Grease is all the rage on Broadway. Come and see the amazing talent of Salama’s high school students as they perform in the full Broadway version of this musical classic at Belmont’s new Troutt Theatre.Tickets are $10 each. You can purchase at the door or click the link below to purchase your tickets in advance:
https://www.sagepayments.net/sagenonprofit/shopping_cart/forms/donate.asp?M_id=177829387434
(Advance purchased tickets may be reserved for either will call or pick up at Salama)
An Explosive Poetic Experience at Rocketown on Monday, June 30th.
Come out and celebrate the 1st Annual Teen Spoken Word Grand Slam Final!
For more information, visit: http://www.youthspeaksnashville.org/
Closing the Food Gap– Food Security Partners event
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Thursday, July 24th at 6pm the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee will host a book talk and signing with Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at Second Presbyterian Church, 3511 Belmont Blvd, Nashville. The event will be followed by a light reception featuring locally-grown foods.
Winne will read from his book, Closing the Food Gap, in which he chronicles the beginnings of the food movement and the crippling effect Regan-era cuts to federal food assistance programs had on the poor and elderly. He charts the role “supermarket abandonment” and the proliferation of fast-food chains have played in the growing obesity and diabetes crisis among low-income Americans. Winne provides an insider’s look at strategies employed by those working to close the food gap in communities across the country, from New Orleans to Brooklyn to Oregon. Food banks, community gardens, farmer’s markets, cooperative supermarkets, community supported agriculture programs, and nutrition programs are just a few of the models he discusses
A book signing and reception will follow the reading.
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace states: “Closing the Food Gap reveals the chasm between the two food systems of America-the one for the poor and the one for everyone else. Speaking from his decades of political activism, Mark Winne offers compelling solutions for making local, organic, and highly nutritious food available to everyone. It’s heartening to find a book that successfully blends a passion for sustainable living with compassion for the poor.”
ABOUT MARK WINNE
From 1979 to 2003, Mark Winne was the executive director of the Hartford Food System, a private non-profit agency that works on food and hunger issues in the Hartford, Connecticut area. During his tenure with HFS, Winne organized community self-help food projects that assisted the city’s lower income and elderly residents. His work with the Food System included the development of commercial food businesses, Connecticut’s Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, farmers’ markets, a 25-acre community supported agriculture farm, a food bank, food and nutrition education programs, and a neighborhood supermarket.
Winne is a co-founder of a number of food and agriculture policy groups including the City of Hartford Food Policy Commission, the Connecticut Food Policy Council, End Hunger Connecticut!, and the national Community Food Security Coalition. He was an organizer and chairman of the Working Lands Alliance, a statewide coalition working to preserve Connecticut’s farmland, and is a founder of the Connecticut Farmland Trust. Mark was a member of the United States Delegation to the 2000 World Conference on Food Security in Rome and is a 2001 recipient of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary’s Plow Honor Award. From 2002 until 2004, Mark was a Food and Society Policy Fellow, a position supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Mark currently writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional agriculture, community food assessment, and food policy. His essays and opinion pieces have appeared in the Hartford Courant, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Nation, In These Times, Sierra Magazine, Orion, Successful Farming and numerous organizational and professional newsletters and journals across the country. Winne now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. More information at www.markwinne.com
ABOUT THE FOOD SECURITY PARTNERS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee brings people together to create a more healthy, just, and sustainable food system for Middle Tennessee. The organization has over 100 Partners and Members representing all parts of the food system, from farm to fork. The Food Security Partners is a project of the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies and is funded through community support. More information at www.foodsecuritypartners.org.
You may have seen the article on Earth Day a few weeks ago that suggested where to recycle exercise equipment. Sports 4 All Foundation has received multiple pieces of exercise equipment (stair steppers, treadmills, etc..) as a result of the article. The Nashville community has donated these pieces to help fulfill Sports 4 All’s Mission: to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities by providing funding, equipment and programming to enable full participation in sports and recreation activities
Sports 4 All also has sports equipment of all kinds for donation to partner agencies. In order to be eligible for a donation, you must be a 501c3 serving individuals with disabilities. Any age, any disability, and inclusive settings qualify. Sports 4 All exists to support organizations in augmenting recreation activities to benefit the health and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities. Please contact (615) 354-6454 for more information.
Bank of America has an exciting opportunity for area nonprofits:
At Bank of America, we believe that healthy communities are places where all of us want to live, work, raise families and pursue our dreams. The bank’s approach to charitable investments deploys philanthropic resources—including grants, volunteer and community programs—to help neighborhoods grow and prosper. The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative focuses on recognizing outstanding non-profits through the Neighborhood Builders award and those volunteers who make a difference in our community through the Local Heroes Award.
What is a Neighborhood Builder? Nonprofit organizations working to improve their local communities are the cornerstones of vibrant neighborhoods. The work of these organizations and their dedicated leaders improves the quality of education, creates safer neighborhoods, builds more affordable housing, addresses critical social service needs, and brings about positive change in communities.
