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Young Lester Street Massacre Survivor

is Princess for a Day
 

The Tiara Tea Society offered its resources to Ceniyah Dotson, the only young girl to survive the Lester Street Massacre. "She is Princess Ceniyah the Eighth," said Judge Gina Higgins of Shelby County Circuit Court.

Ceniyah Dotson was just three months old when a jury said her uncle tried to kill her. It happened in the worst mass murder in Memphis history.

 

She had a very wounded leg. It's very usable, but needs a whole lot of work," said Tiara Tea Society President Eva Lynn Bishop. "She's doing good," said her grandmother Ida Anderson. "She loves to play, and she loves music."  continue reading (video included)
 

Lori Brown
WMCTV

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

March 21, 2011   click here


 

Even Reporters Shocked by these Murders

 

During my career as a print journalist at four metropolitan newspapers, I tried not to come unglued whenever a heinous murder occurred.

I spent several years as a police and Criminal Court reporter and an editor supervising reporters who regularly covered crime beats. That included two years in Detroit, a mecca for murder and mayhem. When I left, my colleagues gave me a T-shirt that read, "Be nice to me. I have friends in Detroit."
 

Otis L. Sandford
The Commercial Appeal

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

March 27, 2011   click here

 

 

Tiara Tea Society Fundraiser for Lester Street Survivor

 

A 3-year-old Memphis girl, who survived a brutal attack on her family by her uncle when she was just 2 months old, was the center of attention in a pink dress and a sparkly tiara during a fundraiser to help support her therapy.

Ceniyah Dotson is the youngest of three children who survived the March 2008 attack that left her parents, two brothers and two other people dead. Her uncle, Jessie Dotson, was sentenced to death for killing the six people.
 

But on Sunday, the little girl was all smiles during a tea party held by the Tiara Tea Society, a local group that raises money for girls in need. Her grandmother, Ida Anderson, told The Commercial Appeal Ceniyah doesn't remember

 

 Eva Lynn Bishop, president of the Tiara Tea Society, and Vicki Arnold, with Victoria's Traveling Tea Parties join FOX13 with more on the ‘Tea’ for Ceniyah Dotson.
 

Valerie Calhoun
Fox 13 News

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

March 21,  2011  click here (video included)

 

 

Tiara Tea Society Helps Haiti Victim

 

Last January a 7.0 earthquake leveled the island of Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and more than a million were left homeless. If you go to Haiti today, it’s still in shambles. The homeless continue to live in tents and sickness is rampant.  Lynn Bishop joined FOX13 to talk about one girl who's getting help following that catastrophic quake..
 

Valerie Calhoun
Fox 13 News

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

November 19, 2010   click here

 

 

Memphians Give  Haitian Teen New Hope

 

Her life could have very well ended under a concrete ceiling where she was buried alive during the devastating Haitian earthquake in January. But, Judeline Jean survived death, and now with help of some friends in Memphis she will be ready to begin her new life.

 

Les Smith
Fox1 3 News

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

November 19, 2010   click here

 

 

Ladies to Take Girl from Rags to Royalty

 

For a study in stark comparisons, consider the local Tiara Tea Society and its most recent mission.

The Tiara Tea Society is made up of professional ladies, as high as high society gets in these parts.

A few times a year, president Eva Lynn Bishop explained, they gather for formal tea while wearing, for a second time, the formal wear debuted at the opera or some special event.

And each year, the society chooses a girl in need to help.

This year, their focus is Judeline Jean, a Haitian teenager who lost her right leg and much of the use of her left arm after she was trapped in rubble following the Jan. 12 earthquake on the island.

 

Wendi C. Thomas
Commercial Appeal

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

September 19, 2010   click here

 

 

Two Roads to Recovery

 

While Mariliene Jean was in Dallas for high-tech surgeries and care, Judeline Jean languished in the same Haitian hospital where the two were roommates after the earthquake.

 

Dallas Morning News

Dallas, Texas

July, 2010

 

 

A Regal Gift: Meeting dire need is tea society's crowning achievement - 2009
 

Little Savanna Chappell had tea and cake recently in a splendid palace with many queens of Memphis who wore beautiful dresses and gave her one of their crowns.

At least that's what it must have looked like through the outsized glasses of Savanna, 19 months old, who also received from her hostesses the gift of sight.

 

By Barbara Bradley

Memphis Commercial Appeal
Thursday, March 26, 2009  click here

 

 

Great Cause Brings Out Inner Princess

 

High tea, it is for a great cause, and a chance to pull out your inner princess. Lynn Bishop from the Tiara Tea Society joins us with the details.


Valerie Calhoun
Fox1 3 News

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

March 18, 2009   click here
 

 

 

Mother, Daughter/Family & Friends Tea - 2008

 

The goal was to save three little girls with heart defects.  This tea at Hunt Phelan exceeded expectations to help a Chinese child, little girl number four. 

 

Fox 13 News, September 28 , 2008  click here

 

 

 

Tiara Tea Society Grows to Knoxville, TN - 2008

The Memphis based Society grows to aid in helping raise funds for this years' children.  For more information, see Affiliates page.  

