“Be awesome today.” Three simple, yet powerful words Dr. Letoni Murry ends with every single morning as he wraps up the daily announcements at Stewarts Creek Middle School. “It’s another way of saying, all we have is today and let’s make the most of what we have,” Murry explained. “We don’t know what’s going to…
Giving Tuesday is a global initiative that encourages a day of generosity and giving, on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. #RCCGivingTuesday will be on Tuesday, November 30th , and focuses on over 30 Rutherford and Cannon County non-profit organizations with a 24-hour online fundraising event. For the second year, United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties…
Metro Nashville Police Department’s Mounted Patrol Division will collect donated toys for its annual Christmas Basket Program on Saturday, December 4, and Sunday, December 5, at Nashville Zoo. As an added incentive, the Zoo is offering a complimentary admission ticket for every new toy donated (limit two tickets per person). Metro police officers will collect…
“It is not even Thanksgiving yet and we are already thinking about Christmas at the Child Advocacy Center. We are getting our huge storage garage cleaned out and ready to become Santa’s workshop,” said director Sharon De Boer. “The holidays are a magical time of year for children and families,” continued De Boer. “Sadly, for…
“The Child Advocacy Center is excited to announce that we were one of the Top 40 winners in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist Grant!” said Development Coordinator Katie Enzor. “We are so grateful to our community partners and supporters for voting for us in the contest.” State Farm Neighborhood Assist is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative…
Rutherford County students will have increased access to STEM programs and materials thanks to a generous $25,000 donation from Nissan North America. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math programs and courses. “Nissan has supported STEM-related curriculum and programs for many years, especially in the communities where our employees live and work,” said Parul…
Knights of Columbus Chapter # 4563 of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Murfreesboro, TN donated to The Tennessee Fisher House Foundation on September 10, 2021. Knights of Columbus members Tex Shellhart, and John McNicholas (center) made the presentation to Foundation Board members Lou Ferraro, Stephanie Sturdivant, President Tom Allard, Cliff Hardy, Joe…
The Blackman High culinary program was one of a dozen schools throughout Middle Tennessee to receive in upwards of 300 of the 4,000 chef jackets donated by Cracker Barrel. Blackman instructor Frank Pinnix participated in a meeting with several other high school culinary educators — Lebanon, Wilson Central, Mt. Juliet, Green Hills, Cookeville, Memphis, Canon…
On August 6th The Exchange Club of Murfreesboro presented a variety of school supplies to the Department of Children Services to provide those needs to their clients. Frequently children are removed from situations and do not have time to retrieve their school supplies. In order to help those students continue their education needs these supplies…
Oakland High School hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate Nissan’s donation of a FANUC robot to an already state of the art mechatronics classroom. Paul Anthony, Wayne Ellington, Mark Little and Nathan Carroll were on hand from Nissan along with Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron, County Commissioner Robert Peay, School Board members Coy Young,…