Family Crisis Center collects nearly $25,000 with annual fundraiser
The Family Crisis Center of Catoosa, Walker, Dade, and Chattooga Counties (FCC) had its biggest day of the year on Saturday, Mar. 18, when it collected nearly $25,000 during its annual mystery dinner fundraiser.
The event held at the Walker County Civic Center helps the center provide care and shelter to women and children who fall victim to domestic violence.
Saturday’s show marked the third year in a row that the Center went with the mystery dinner show as its primary fundraiser, and the “Yee-Haw Jamboree” didn’t disappoint.
“This has been a big hit for us the previous two years, and this one was a lot of fun too,” said FCC director Kristy Lawson. “We’ve got a ‘Hee-Haw’ theme mixed in with ‘The Andy Griffith Show’, and even ‘Family Feud’.”
The even featured live music provided by the Blue Thunder Bluegrass Band, and included comedy skits and lip-sync musical performances by community leaders that made for a fantastic evening.
Local radio personality Bobby Daniels and Catoosa County Commissioner Jim Cutler hosted the festivities as comedy duo “Buck and Chuck Gilroy,” while numerous other community leaders and law enforcement members portrayed a variety of crazy characters.
Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk and Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender David Dunn faced off