The Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM), Hands On Nashville and the Mayor’s Office partnered to honor 41 nonprofits achieving Excellence in Volunteer Engagement (EVE) certification today at CNM. Read more
The First Tennessee Foundation announced Monday it has committed $500,000 to fund an in-school program at Stratford and Maplewood high schools that will offer enrollment support and continued assistance for first-generation college students. read more
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro visited a Nashville high school Wednesday to highlight a new program that he hopes will shrink the digital divide between students living in poverty and their more affluent peers. read more
An education advocacy group founded by former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean is waiting for state approval to establish Nashville Teacher Residency, a program to recruit and train recent college graduates who were non-education majors to join the city’s teaching force. read more
The Tennessee Titans are encouraging fans to bring new and/or gently used coats of all sizes for men, women, and children to the Titans-Raiders game on Sunday, November 29 for their annual coat drive. read more
Students and faculty members at Belmont University will conclude a week of around-the-clock volunteer work Friday, one of the many efforts this year to celebrate the Nashville college’s 125th anniversary. read more
The Soles for Souls team was at Martha O’Bryan Center Friday morning, where they handed out a thousand pairs of shoes to local students. read more
Local foundations and internet providers are responding to Metro’s call to address the city’s digital divide by providing $400,000 to the Digital Inclusion Fund, an initiative led by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. read more
Twenty-two Middle Tennessee nonprofit agencies, including Martha O’Bryan Center, will receive a collective $1.2 million in grants from Baptist Healing Trust during the third quarter. read more
Several prospective hockey players took time off the ice to help people in the Nashville community Thursday. It was part of the Nashville Predators’ Prospect Day in the Community, which is a day of community outreach featuring Nashville Predators prospects visiting various Middle Tennessee organizations. read more