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Where can buy cool art, jewelry and furniture and help keep women and children safe all at the same time? The 8th Annual JFP Chick Ball, of course. It features a huge silent auction of donated items from local businesses, artists and so many other philanthropists.

The proceeds from this year’s Chick Ball go toward funding a rape crisis center at the Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl. Flip through this silent-auction guide for samples of what will be featured from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 28.

There’s still time to donate! Call 601-362-6121 ext 16 or email chickball@jacksonfreepress.com to give or volunteer. And don’t forget to thank these donors, buy their art and shop in their local businesses.

Note: Items received after July 20 did not make the auction guide.

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All, all of the auction items aren’t pictured — many are still coming in this week (we’ll take silent auction items until noon tomorrow/Friday). We’re updating this list as we go here: [jfp.ms/chickballdonations][1] All the info you need on the event is at [jfpchickball.com][2] [1]: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jul/16/chick-ball-donations-piling-heres-list/ [2]: http://www.jfpchickball.com

#562 | Author: Donna Ladd | Date: Jul 26 2012

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.