Juanita Hozey has always lived to help others. For two decades of her life, Nita dedicated herself to nurturing over ninety foster children in her home and shares that level of care and commitment with her wedding planning clients and her students at Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, SC. Beginning with her own wedding, then her siblings, and eventually her foster children, she developed her love of wedding planning without the thought of opening her own business.
After her husband retired, Nita was initially content with raising their adopted son, loving their many grandchildren, and continuing their work with foster children. Her interest in wedding planning also continued as she noticed the lack of resources for brides in her small South Carolina town. She started her own business, Praise Unlimited Weddings (www.PraiseUnlimitedWeddings.com), by acquiring several florists. She quickly grew her wedding planning inventory of candelabras and floral supplies to include stores of linens, centerpieces, columns, tables, chairs, and tents.
Soon, Nita’s business was planning over twenty weddings each month during the wedding season. Harkening back to her love of helping others, Praise Unlimited Weddings also assists other wedding planners’ success with wedding rental supplies and vendor recommendations.
Nita brings many years of experience and her love of wedding planning to certification students this fall at Piedmont Tech (www.ptc.edu).
“Planning a wedding can be stressful, tedious, and sometimes overwhelming. Many Brides-To-Be do not realize a wedding planner can actually alleviate some of this stress - as well as help them to keep the cost of their dream wedding affordable,” Nita says.
Three years ago, Nita hosted her first Bridal Expo in her area. Since then, her bi-annual events have been such a success for vendors, brides, and wedding planners that other event locations have begun asking for her expertise planning their shows.
Understanding the importance of networking, Nita has helped develop her area’s reputation as being home to top of the line wedding vendors in catering, cake design, photography, wedding attire, and wedding planning. She looks forward to sharing her client and business building knowledge as well as providing real life experience with her classroom students.
Candidates for the Wedding Planning Institute certification course at Piedmont Technical College can register by calling Jeanne Hughston at 864-941-8400. The fall session begins on September 23, 2008 and will meet each Tuesday and Thursday from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (except Thanksgiving week). Tuition is $795 and includes classroom instruction, textbook, six months online curriculum and support access, and post-graduate job placement assistance.
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