Local Businesses Support Smoky Mountain Children’s Home
Sevierville, TN– Businesses like Biblical Times Dinner Theater, located in Sevierville, Tennessee, have shown their support for the ministry of the Church of God Smoky Mountain Children’s Home by becoming actively involved in fund raising.
For six straight days in May the Theater collected supplies for the Home by allowing visitors half price admission if they donated to the Home. More than twenty (20) large laundry baskets of paper and toiletry products were collected, saving the Home several thousands of dollars on their operating budget.
“The Sevier County community (Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg) and surrounding communities have got to be some of the best places to live and work in the country,” stated Dr. Walt Mauldin, executive director of Smoky Mountain Children’s Home. “This whole area is known for neighbors helping neighbors and businesses helping businesses. And it is for this very reason that Smoky Mountain Children’s Home can excel in meeting the needs of the less fortunate young men and women in their care.”
Jess Davis, owner of Biblical Times Dinner Theater, said this was an event that he and his staff wanted to do to help Smoky Mountain Children’s Home. Working out the details with Dr. Coleman Peacock, director of public relations and communications for the Home, Davis and his theater manager, Allan Miller, set the event in motion and made it a reality. Representatives from the Home greeted visitors each night as they brought their donations and enjoyed a meal while viewing the production Days of Elijah. What a great way to spend an evening, benefiting Biblical Time’s Dinner Theater and Smoky Mountain Children’s Home at the same time!
Dr. Mauldin commented, “It never ceases to amaze me at the various methods and ways this community finds to support the Home for Children. Cutting their admission prices by 50% for guests who donated items to the Home is a fantastic gesture on the part of Biblical Times Dinner Theater; but, to do it for a whole week is more than generous—it shows caring participation in touching the lives of young men and women in our care. Together we are changing young lives—one child at a time.”
