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| Vanderbilt Sarcoidosis Support Group |
I would really appreciate your help in listing my support meetings on your station. We're trying to reach out to the community about our meetings. I have the information listed below. Thank you in advance for your assistance and you have a good day.
Becky Robertson
Group Leader
Vanderbilt Sarcoidosis Support Group Meeting
When: July 19, 2008
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Place: Light Hall Building, located behind Vanderbilt Hospital. Enter through main hospital entrance and exit out out doors next to McDonalds.
Guest Speaker will be Dr. Wonder Drake who is currently doing research on Sarcoidosis. For more information please contact Becky Robertson at
(931) 528-7826 or email
br_sarcoid@yahoo.com
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| Literacy Matters! |
Do you wish that you could read to your children or grandchildren?
Would you like to be able to read the Bible, or some other book?
Do you need help with job applications or reading prescriptions?
Many adults who struggle with reading are getting help.
Read To Succeed provides trained tutors to meet with adults one-on-one in a public place of your choice. This is free, private help to learn to read better. Call Read To Succeed at 738-7323 for help, or to become a volunteer tutor. Call Read To Succeed today. Literacy matters.
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| Mentor A Teen In Foster Care |
Remember that special person who encouraged you as a child? That person who gave you the confidence you needed…
To go to college;
To apply for that job;
To give it another try, even after you messed up…
Today’s young people need that same thing. Become a part of the Governor’s Mentoring Initiative, and be that special person to a child in Tennessee’s foster care system.
To get started, call Youth Villages at 615-250-7200 today. Take a training class, pass a mandatory background check, and begin making a difference in the life of a young person.
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| Circle Players to present "Footloose" - the Musical |
Public Service Announcement
6/3/2008
Press Contact:
Regine McClain
Circle Players
Ph. 615-228-8359
reginemcclain@comcast.net
www.circleplayers.net
Circle Players presents FOOTLOOSE – the Musical
Production Runs July 25 - August 10, 2008
WHAT: Circle Players Community Theatre presents “Footloose” – a high
energy musical about a rebellious teen who moves to a small
town that has banned dancing and rock music. The production is
rated PG-13 due to profanity and suggestive themes.
DATES: Friday, July 25 – Sunday, August 10, 2008
WHERE: Looby Center Theatre, 2301 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
TIMES: 8 p.m. on Thursdays through Saturdays; Sunday matinees, 2 p.m.
TICKETS: $ 15 for adults, $ 12 for seniors (ages 60 and up)
and students with a valid ID. Children ages 6 and
under get in free. All tickets just $ 10 on Thursdays.
TO BUY: Online at www.circleplayers.net or by phone
(615)-332-7529. Tickets are on sale at the box office at the Looby
theatre 1 hour before each performance.
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| ~Bid on breakfast w/ Dierks!~ Benefit concert/auction June 24 |
At the Terry and Carmen Thompson Benefit at The Factory at Franklin on Tuesday, June 24, enjoy some of Nashville’s best musical talent, including Ed Bruce ("Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys”) and Marcus Hummon (“Bless the Broken Road”)...AND bid on breakfast with Dierks Bentley, a football autographed by the Titans, private home concerts, paintings, gift certificates and more. Proceeds from this concert and silent auction will help provide wheelchair-accessible housing and transportation and financial assistance for Carmen Thompson of Nashville, recovering from a life-altering injury she sustained in 2007. Silent auction starts at 5:30 pm, concert at 7 pm. See www.terryandcarmen for details.
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| 4th of July BBQ & Auction |
VFW POST 1970 AND ITS LADIES AUX, 7220 CHARLOTTE PK, NASHVILLE WILL BE HAVING ITS ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY BBQ ON FRIDAY JULY 4TH, 2008. SERVING WILL START AT 11AM. MENU WILL INCLUDE BBQ, BAKED BEANS,POTATO SALAD,SLAW,BREAD AND TEA FOR $8.00 PER PLATE. THE SAME PLATE WITH RIBS INSTEAD OF BBQ WILL BE $10 AND WITH CHICKEN WILL BE $7. MILK SHAKES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR $1.50 EXTRA. THERE WILL BE CHILDRENS PLATES AVAILABLE WITH EITHER BBQ,CHICKEN OR HOT DOGS FOR $4 FOR CHILDREN 10 AND UNDER. THERE WILL BE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A CAKE WALK AND AUCTION. THE AUCTION WILL BEGIN AT NOON. TO PLACE BIDS YOU WILL NEED TO ARRIVE A FEW MINUTES EARLY TO REGISTER AND GET A NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO BID. TO HELP US WITH AN ITEM FOR AUCTION PLEASE CALL JOYCE AT #615-319-2599 OR THE VFW AT 615-352-9933. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBE AND WE CAN FURNISH A LETTER FOR YOUR RECORDS. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL VETERANS. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS. WWW.VFWPOST1970.COM
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| "Legends & Lyrics" - PBS TV Series Taping (FREE) |
You’re invited TO THIS RARE EVENT!
