The Smyrna Outdoor Adventure Center (SOAC) will introduce a new educational exhibit for children and families on February 2nd: Hands-On Harley-Davidson. Hands-On Harley-Davidson was made possible by a grant from The Harley-Davidson Foundation and invites children to explore a pretend motorcycle dealership while learning about the people, places and processes that make a community work….
Calling all book lovers! The local Imagination Library – Books from Birth Storybook Breakfast, presented by Murfreesboro Medical Center Pediatrics and ENT, returns in social-distance style on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Cannonsburgh Village. The family literacy event, which sold out and raised nearly $30,000 for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library at its inaugural event…
Neighbors and Sheriff’s Office deputies worked to reunite a lost Wilson Elementary kindergarten student with her family Sunday. Kayla Fanguy’s daughter, Averly, was playing with her family and friends at a neighbor’s home Sunday when she became separated from them. The lost Averly remembered a boy from her school lived in the neighborhood and went…
The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation plans to create 10 new BlueCross Healthy Places across the state in 2021. In celebration of the company’s 75th anniversary, the foundation is investing $750,000 in each space, bringing the statewide total to $7.5 million. The 10 project sites are spread across communities large and small in each of…
Kindergarten students giggle and wave as they watch Pancake move his paws and “woof” with the help of School Resource Officer Chad Dodson. Pancake is a stuffed animal dog that Dodson brings to Lascassas Elementary School to entertain students. Dodson introduced the stuffed dog to communicate with the kindergarten through 5th grade students since COVID…
Hearthstone Properties has developed Kids Cove at Fountains, Murfreesboro’s first Class-A distance learning center providing drop-in and full-time access to a fun and safe learning center for kids in K4 to 8th grade. Kids Cove will open November 2 in a 4,477-square-foot space on the ground floor of One Fountain Plaza at Fountains at Gateway,…
When one-year-old Woods Holloway was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma, a rare form of liver cancer, parents Kayla and Kyle had no idea what it would mean for their family. Now, almost two years later, Woods is a year in remission, and his family is giving back by partnering with Resilience Gives’ Socks with Stories: Paying It…
Thousands of children are expected to follow a candy trail on Saturday, October 24, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in La Vergne. The annual “Goblins and Goodies at the Park” is free and includes a hayride, games, and a hike along the trail to “trick or treat” from local…
“It is hard to believe that last Friday was the Child Advocacy Center’s 20th Birthday,” said Child Advocacy Center director Sharon De Boer. “It feels like yesterday when we first opened the doors. Time really does fly.” The Child Advocacy Center celebrated their 20th Birthday with a Drive Thru Birthday Party. The Happy Birthday yard…
Rutherford County students will not have to pay for a standard breakfast or lunch until further notice, based on a nationwide waiver adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture. The waiver goes into effect Wednesday, Sept. 2, for Rutherford County students, said Eric Smith, RCS School Nutrition director. The program will operate similar to…