Neighborhood Builders recipients will:
Apply today for a 2008 Neighborhood Builder Award. The deadline for submissions is June 27, 2008.
Please share this information with others who are interested in making a difference in our community. For more information on the Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, please contact me at 749-3131 or Trudy Mishev at 749-3405.
QUESTION:
Do you know of any good charts, excel formats or database or software that I could see a model of that helps someone keep track of prospective, pending and existing grants (deadlines, etc)?
Please post responses in the comments section. Thanks!
Nashville RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) is interested in finding out if there are any non-profits that would like to share their existing accounting/administrative/back-office functions OR if there is anyone out there aware of any experienced, part-time help we might pursue.
“Women’s Work” is a festival designed to showcase women in the arts. Click here to view the schedule of performances. It promises to be a great celebration!
The Mission of TWTP is:
Today, the Tennessean posted descriptions of what area nonprofits need to better support their mission:
Nonprofits’ wish list
Supports children
Agency: Boys & Girls Club of Middle Tennessee (Franklin/Williamson County)
Description: Needs copier paper, construction paper, electric pencil sharpeners, pool sticks, ping pong balls, computer mice, first aid kits, jump ropes, digital camera, crayons, whistles, Hula Hoops, hot glue gun, boom box, manila folders, juice boxes, bottled water, small bristle paint brushes, Clorox wipes, disinfectant spray, white poster boards, scissors, dictionaries, rulers, glue stocks, spiral notebooks, soft rubber kick balls, dodge balls, and a Rebound DVD.
To donate: Call the club at 794-1106.
Assists all in need
Agency: Bridge of Hope
Description: Needs a washer and dryer.
To donate: Call 226-0596.
Helping children
Agency: Cannon County Reach
Description: Needs white and black paint and painting supplies plus portable classrooms.
To donate: Call Angela King at 563-5518.
Improves child care
Agency: The Center for Early Education
Description: Needs 12 comfortable conference room chairs suitable for long training sessions. Matching chairs would be a plus, but not required.
To donate: Call Michelle Cochran at 251-1902 or e-mail michellec@nashvillesees.org.
Housing provider
Agency: Community Housing Partnership in Williamson County
Description: Needs weatherization kits, paint, windows, doors, appliances and insulation.
To donate: Call Stephen Murray at 790-5556 or e-mail Stephen@communityhousing.info .
Tutors at-risk kids
Agency: Community United Youth Resource Center in Columbia
Description: Needs 40 backpacks, school supplies (paper, pencils, spiral notebooks, binders, rulers, glue sticks, index cards, Crayola markers and crayons, school boxes, folders with pockets, calculators), office supplies and toys for Christmas. The agency also needs file cabinets, chairs, children’s chairs, bookshelves, computers and children’s tables.
To donate: Call Teresa Davis at 931-381-5720.
Family literacy program
Agency: Estoy Aprendiendo (”I’m Learning”)
Description: Needs computers for English-language learning laboratory and books appropriate for middle and high school students, CD players and Power Point equipment.
To donate: Call Tracy Jennings at 941-8658.
Supports community
Agency: Eighteenth Avenue Family Enrichment Center
Description: Needs office supplies, toys, playground equipment, color copy paper, construction paper, hand wipes, wallpaper books, preschool scissors, flashlights, batteries, first aid items, legal pads, finger paints, crayons and hand sanitizer.
To donate: Call 320-1131.
Helps those with disabilities
Agency: Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries Inc.
Description: Needs two folding mat platform tables, four clinical recliners, two single point swings, four rocking chairs, one Hoyer lift with weight scale, four Big Mack communication aids, two Snozelen Elite packages, two Snozelen MSE Corner Padding packages and one portable dishwasher.
To donate: Call Sereadia Dunn at 366-7454 or e-mail sdunn@epmi.org.
Resource center
Agency: Gallatin Shalom Zone
Description: Needs a board table and chairs, and 100 stacking chairs for the community room.
To donate: 585-0790 or e-mail allatinshalomzn@bellsouth.net.
Emergency food and services
Agency: Mt. Juliet Help Center
Description: Needs copy paper.
To donate: Call (615) 754-4357 or e-mail help@mtjuliethelpcenter.com.
Animal education and fun
Agency: Nashville Zoo
Description: Needs four large storage cabinets (at least 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide, metal or plastic only) for the elephant barn; five full-length lockers for staff, and a 4-by-8 foot non-breakable acrylic mirror sheet or steel sheet for elephant enrichment (elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror).
To donate: Call Elephant Manager Rise Pankow at 642-1003 or e-mail rpankow@nashvillezoo.org.
The Zoo also needs additional metal lockers, about 6 feet tall, a metal bookcase up to 32-inches wide, heavy duty free-standing shelving, a commercial blender, a new kitchen stove, good quality chef’s knives (no wooden handles), a commercial door-type dishwasher, a college-sized refrigerator and a golf cart (new or used).