“LEGENDS & LYRICS”
THIS PBS SERIES WILL BE TAPING 5 MUSICALLY- DIVERSE
TELEVISION SHOWS IN NASHVILLE, TN, & ALL FREE TO THE PUBLIC
~ CHECK OUT THIS CLIP OF PREVIOUS SHOWS ~
http://kenconrad.com/switr/soth_promo.mov
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008
ALTERNATIVE
JOHN HIATT, SHAWN COLVIN, JESSI COLTER & RISING STAR – MIKE MUSICK
LIVE TAPING BEGINS: 9:30AM
AMERICANA
CHARLIE DANIELS, PHIL VASSAR, JIMMY WEBB & RISING STAR – WILL HOGE
LIVE TAPING BEGINS: 2:00PM
ROCK
KENNY LOGGINS, RICHARD MARX & RISING STAR – NATHAN LEE
LIVE TAPING BEGINS: 6:00PM
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008
POP
BEN FOLDS, MINDY SMITH, LEIGH NASH & RISING STAR – ROB BLACKLEDGE
LIVE TAPING BEGINS: 2:30PM
COUNTRY
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, PATTY GRIFFIN, RANDY OWEN & RISING STAR – JONATHAN SINGLETON
LIVE TAPING BEGINS: 7:00PM
LOCATION:
Grand Lodge of Tennessee
100 7th Avenue N.
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
~ CORNER OF 7TH AVE & BROADWAY * PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY ~
PLEASE RSVP AND SPECIFY ALL THE SHOW(S) YOU WILL BE ATTENDING:
TAMBERLI@AUDIENCECOMPANY.COM
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| Music City Community Chorus (MC3) Free Choral Concert-June 5 |
Music City Community Chorus (MC3)Choral Concert
Directed by Renee Grant-Williams
Thursday June, 5 2008, at Cathedral of the Incarnation; 7:30 PM
2015 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Cost : Free
"American Choral Classics: Billings to Bernstein"; Music City Community Chorus, Directed by Renee Grant-Williams, with the Excelsior Instrumental Ensemble & Special Guest: Dave Pomeroy, bass. Featuring Randall Thompson’s "Peaceable Kingdom" and "The Chichester Psalms" by Leonard Bernstein. http://www.musiccitycommunitychorus.org
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| Enrollment Open for Local High School Students to Apply for DeVr |
DeVry University’s Nashville location is currently accepting applications from students interested in applying for the Summer 2008 Passport2College program. High school students who have completed their sophomore or junior year have the opportunity to earn college credit without paying for tuition. Courses available to school students include, but are not limited to: Introduction to Business and Technology, Psychology, and Critical Thinking. Upon successful course completion, students earn between three and four semester credit hours depending on the course.
Application Deadline: Monday, June 9
Program Location: DeVry University/Nashville
3343 Perimeter Hill Drive
Program Start Date: Week of July 7
Program End Date: Week of August 25
Students who are interested in applying can request an application by contacting Dr. Eva Young, center dean, at 615-445-3456, or eyoung@devry.edu.
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| Free Church Concert |
The legendary Southern Gospel Quartet, The Florida Boys will be in concert Friday June 6th beginning at 7PM in Murfreesboro at Bellwood Baptist Church. For more info call 615-849-5594.
Thanks,
Dwight Faircloth
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| 7th Annual Run/Walk for Family and Fatherhood |
Join us Saturday, June 28rd, 2008
at 6:30 am for the 7th Annual Run/Walk for Family and Fatherhood!Families and children are welcome. For more information or to register please visit http://familyfoundationfund.org/ or call us at 615.876.7170.The Family Foundation Fund is a non-profit, based in Nashville, TN, which provides mentoring and support to fatherless boys and families.
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| Tough Enough to Wear Pink |
Are you tough enough to wear pink? Join the Franklin Rodeo at the Williamson County Ag Center in Franklin to rally around breast cancer awareness and research. Wear pink to the rodeo on May 17th, and $1 will be donated to the Breast Health Center, a service of the Williamson Medical Center. Let's paint the rodeo pink! Tough Enough to Wear Pink night is May 17th at the Franklin Rodeo in Franklin, Tennessee!