"

The Style Show" WBIR, February 13, 2008   click here

 

 

 

Tiara Tea Society Goes International at

Grand Dame Tea -  2008

 

New inductees to the Circle of Grande Dames help little girls in Russia and Afghanistan.  

 

Fox 13 News, February 11, 2008   click here

 

 

 

Morgan Shaw Attends Hannah Montana Show - 2007

 

Tiara Tea Society was pleased to send Morgan Shaw, the 2007 honored girl, to see the greatly anticipated Hannah Montana show at the FedEx Forum. 

 

Fox 13 New, November 30, 2007  click for video

 

 

 

Young Crime Victim Honored as a Hero - 2007
 

Local Group Holds Special Tea Celebration for Morgan Shaw
 

Fox13 News, September 30, 2007   click here

 

 

 

Tiaras & Tea... Dress-Up for Charity -  2007

 

The Tiara Tea Society is holding a special tea party to benefit 6-year old Morgan Shaw, who was shot in the head following a kidnapping.

 

Fox 13 News, Thursday, 01 Feb 2007   click here

 


 

Other News

 

2011 Media

 

VIP Magazine, April 2011

 

RSVP Magazine - March 2011 Issue

March 14, 2011 - WPTY - ABC 24 Memphis, TN
News at Noon with April Norris

March 17, 2011 - WHBQ - Fox Memphis, TN
Good Morning Memphis with Lori Brown

March 20, 2011 - WREG - CBS Memphis, TN
WREG 10 pm Sunday

WPTY - ABC Memphis, TN
Eyewitness News at 5 pm
ABC 24 News at 10 pm

WMC - NBC Memphis, TN
Action News at 10 pm

WLMT - CW Memphis, TN
Eyewitness News at 9pm

WHBQ - Fox Memphis, TN
Fox 13 News at 5pm
Fox 13 News at 9pm

"Little Survivor"

March 21, 2011

Commercial Appeal
by Jody Callahan

WREG - CBS Memphis, Tn.
Daybreak at 5 am
First News at 4 pm

WPTY - ABC Memphis, Tn.
Eyewitness News at 5 am

WMC- NBC Memphis, Tn.


WMC Today


WMC at Noon

WLMT - CW Memphis, Tn.
Eyewitness News Morning

WHBQ - Fox Memphis, Tn.
Good Morning Memphis

 

WREG TV, April 2011

 

Tri-State Defender, March 8, 2011
 

 

2010 Media

 

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas July 2010
"Live at 9:00" WREG, Marybeth Conley, Memphis, August 26, 2010
Commercial Appeal Wendi Thomas, Memphis, September 19, 2010
"Memphis Makers" Library Channel, Allyne Luciano, Memphis, October 2010
"Action News 5" , WMC-TV, Kontji Anthony, Memphis, October 13, 2010
Hendersonville Times/News, Hendersonville, N.C. October 21, 2010
Blue Ridge News/Times, North Carolina, October 21,2010
Blue Ridge Now, North Carolina. Editorial October 23, 2010
"Eye Witness News" WPTY, April Norris, Memphis, November 1, 2010
"Good Morning Memphis", WHBQ, Valerie Calhoun, Memphis, Nov 18, 2010
"Fox 13 News" WHBQ, 5:00 and 9:00 pm News, Memphis, November 19, 2010
VIP Magazine, December 2010
 

 

2009 Media

 

"Memphis Makers Show", Ally Luciano, March 2009

"Action News 5", Knotj Anthony, March 14, 2009

Fox 13 News, WHBQ, Valerie Calhoun, March 18, 2009  view video

Commercial Appeal, Barbra Bradley, March 26, 2009

Memphis Woman Online Magazine

VIP Magazine, Memphis, May 2009

At Home Tennessee, July 2009

 

2008 Media

 

"Memphis Makers Show", Ally Luciano, January 2008

ICHF Website at baby heart.org, "What Others Have done", January 200

Citadel Memphis Radio Group, Tony Nicholsen, February 2, 2008

"Live @ 9 Show", Memphis WREG, February 5, 2008

Fox 13 News, WHBQ, February 11, 2008

VIP Magazine, Memphis, March 2008

Memphis Woman Magazine, March 2008

"RSVP Magazine", April 2008

"Everything West" Magazine Knoxville, Tn. June 2008
"Memphis Makers Show", Ally Luciano August 2008
VIP Magazine, Memphis, August 2008
Fox 13 News, WHBQ, September 28,2008

Memphis Woman Online Magazine, October 2008

Commercial Appeal, October 2008

VIP Magazine, Memphis, November 2008

 

2007 Media

 

Memphis Women Magazine, January 2007

"Memphis Makers Show", Ally Luciano, January 2007

"Live @ 9" Show, Memphis WREG, January, 10, 2007,
"Good Morning Memphis" Show, Fox 13, February 1, 2007
Fox 13 Evening News, February 2, 2007,

RSVP Magazine, Memphis, March 2007

VIP Magazine, Memphis, March 2007

VIP Magazine, Memphis, June 2007
"Memphis Makers Show", Ally Luciano August 2007
Memphis Downtowner Magazine, September 2007

"Live @ 9 Show", Memphis WREG, September 13, 2007

VIP Magazine, Memphis, December 2007

 

 
   

    

 
 

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