Pat
Summitt will be guest speaker at "Raisin' the
Roof," a June 9 fund-raiser for
Safe Harbor,
the child advocacy center.
The party will be at the Music
Road Hotel & Convention Center in Pigeon Forge. It will include dinner,
dancing and a silent and live auction.
Summitt,
head coach of the
University of Tennessee
Lady Volunteers basketball team, is the
official spokeswoman of
Safe Harbor
Child Advocacy
Center.
Jay Adams of Mix 105.5 will be the
master of ceremonies for the event. It begins at
6:30 p.m. and concludes at
11:30. Attire is dressy but not
black tie. Seating is limited. Make reservations by calling 453-2638. The
cost is $100 per person, with tables seating eight available.
"Proceeds raised from this
event will literally be used to raise the roof on
Safe Harbor's first facility to serve
child-victims of severe abuse,"
barryFain,
board president, said. The facility will serve the 4th Judicial District,
comprised of Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson and Sevier counties
"We are very grateful for
this year's sponsors," said Donna Koester,
Safe Harbor's executive director.
"Without their generosity, none of this would be possible."
Sponsors to date include
Burchfiel-Overbay & Associates Inc., Colonial Real
Estate Inc., Comfort Inn Apple Valley, Gary Woods Photography, The Mountain
Press, Music Road Hotel & Convention Center,
Riverside
Towers, Sevier County Bank, Sevier County Bar Association and Williams
Heating & Air.
In one 12-month period, the 4th
Judicial District recorded 5,334 total cases of confirmed abuse/neglect. That
includes 1,118 cases in Cocke, 567 in Grainger, 1,561 in
Jefferson
and 2,088 in Sevier.
Safe Harbor's
efforts will be designed to assist investigators and
prosecutors
in building a case against perpetrators, while following up with the family
to help coordinate counseling.
Safe Harbor
Child Advocacy
Center is an IRS-ap
proved 501(c
)(3) non
profit organization. To learn more, visit
www.SafeHarborCAC.com, call 453-2638
or e-mail to
DonnaJKoester @ aol.com.