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| 2008 Middle Tennessee Asthma Walk |
Join us Saturday May 3, 2008 at the Nashville Zoo!
Registration/Celebration: 8am – 9am
Walk begins at 9:30am. Take a paved walk through the Zoo grounds!
The Asthma Walk is a non-competitive walking event that benefits the American Lung Association® in the fight against lung disease
– AMERICA’S #3 KILLER!
The American Lung Association® of Tennessee use the proceeds from the Blow the Whistle on Asthma walk to help fund lung education programs and life–saving research against lung disease in Middle Tennessee.
For more information, contact Gail Bost at 615-329-1151 or gbost@alatn.org.
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| Southern Sound Quartet Free Concert |
Gospel Music Quartet Southern Sound will be hosting a free concert on April 24, 2008 honoring cancer patient Randy Williams. The concert begins at 7:00 pm at the Ezell-Harding Christian School, 574 Bell Road, Antioch, TN.
Southern Sound is nationally known, having been featured on Gospel Music TV, the Grand Ole Gospel Reunion and the National Quartet Convention. The concert is free, however donations will be accepted for the Williams family.
Please join with us to help a wonderful family that has been physically and financially drained in their battle with cancer!
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| millersvillebluegrassjam.com |
we are having our 10th anniv may 17th MR ROLAND WHITE,S BAND will be there an many more show starts at 11.30a.m. PARADE at 10.30a.m.(rain or shine) please bring chairs.FOOD$ drinks available.for more info call 615-859-5160 or the city of millersville TN 615-859-0880.ARTS & CRIFT BOOTHS FOR RENT .HWY 31W NORTH INTERSTATE I65 EXT 98.
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| Spring Cleaning; An Event for Women |
Fit For The King Ministries presents Spring Cleaning; An Event for Women. Held at the College Grove Community Center on Saturday, April 26 from 9:00 a.m. (Breakfast begins at 9:00, conference begins at 9:30) until 3:00 p.m. Praise & Worship, a keynote speaker, drama, testimonies and more! Come learn how to clean the dust and cobwebs in our lives that can make us feel dirty. Breakfast and a Chick-Fil-A lunch included. Price of tickets: "Paid in Full"! For more information and tickets call 615-368-7892 (please leave a message) or visit us at http://www.collegegrovebaptist.com. Don't miss this event!
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| Lost in the 50's//////VFW Fundraiser |
VFW Post 1970 and its Ladies Auxiliary, 7220 Charlotte Pk. Nashville, will be having an all day Fundraiser on Saturday April 19th, celebrating the 50's/60's all day. We will start with a Country Ham Breakfast from 7am til 11am. Cost per plate will be $8.00 and $5.00 Children 10 and under. From 11:30am til 8pm our 50's Diner will be open with Hamburgers, Hotdogs,Fries, Cokes and Tea. Milk shakes($1.50 extra). The charge per plate will be $10 and $5 for Children 10 and under. In the afternoon we will have a 50's/60's Cruise In for anyone with your old cars to come out and join us in the front parking lot. We will have a 50's/60's dance starting at 8pm til Midnight(18 and older). There will be no cover charge for the dance. Come out and join us for a fun filled day and help support your local veterans.
For other info call #615-352-9933 or check out our website at http://www.vfwpost1970.com.
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| Silent Auction and Benefit Concert featuring Garrison Starr |
Catch a rare opportunity to see musical performer Garrison Starr (www.garrisonstarr.com) in an intimate concert at First Church Unity, 5125 Franklin Road, Nashville on Saturday, April 12. A silent auction of one-of-a-kind items will kick off the family-friendly event at 5 p.m. with musical performances from 6 to 8 p.m. BBQ sandwiches from local favorite Hog Heaven also will be available. All proceeds will benefit the National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF) South-Atlantic Bone Marrow Transplant Fund in honor of Tammy Hart, who recently underwent a cord blood stem cell transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Benefit tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased at the door or in advance in the bookstore at First Church Unity, online at http://www.firstchurchunity.org (click “Special Events and Guests”) or reserved by calling 615-333-1323.
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| Rock the Chains Battle of the Bands Fundraiser |
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Rock the Chains is a Battle of the Bands concert being held at Brentwood United Methodist Church (BUMC) on April 11th. Tickets are $10. Eight to twelve high school bands will be competing. Each band is required to have two songs to play at the audition and the main event. Signups are required by March 13 and auditions are March 29.
