Fundraiser
PUTTING ON a successful fundraiser is an accomplishment in a down economy. That’s why members of the Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park are excited about National Treasures, their recent fundraising event.
The organization’s president, Kay Parish, said it was their most successful fundraiser to date. The party put more than 200 people in touch with their past by reconnecting them with vintage cars at Coker Tire Co.’s private museum on the Southside. Among the many cars exhibited, guests especially enjoyed the rare Nyberg, a car once built in Chattanooga, Parish said.
More than $30,000 was raised, Parish said, noting that the money will be used to preserve, protect and enhance the Park’s resources at Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Moccasin Bend, Orchard Knob and Signal Point, she said.
The event featured music from 1900 to the present as well as a menu that was typical of a drive-in diner. Special guest for the evening was former U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt, portrayed by Coker Tire Co. owner Corky Coker. The president led the National Park movement in the early 20th century. He also treated guests to brief sunset spins around the Southside in a 1932 restored open-air National Park tour bus.
Among those present were Coy and Becky Browder, Marty Brown, Rocky and Connie Gilley, Brady Johnson, Melinda Latham, Tammie Long, Frank Miller and Pam Fullbright, Sheri Jones, Mary Lynn Wilson, Lisa Fontana and Donnie Hutcherson.
Food for the event was prepared by Chef Jernard Wells of Emerson Russell’s Catering.
Ear to the Ground
PLANS ARE being made for the 4th Annual Jordan Thomas Foundation Low Country Boil and Cocktail Party to be held on Oct. 3 at Table 2 Restaurant in downtown Chattanooga.
The fundraising event will include a silent auction. Entertainment will be provided by Sound Force.
The Jordan Thomas Foundation was founded by Jordan Thomas of Chattanooga after he lost his legs from the calf down in a boating accident while vacationing with his family in Florida.
Thomas founded the organization based on his experience at the hospital while recovering from the accident.
On his website, jordanthomasfoundation.org, Thomas said he realized that many kids did not have the resources to receive follow-up medical care and rehabilitation. He made a commitment to help as many kids as he could.
The Low Country Boil and Cocktail Party will raise money for children in need with traumatic injuries.
Feature writer Karen Nazor Hill covers fashion, design, home and gardening, pets, entertainment, human interest features and more. She also is an occasional news reporter and the Town Talk columnist. She previously worked for the Catholic newspaper Tennessee Register and was a reporter at the Chattanooga Free Press from 1985 to 1999, when the newspaper merged with the Chattanooga Times. She won a Society of Professional Journalists Golden Press third-place award in feature writing for ...
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