To donate: Call Lead Commissary Keeper Stephanie Greene at 833-1534, extension 150 or e-mail sgreene@nashvillezoo.org.
Learning supplies for at-risk children
Agency: PENCIL Box program of the PENCIL Foundation
Description: Needs binders, arts and crafts materials, educational magazines, containers and a wide variety of supplies that a teacher would be able to use in the classroom.
To donate: Call Sarah Killpack at 242-3167, ext. 233.
Support for seniors
Agency: Perry County Council on Aging
Description: Needs file cabinets, round tables and chairs and bookcases.
To donate: Call Marianne Watson at 931-589-5111.
Help for developmental disabilities
Agency: Progress Inc.
Description: Needs computers, five-drawer filing cabinets, wheelchairs, six Cracker Barrel-style rocking chairs, large print editions of Readers Digest, and other large print books.
To donate, Call Susan at 399-3000, extension 39 or Pat at extension 17.
Educates at-risk children
Agency: Project Reflect
Description: Needs a projector and a projector screen.
To donate: Call Lynda Evjen at 228-9886 or 517-5713
Helps the mentally challenged
Agency: Prospect Inc.
Description: Needs a metal-coated picnic table, a tow motor and a Ridder Pallet Jack.
To donate: Call Bill Potter at (615) 444-0597.
Helps the developmentally challenged
Agency: RHA Health Services
Description: Needs a washer, dryer, living room furniture, bedroom furniture, patio furniture, kitchen table and chairs, fax machines and computers.
To donate: Call Susan Farmer at 367-1181.
Assisting seniors
Agency: Shelbyville/Bedford County Senior Center
Description: Needs a washing machine, aprons, dish towels, a medium freezer and food donations.
To donate: Call Sonia Miller at (931) 684-0019.
Serves the disabled
Agency: Quality Living Inc.
Description: Needs two filing cabinets and a rocking chair.
To donate, Call Bambie Mansaray at 365-2230, ext. 208, or 886-8863.
Striving for independence
Agency: Resources for Human Development
Description: Needs a desk printer, LCD projector for training, gardening supplies, sheets, linens and homegoods.
To donate, Call Kathleen Newbold or Pierre Womble at 391-8088.
Works with seniors
Agency: Shelbyville/Bedford County Senior Citizens
Description: Needs a big screen TV and a Wii game for the seniors to participate in interactive games and sports to improve mobility.
To donate: Call Sonia Miller or Barbara Strahn at (931) 684-0086
Therapeutic horseback riding for the disabled
Agency: Silver Bullets Ranch
Description: Needs building materials to construct a feed room, a freezer, filing cabinets, trophy cases, a storage building, arena panels or fencing for horses, a horse trailer and a house or camp trailer.
To donate, Call (931) 685-9946.
Assists seniors
Agency: Springfield-Robertson County Senior Center
Description: Needs tool Box with basic tools, gardening tools, a safe, awning, a receptionist front desk, a table top folder, new and used computers, desktop printer, copier, scanner, garden hose rack, washer and dryer, five white tablecloths for 58-inch round tables, car vacuum and 50-foot heavy duty extension cord.
To donate: Call Sarai Reed at 384-6367 or e-mail rcsc@bellsouth.net.
Medical help
Agency: Tennessee Personal Assistance
Description: Needs 3-inch binders, a heavy duty copy machine and copy paper.
To donate: Call Sweden Kwenda at 578-2029 or 331-6200.
Settles refugee families
Agency: World Relief
Description: Needs clean queen-sized mattresses and box springs, tables and chairs, couches, living room chairs, end tables, pots and pans, silverware, glasses, small kitchen appliances, calendars, hangers and folding chairs.
To donate: call 833-7735
Faith-based community assistance
Agency: You Can Make It
Description: Needs an office chair, filing cabinet, kitchen table with six chairs, floor light and two wood chairs for clients.
To donate: Call Deborah Harding at 977-5372.
A major Tennessee electronic recycling event will be held on May 14 – 17 in Nashville/Vanderbilt, Memphis/University of Memphis, and Johnson City/ ETSU in partnership with Apple Computers. Free recycling of Computer Systems & Accessories, Audio & Video Equipment, Handheld Devices, and Office Equipment for individuals, households, nonprofits, schools, government agencies, and businesses.
Institutional Recycling Days are Wednesday, May 14 through Friday, May 16 9AM to 3PM at LP Field (Titans Stadium) Parking Lot
(Shelby Avenue and South 2nd Street). For details and sign-up form go to http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu/institutional_electronics_day.php
Community Recycling Day is Saturday, May 17 9AM to 3PM at LP Field (Titans Stadium) Parking Lot (South 2nd Street & Shelby Street).
For details go to http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu/community_electronics_day.php
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