This is a student-run fundraiser for International Justice Mission which is focused on trying to end modern day slavery in India and other countries. Please help make this event a great success!!
Call 370-4400 for more information or see the website: http://www.bumcyouth.org.
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| millersvillebluegrassjam |
we have live bluegrass the 1st& 3rd friday of each month show starts at 7pm.its free for more info call 615-859-5160 or 615-859-0880 city of millersville TN.
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| Foundation Fighting Blindness - 2nd Annual Nashville VisionWalk |
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Foundation Fighting Blindness – 2nd Annual Nashville VisionWalk
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Bicentennial Mall Park
600 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN
Registration: 9:00am
Walk Begins: 10:00am
VisionWalk is the Signature Fundraising Event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB). Please join us as we literally pound the pavement for a cure for blinding retinal diseases.
FFB’s urgent mission is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
For more information call (919) 781-8014 or visit us online at http://www.visionwalk.org or http://www.fightblindness.org.
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| Stepping Out To Cure Scleroderma 5K Walk-A-Thon |
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The TN Scleroderma Chapter will be hosting their 6th Annual Stepping Out To Cure Scleroderma 5K Walk-A-Thon on Sat., June 14, 2008.
The walk will be held at Centennial Park in Nashville, TN. Registration will begin at 8:30AM. The walk will begin at 9AM.
Donations and pre-registrations can be sent to : The TN Scleroderma Chapter, P.O. Box 2844, Hendersonville, TN 37077-2844
Proceeds from the walk will aid with patient support, education and medical research.
For more information please visit our website: http://www.scleroderma.org or call our chapter 1-800-497-5193 or 1-615-792-4610.
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| 1st Annual Phun Walk For a Cure |
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On Sat., May 3, 2008 the Middle TN Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) Support Group will be hosting it's 1st Annual Phun Walk For a Cure. The walk will be held at River Park, 1100 Knox Valley Dr., Brentwood, TN. It will be from 9AM until 2PM. There will also be a silent auction and door prizes.
Donations and pre-registrations can be sent to: Middle TN PHA Support Group, B817 TVC, 1301 Medical Center Dr., Nashville, TN 37232-5735
Proceeds from the walk will aid PHA's efforts to provide patient support, patient scholarships, expand medical research, and to provide the latest information to the PH community.
For more info please visit our website: http://www.phassociation.org.
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| Exchange Club |
Join a great organization with a cause. Join the Exchange Club ... the club that works to prevent child abuse. Make a difference in the life of a child, won't you? Join the Exchange Club today! Call 362-2337 for details.
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| THE EXCHANGE CLUB |
JOIN A GREAT ORGANIZATION WITH A CAUSE! JOIN THE EXCHANGE CLUB! THE EXCHANGE CLUB WORKS TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE. MAKE A DIFFERENCE. JOIN THE EXCHANGE CLUB TODAY! TO FIND OUT HOW CALL 364-2337 NOW!
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| Foster Parents |
Phoenix Homes, a nonprofit treatment foster care agency is seeking your help for the over 9,000 youth, in Foster Care, in Tennessee. Our goal is to provide every child with a safe, stable, and loving home, like yours, to grow.
We are currently recruiting families to provide Tennessee youth with an opportunity for a better and brighter future. Treatment Foster parents help heal lives, restore hope, mend families, and forge relationships that can last a lifetime.
Will you open your heart and home to a child?
For more Information, please call
615-889-7790
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| Fish Fry Dinner |
VFW Post 1970 and its Ladies Aux., 7220 Charlotte Pk. Nashville will be having a Fish Fry dinner on Sat. April 21st from 5pm til 7pm. Menu will include Fresh Tennessee River Catfish, Fries, Slaw, White Beans, Hush Puppies, Desserts and Tea. Cost will be $6.00 Adults, $3.00 Children 10 and under. The Piana Man will be playing from 5pm til 11pm for your music enjoyment. Thanks for your continued support of your local veterans. Please visit our website at VFWPOST1970.com for other upcoming events.
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| Country Ham Breakfast |
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VFW POST 1970 AND ITS LADIES AUX. WILL HAVE A COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST ON SAT. MARCH 10TH FROM 8-11AM. MENU WILL INCLUDE HAM,EGGS,HASH BROWNS,BISQUITS,COFFEE,JUICE AND MILK.
COST WILL BE $6 ADULTS, $3 CHILDREN 10 AND UNDER. CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT VFWPOST1970.COM FOR FUTURE UPCOMING EVENTS. COME AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL VETERANS.
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