600+ Criminal Justice, EMT/Nursing, and Cybersecurity/IT students will be hosted at this inaugural event on September 30, 2022. Students will engage in 2 hours of technical training in the morning in their specific track with emphasis being placed on how to respond in a mass casualty or natural disaster event. This training will be hands-on,…
This past Saturday, 50 Ascension Saint Thomas associates joined together to help continue flood recovery in Waverly, Tennessee. The group of associates split into teams to focus on several parts of Waverly, stretching from east to west where the historic August 2021 floor primarily hit. They worked on mountainous piles of debris in neighborhoods, installed…
50 years ago in 1972, Nashville’s future looked bright as Opryland theme park opened its doors and the inaugural CMA Fest took place. It was also 50 years ago when Inge Crow, 88, started her volunteer career at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West. She is now known as the hospital’s longest volunteer. A friend first…
These buckets, plus over 100 more, are heading to Ukrainian refugees. Thanks to Overall Creek Elementary School for working together with Healing Hands International and organizing this district outreach project.
Touchstone Energy Cooperatives is sponsoring its 14th annual Community Service Project in conjunction with the NRECA PowerXchange Conference, being held in Nashville from March 6-9. As part of this annual initiative, participating Touchstone cooperative attendees visit the cooperative closest to the host city and complete community service projects. This year, Middle Tennessee Electric was chosen…
On Saturday, February 26th, Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron hosted a meal packing event with county employee volunteers to provide food to the local food insecure. During the first year, just over 50,000 meals were packaged by volunteers. Each year, Mayor Ketron has successfully increased the goal with 66,528 meals being completed this 3rd year….
“Thank you, thank you, thank you,” a grateful James Rainey said to Sheriff’s Senior Citizens Awareness Network volunteers. “That was the greatest quote,” said SCAN volunteer Phil Barnett, who partnered with SCAN Co-coordinators E.T. and Clarence Guice to install steps and replace decayed lumber on the porch of Rainey’s aging Fosterville home last week. SCAN…
Rutherford County employees and other local volunteers recently participated in a food-packaging event that provided over 61,000 meals for the food insecure in the community. The main event took place Saturday, March 26 at Lane Agri-Park. The meals consisted of rice, beans, vegetables, soy proteins, and seasonings. “This is the second year we were able…
With only four full days remaining until the application deadline, tnAchieves still needs 2,000 volunteer mentors across the state. A regional breakdown showing the number of mentors needed in each Northern Middle Tennessee county is below: Cheatham County: 22 Davidson County: 0 Dickson County: 27 Houston County: 0 Humphreys County: 7 Montgomery County: 80 Robertson…
Retirement looks very different for former Middle Tennessee State University mass communications professor, Mary Nichols. While some may take it easy following their careers, Nichols spent a good portion of her summer, and now fall, helping those affected by hurricanes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. As a local American Red Cross volunteer, Nichols is…