Jackson Free Press logo

This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
Note that any opinions expressed in legacy Jackson Free Press stories do not reflect a position of the Mississippi Free Press or necessarily of its staff and board members.

Dana Griffith (Van Gogh)

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.

Find some new “favorite things” at the silent auction on Saturday night at the JFP Chick Ball. The auction will begin when the doors open at 6 p.m. and end at 10 p.m.

We have received amazing donations from generous Mississippians from all over the Jackson metro area and the Gulf Coast. To get a sneak preview, we’ve compiled this silent-auction guide so you can stake your claim early.

All proceeds from the silent auction will go toward the Center for Domestic Violence legal fund, which provides assistance to victims of domestic violence and their families.

It’s not too late to donate. To donate email {encode=”chickball@jacksonfreepress.com” title=”chickball@jacksonfreepress.com”}, or call 601-362-6121 ext. 16 or drop off at Hal and Mal’s from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, July 23.

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.