NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Ellen Eskind Lehman, who more than 30 years ago founded, established and has grown The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) as a philanthropic force that has contributed more than $1.1 billion to nonprofit organizations across the nation, has announced she will retire as the nonprofit organization’s president at the end of 2022. In recognition of her vast and enduring contributions, the CFMT Board of Directors will honor Lehman with the prestigious Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award sometime in 2023 and has named Lehman a Lifetime Honorary Trustee of the organization. The CFMT board of directors has…
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Knoxville, Tennessee – Bell Leotards, owned by Melanie Bell is blazing the trail in the gymnastics industry as one of the only black owned, woman owned gymnastic leotard companies in the nation. While previously working for a well-known gymnastics apparel company, Melanie had designs featured in the 2020 Summer Olympics, making the main stage multiple times with elite gymnasts, and ultimately pushing her to start Bell Leotards where she has more freedom than ever to create quality practice and competition leotards. Five years ago Bell Leotards was just a dream inside a young designer’s imagination. Today, it is becoming a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — TN Tribune — The Tennessee State Museum is the recipient of the 2022 Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Silver Award in the over $100,000 budget category for its current exhibition, Painting the Smokies: Art, Community, and the Making of a National Park. The SEMC Exhibition Competition showcases the best in our profession and provides benchmarks for regional exhibition efforts in southeastern museums.“We have the highest regard for the work of the Southeastern Museums Conference and for the many museum colleagues throughout the region who join us as members,” said Ashley Howell, executive director, Tennessee State Museum. “The Great Smoky Mountains is an…
NASHVILLE, TN — Alive is pleased to announce it has received a $50,000 grant from the West End Home Foundation (WEHF) to support its Henry Hooker Alive Connect telehospice program. Alive was one of 30 nonprofit and governmental agencies that received grants ranging from $10,000 to $400,000. “We are thrilled to be a recipient of this grant, allowing us to further expand our Henry Hooker Alive Connect telehospice program,” said Kimberly Goessele, Alive President and CEO. “This program supplements the care patients and caregivers receive by offering virtual, immediately accessible, comfort and support.” “The pandemic showed us just how important this technology is, and if…
ATLANTA, GA — The global awards ceremony to exclusively celebrate Jazz music, The Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz, and its creator and executive producer, Wendy F. Williams today announce the recipients of six honorary awards and the nominees in eight competitive award categories. These special honors, as well as the 33 nominees, recognize individuals who have made – and continue to make – a lasting contribution to this American art form. Finalists in each category are the result of the first round of nominations submitted during the eligibility period from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022.…
By Peter White WASHINGTON, DC — Partisan politics is paralyzing immigration reform in the U.S. There have been no major changes to immigration law in more than two decades and the system is broken. The Dreamers are among generations of immigrants still waiting for green cards; the asylum system is essentially frozen; Congress has shown no appetite to take up the policy debate about what is fair, who do we want to let in and how many, and how do we speed up the current backlog of immigration cases? While rightwing Republicans like Tennessee Governor Bill Lee rant about the…
By Peter White SOUTH FULTON, TN — One of the town’s six police officers was waiting at a stop sign in a squad car as Joe Nery and his two kids walked by. The officer made Nery wait for an hour and a half in a church parking lot before two women who drove a black pickup truck with big wheels and tinted windows showed up. They wore T-shirts and jeans. “One was wearing flip-flops and the other was wearing tennis shoes. It would be very difficult to believe that someone who works for the state to handle an important…
JACKSON, MS. – Sept. 2, 2022 – The Regions Foundation, an Alabama based nonprofit initiative funded primarily by Regions Bank, on Friday announced a $25,000 grant to the United Way of the Capital Area in support of the Jackson Water Crisis Relief Fund. In addition, Regions Bank announced a range of special bank services to assist customers in the area who are directly impacted by the crisis. Disaster Relief The $25,000 grant to the United Way of the Capital Area will focus on short-term relief and long-term recovery needs for people and businesses affected by recent flooding that impacted the main water treatment facility in Jackson,…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. –Tammy Jackson, Staffing Coordinator at AHC Meadowbrook located in Pulaski, Tennessee, was named Nurse of the Year by the Tennessee Health Care Association (THCA). The THCA is comprised of more than 400 members across the state and is dedicated to helping maintain the high standards of licensed long-term care facilities in Tennessee. “Tammy displays outstanding compassion for the residents and staff every day,” said Nikki Raymer, AHC Meadowbrook Administrator. “Her listening ear and comforting words show others how much she cares. She has created an environment where the residents and staff feel comfortable expressing their concerns and ideas.” Jackson…
Nashville, Tenn.– College and university students will soon benefit from an endowed scholarship honoring business leader Dr. Tracey Morant Adams. The funds were recently presented to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® (AKA) Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF) during a ceremony in Birmingham, Alabama, honoring Dr. Adams on her election as the 27th South Eastern Regional Director of AKA. According to South Eastern Region (SER) Chief of Operations Sharon Ward, the endowment is funded by donors who supported Dr. Adam’s successful campaign for South Eastern Regional Director. “As a servant leader, her first thought was to use the funds to support…