By Paige Nash
To show support for the upcoming Minden St. Jude Auction, Miss Minden 2023 Jacie Brent is selling tee shirts. The images on the back of the tee shirt include various locations across the city. It was designed and hand drawn by her sister and former Miss Minden Sharity Brent. Sharity received a patent on the design and was granted permission from the late Mayor Terry Gardner to use the city logo on the front of the shirt.
Jacie said, “I think it is a great shirt and it really shows off so many places that make Minden special and unique. It is a visual symbol of the pride we all have to be living in the ‘Friendliest City in the South.'”
The locations depicted on the back of the shirt include Academy Park, the Civic Center, Coca Cola Bottling Company, the Farm and Cultural Crossroads, Minden Press-Herald, Turner’s Pond and the iconic Minden water tower.
In 2019 her sister, Sharity, first sold these shirts in support of Children’s Miracle Network. The fundraiser was a tremendous success and brought in about $1,400. Since then, she would get asked occasionally when she would be selling the shirts again.
Jacie said, “When I was crowned Miss Minden 2023, I knew that would be something I would like to bring back.”
She has set a goal to sell at least 150 of these shirts. So far, she has sold a little more than 80. All proceeds will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Center with a check being presented at the auction next month.
“The Minden community and I both have a huge heart for St. Jude, and it is very special to me to be able to present a check as Miss Minden. I have been going to this auction since I was a little girl and I have also participated in the 5k for the past 6 years,” she said. “While attending Louisiana Tech, I became a Tri Delta and our philanthropy was St. Jude, so I have been raising money for St. Jude in some capacity for years.”
These shirts are for presale only and will not be available for sale at the auction. They are only $20, and range in sizes from youth XS up to adult 4XL. They are available in gold, midnight blue, lavender, royal blue and black.
“The love and support this amazing community has shown me since I was crowned Miss Minden is huge and I am so grateful to those who have already purchased shirts or donated money,” said Jacie. “The fundraiser has been a success for far and it is all because of the huge hearts everyone in this community has for St. Jude.”
To order a shirt, please visit this website: https://www.customink.com/fundraising/miss-minden-2023-st-jude-fundraiser
