{"id":56153,"date":"2016-09-20T07:58:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/?p=56153"},"modified":"2016-09-20T07:58:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:58:58","slug":"attend-the-upcoming-branson-womens-expo-and-benefit-the-children-and-families-of-taney-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/2016\/09\/20\/attend-the-upcoming-branson-womens-expo-and-benefit-the-children-and-families-of-taney-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Attend the Upcoming Branson Women’s Expo and Benefit the Children and Families of Taney County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want to know about the businesses and services accessible to you right here in the Branson area? Do you want to have fun shopping and help the children of Taney County? The second Branson Women\u2019s Expo will be held at the West Wing Conference Center (White House Theatre) located at 2255 Gretna Rd on October 22-23, 2016. The event will promote a mixture of local businesses and direct sales opportunities with the common focus of health, home ideas, and style trends \u2013 all of which give women something to feel good about!<\/p>\n

The Branson Women\u2019s Expo will run Saturday, October 22 from 10 am-6\u00a0pm and Sunday, October 23 from 10 am-3 pm. Women will have the chance to connect face-to-face with trustworthy financial experts, insurance professionals, home d\u00e9cor specialists, health and beauty consultants, and of course to shop to their hearts\u2019 content. Get a jump-start on your holiday shopping with local and regional exhibitors offering everything from essentials to little personal luxuries. There is something for every woman at the Expo\u2026whether you are looking for inspiration, relaxation or to get help managing life\u2019s details, you\u2019ll find the resources needed.<\/p>\n

You will be helping the children of Taney County as you purchase the $2.00 entry ticket at the door, all of which will go to the Junior Auxiliary of Taney County (JATC). Paid admission not only provides a donation to JATC and access to more than 55 vendors, but also a great goodie bag supplied by the sponsors containing magazine, coupons and other promotional items. More than 55 vendors will be able to participate in this event, including AAA Insurance, Arbonne, Cecilia\u2019s Samplers, Damsel in Defense, Jamberry Nails, B&L Outdoor Power Equipment, 417 Fundraising, Lavender Falls Farms, Nerium International, Missouri Baptist Childrens Home, Mix Party, Penrod & Company, Pure Romance, Rodan & Fields, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware by Billie, Victory Chiropractic, to show and\/or sell their products. And once again, Usborne Books & More has generously offered to donate 50% of their proceeds from sales that day to JATC.<\/p>\n

Businesses such as Cox Health, The Vacation Channel, Tanger Outlets, KRZK-FM, 102.9 and KOMC are the generous sponsors. More information is available at www.bransonwomensexpo.com or contact Ozarks\u2019 Kirkwood Hospitality at 417-335-4668. JATC has been selected as the sole beneficiary of this second Branson Women\u2019s Expo. Check out the organization\u2019s website www.JATCMO.org to find out more or to get involved.<\/p>\n

Currently, JATC members support and operate eleven projects including Women\u2019s Crisis Center; Santa\u2019s Gift House; College scholarships; Learners Today-Leaders Tomorrow, providing materials and support to enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies at Bradleyville Elementary School; prom dresses for girls in need; stuffed animals for children in the local hospitals; Homework Helpers and Book Swap Stop, in which they provide snacks, enrichment programs, reading and homework help for children who live in extended-stay hotels\/motels; and Heart of Arts, supporting arts activities for clients of the Developmental Connections Center.
\nJATC is more than a nonprofit organization, it\u2019s a group of women united by a single cause and dedicated to helping the children of Taney County. That\u2019s the magic of JATC. Approximately 50 members annually contribute more than 4,000 volunteer hours as they strive to improve the mental, physical, social and emotional well-being of children in Taney County.<\/p>\n

JATC is part of the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries (NAJA), a non-profit organization founded in 1941 with headquarters in Greenville, Mississippi. NAJA has more than 15,500 active, associate and life members in 98 chapters located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. The NAJA Graduate Scholarship Program has awarded more than $1,203,859 since its inception in 1963 to persons who work, or plan to work, directly with children. NAJA\u2019s slogan is \u201cCare Today-Character Tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you want to know about the businesses and services accessible to you right here in the Branson area? Do you want to have fun shopping and help the children of Taney County? The second Branson Women\u2019s Expo will be held at the West Wing Conference Center (White House Theatre) located at 2255 Gretna Rd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}