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Credit: Melanie Boyd

Where can you buy neat art, jewelry and gift certificates and help keep women and children safe all at the same time? The 9th 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 helping sex trafficking victims 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 20.

There’s still time to donate! Call 601-362-6121 ext 23 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.

Credit: Melanie Boyd
Credit: Melanie Boyd
Credit: Melanie Boyd
Credit: Melanie Boyd

NOTE: Items received after July 12 did not make the auction guide. To see more donations go to jfp.ms/chickguide2013

Gift Certificate Donations

$25 Gift certificate, Fondren Nails

$100 Gift certificate, SMoak Salon

$75.00 Gift card, Bravo!

Four Gift certificates for half gallons of ice cream, Blue Bell Creameries

$30 Gift certificate, Lacey’s Salon

60-minute massage certificate, Li Vemulakonda of Elemental Healing Therapies

Two 30-minute massage certificates, Li Vemulakonda of Elemental Healing Therapies

$50 Gift card, Julep

$100 Gift card, Pure Barre

$40 Gift certificate, ACEY Salon

$20 Gift card, Sneaky Beans

Two $75 Gift certificates, Butterfly Yoga

$25 Gift certificate for piano lessons (beginner or early intermediate), Maureen McGuire

$20 Gift certificate for guitar lessons (beginner or early intermediate), Mareen McGuire

$100 Gift certificate, Orange Peel

$200 Gift certificate, Wells Cleaners

$80 Gift card, Renaissance at Colony Park in Ridgeland

Three $10 Gift certificates, When Pigs Fly

$25 Gift card, Apricot Lane Boutique

$20 Gift card, Five Guys

$100 Gift certificate, Mint

$10, Newk’s Eatery

$25 Gift certificate for one spray tan, Merle Norman of the Renaissance

One Gym membership, Fitness Lady of Ridgeland

$100 Gift certificate, Heavenly Design by Roz

$100 Gift certificate, Applause Dance Factory

$25 Gift certificate, Fondren Cellars

Three $10 Gift cards, Sweet Pepper’s Deli

Gift certificate for dinner for two people, Rooster’s

$250 Gift certificate to Donna Ladd’s Writing 101-202 class, Donna Ladd

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.