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Fairytale Princess Tea Set for Jackson


Photo by Chase Richardson

Calling all Mississippi mothers and daughters for a wonderful program to benefit the children of Guatemala.

Organizers predict “Once Upon a Fairytale: A Mother Daughter Princess Tea” on October 9 will be a hit, just like it was at the inaugural event in Jackson a year ago.

Last year, funds generated from the Fairytale Princess Tea raised money to cover the tuition, school supplies and uniforms for 18 children to receive an education. The children live at Eagle’s Nest International. They attend New Day School in one of Latin America’s poorest nations.

Event organizer Jenny Blount hopes this fall’s program will open doors to assist even more children in Guatamala. The Mississippi College School of Business marketing coordinator, Blount teamed with her husband, Tyler Blount, to take on this terrific cause. Both are MC graduates.

“The Princess Tea was designed to allow people to get involved in orphan care and to extend love and support to children living where international adoptions are not possible,” Jenny Blount says.

In 2008, international adoptions closed in Guatamala. As a result, the Children’s Home became a permanent living situation for many of the boys and girls there.

There are two teas times that Sunday afternoon at The South Warehouse in Jackson for the mothers & daughters coming. The first tea time runs from 1-3 p.m. and the next one is 4-6 p.m.

Tickets cost $25 to the program. There are a limited number of VIP seating tickets on sale as well. It will cost the young girls $15 each to get boutique appointments prior to the teas. Professionals will fix hair and do the makeup for guests. Boutique times are from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.

There should be 10 fairytale princesses signed up the 2016 event. They will be showcased as they mingle with guests, sip tea or lemonade, enjoy a delicious meal, and enjoy the entertainment.

Guided by her deep faith, Jenny Blount felt called to battle the sea of grim statistics in Guatamala. Half of its population lives below the poverty line. Only 30 percent of the children in school there finish the 6th grade. Nearly half of Guatamala’s children under the age of 5 are malnourished.

The parents of a daughter adopted domestically, the Clinton couple became aware of the need to reach out to poor children in countries where adoptions aren’t allowed.

Jenny estimates the cost is about $550 to pay for a child to be schooled and received an education for a year at the Eagle’s Nest Children’s Home in Guatamala.

For more information, contact Jenny Blount at 601-925-7749 or jablount@mc.edu or visit www.fairytaleprincesstea.com