SWEET SUCCESS

Sixth Annual Jail Chaplains Dessert Social Surpasses Expectations

Changes at the last minute sometimes spell disaster for special events. And so it might have been for the Jail Chaplains Sixth Annual Dessert Social. The organization had already settled on a date in November when they realized that another nonprofit had chosen the same day for their special event. The Jail Chaplains decided the best thing to do would be to move theirs up a couple of weeks—and trust that it would work out okay.

But it worked out more than okay, explained Executive Director Elect Gerri Leach. “We actually far surpassed our expected attendance,” she said. “We prayed and planned for 600, which was the comfortable max for the room, but 750 people came. The audience was pretty cozy.”

Keynote speaker Carol Kent talked about her book, A New Kind of Normal, the story of her family’s struggle when they learned their only son was given a life sentence in prison without parole.

The organization also recognized Pastor Curt Frankhauser for 33 years of service as chaplain for the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

So many good things coming from one event seem to spell success in new ways. That’s what was so sweet about the success of this year’s Jail Chaplains Annual Dessert Social. [AWM]