This year, Home Instead® celebrates 20 years of bringing joy to Central Tennessee with Be a Santa to a Senior, a gift-giving program for older adults who may be overlooked, isolated or alone during the holiday season. Since the program’s nationwide inception in 2003, Be a Santa to a Senior has engaged more than 65,000…
“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…
“2020 has been a tough year for all of us—with layoffs, furloughs, and families unable to pay their bills and buy groceries,” said Child Advocacy Center Family Services Coordinator Jennifer Gamble. “Tragically, there are parents and grandparents who have also learned their child was being sexually abused by someone they knew and trusted. We have…
More than 200 children and nearly 500 people attended the annual MTSU Agritourism Winter Village recently in the Tennessee Livestock Center on Greenland Drive. The youngsters enjoyed crafts, seeing animals (cows, pigs, a pony and more) and learning where their food that they eat comes from — plus visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus that…
