile mark toward her goal of walking 600 miles over the state.
As a courtesy to the visiting First Lady, a reception was given at Bridgestone Learning Annex by the Junior Auxiliary, as part of its ongoing, child advocacy community service project. Over 250 guests were invited to attend the gala.
Serving as hostesses were Jennifer Wright, JA ex-officio and child advocacy project chair, and life member Anita Moore, who is also director of the area Child Advocacy Center. Life member Cathy Arter spearheaded the social event.
Unique table decorations included a vase of mixed flowers, Junior Auxiliary’s Gazebo Gala II cookbook, votive candle and red canvas walking shoes arranged on reflective mirrors. Kid cutouts holding colorful helium balloons helped place children in the forefront.
The reception tables were heavily laden with an array of tasty hors d’oeuvres. Recipes for most of the finger foods were selected from the Junior Auxiliary cookbook and prepared by its members.
“Goolsby Sausage and Logan Farms furnished sausage and ham used in the recipes,” noted Wright, “while Prater’s supplied the shrimp cocktail and chicken salad croissants.”
Several others from the business and industrial community also generously contributed to the success of the reception. Numerous trees and shrubs provided by Warren County Nursery were sold at silent auction with the proceeds being donated to benefit the Child Advocacy Center.