Friday, December 2: The Friends of Wednesday’s Child‘s annual “Heart & Hands Alliance Luncheon” will have former Mrs. Texas/Unbroken – A Memoir author Tracy Elliott.
If Tracy story isn’t familiar, here’s a brief rundown that is far more fascinating than any reality show:
“Named 2006 Mrs. Texas, Southlake resident Tracy Elliott knows pain and fear first hand. Orphaned at two, she lived with her grandmother and five uncles. She experienced sexual abuse and outright terror at the hands of her uncles. As a teen she began drinking and experimenting with drugs. Ending up drunk and high, losing job after job, she eventually ended up working as a stripper. Moving from place to place, staying with friend after friend, having nowhere to call home. Amazingly, at the strip club she met Bryan. They became friends and she was able to be herself with him. She shares with him her mistakes and struggles and he does the same. Around that time, she stopped drinking, got an apartment and worked hard to clean up her life. They eventually married and ended up pregnant after eight days of marriage. Tracy is now the mother of two, and Bryan a successful businessman.”
Luncheon Chair Kathy Miller Rabey is taking full advantage of the date with a theme of “A Home for the Holidays.” You just know that the Ritz will look its best for the estimated 500 guests.
To help raise funds, Kathy has arranged for Booker T. Washington students to perform. Guests can also buy an “Angel” that will be placed on the designer-decorated Angel Tree. For each “Angel” purchased, a child will be able to attend summer camp in 2012.
Friends of Wednesday’s Child is “the only non-profit organization whose single purpose is to meet the unique needs of North Texas foster children.”
Last year’s event raised a whopping $250,000.