YMCA, Samaritan’s Purse partner
for Operation Christmas Child
The YMCA of Middle
Tennessee will partner with
Samaritan’s Purse to assemble
gift-filled shoe boxes for children
worldwide as part of the
annual outreach effort Operation
Christmas Child.
Led by Franklin Graham,
Samaritan’s Purse is a non-profit
Christian organization specializing
in meeting the critical needs
of victims of war, poverty, disease
and natural disasters worldwide.
Each year, Samaritan’s
Purse organizes Operation
Christmas Child to collect and
distribute gift-filled shoe boxes
to nearly eight million children
in more than 100 nations.
This year, the YMCA of
Middle Tennessee will join in
the local efforts of Operation
Christmas Child to collect shoe
boxes at all of its 30 centers.
Anyone wishing to fill a shoe
box for a child in need may pick
up an empty box and list of recommended
supplies at any
YMCA in the Middle Tennessee
and Southern Kentucky area.
Empty boxes are available now
and will be until the final collection
day on November 17.
Simply visit a local YMCA to
get a box between now and then
and return it with your gifts by
Monday, November 17.
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Last weekend’s Operation
Safer Streets gang enforcement
initiative, which took place last
weekend, resulted in 77 arrests
involving 80 misdemeanors,
five felonies, and 15 outstanding
warrants. Seized were 7.8
grams of marijuana, .1 grams of
cocaine, 73 various pills, two
grams of methamphetamine,
and four weapons.
At least three times a week,
officers and supervisors representing
each of the six precincts
and the Specialized
Investigations Division (SID)
partner together to implement
strategies to combat gang crime
and activities in various areas
of Nashville.
Friday’s enforcement consisted
of five SID detectives, 21
patrol officers, and two canine
units. Areas targeted were the
James Cayce public housing
development, Jefferson Street,
Salemtown, the Cheatham
Place public housing development,
Buchanan Street, downtown
Nashville, Clarksville
Pike, the J.C. Napier public
housing development,
Murfreesboro Pike, Lafayette
Street, Madison, Bordeaux,
Fairfax Avenue, West End
Avenue, Dakota Avenue,
Edgehill Avenue, and the
Andrew Jackson public housing
development, Thompson Lane,
Hillsboro Road, and
Nolensville Pike.
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The Nashville Area Red
Cross honored students/faculty
/staff at Tennessee State
University October 28 inside
Clement Hall on campus.
The Red Cross honored
approximately 113 faculty, staff
and students for joining the
10,000-the corps of volunteers
the Red Cross is recruiting and
training to ensure that Middle
Tennessee is the safest and
most prepared region in the
country for a catastrophic disaster.
Tennessee State University
is the first local university to
conduct a mini disaster institute
on campus, thus preparing the
students, their families and the
school for the next disaster.
Participants learned about the
eight disaster response groups
within the American Red Cross
during a disaster relief operation.
They also studied how to
perform the mass care function
of a disaster response operation,
serving food to disaster
victims as well as opening shelters
during a relief operation,
how to run a shelter, and the
Red Cross rules of organizing
and operating a shelter. Finally,
the students gained an understanding
of the mental health
needs that occur during a disaster
relief operation and how to
handle those needs accordingly.
The Nashville Area Chapter
of the American Red Cross
salutes TSU for joining the
10,000 and committing to provide
help when help can’t wait.
“By joining the 10,000,
Tennessee State University has
shown other universities how
important it is to be prepared
and help your neighbors when
it matters most,” said Nashville
Area Red Cross CEO Mary Jo
Wiggins.
The Nashville Area Red
Cross has recruited approximately
5,000 volunteers as part
of the Join the 10,000 campaign.
Motherhood, the Musical
comes to Nashville Nov 12-15
by Wanda Clay
On November 12-15, the
Darkhorse Theatre on Charlotte
Ave., will be the site for 90 minutes
of a musically-hilarious,
journey through the lives of four
women with the production of
‘Motherhood, the Musical.’
This production has a wonderful
line-up of talented local
singers/actresses, including:
Jewel Lucien, Janna Landry,
Jaclyn Brown and Sue Fabisch.
With direction and choreography
by Ruth Rosen,
‘Motherhood, the Musical’ features
an excitement that will
leaving the audience with a mix
of emotions.
“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry,
you’ll leak in your pants,” said
Rosen. The music will include
songs entitled, ‘Soccer Mom,’ ‘I
Leak,’ ‘I Need a Wife,’ ‘Oops,
I’m Pregnant Again,’ ‘The
Vasectomy Song,’ and many
others.
The production represents,
“…the truth about motherhood,
the good, the bad and the ugly. It
all comes out into the open as
the three friends throw Julie a
baby shower. The diapers, the
dirty laundry, the lazy husbands
and everything in between will
be highlighted,” said writer Sue
Fabisch.
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