Today, September 11th is Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance. On this day Americans across the country are called to volunteer in their local communities in tribute to the individuals lost and injured in the attacks, first responders, and the many who have risen in service to defend freedom. On December 18, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the House of Representatives Joint Resolution 71, signing into law the designation of September 11 as Patriot Day. Though not considered a federal holiday, the tradition continues to this day with American flags flown at half-staff at all United States government buildings across the globe, special ceremonies are held and people participate in community service in a day of remembrance, mourning, and respect for those who gave their lives and for those who helped save them. A Day to Remember. A Day to Never Forget. This #911Day how will you serve your community?
The Cooper Golf Challenge brings together two American classics – golf and families, and benefits Miriam’s Promise, a licensed child-placing nonprofit agency located in Nashville with the mission to ensure the well-being of the child by nurturing individuals and families. This annual golf experience is Monday, September 30, 2019 at the Old Fort Golf Course in Murfreesboro. Check-in begins at 8:15, and tee-off is at 9:00 a.m. According to Dietz Osborne (Class 58), President/CEO of Miriam’s Promise, “The Cooper Golf Challenge is a great way to raise friends, funds, and awareness for Miriam’s Promise. The format for our event is a little different in that we don’t ask our participants to “pay-to-play.” Instead, it is our hope that everyone will spread our story and invite folks to be a part of what we are doing by supporting our work financially.” There are also incentive prizes to participants who raise $1,250 and above. The registration deadline is September 23. Please support one of YLC’s nonprofit partners in this great event.
Saddle Up! is middle Tennessee’s oldest and largest PATH International Accredited therapeutic riding center serving children and youth, ages 2-24, from 11 middle Tennessee counties. Saddle Up! provides Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Therapy using the motivation and movement of the horse as a therapy tool, and adaptive riding. Saddle Up! has an established legacy of delivering positive neuromuscular, social/emotional, and cognitive health gains through the power of the horse.The nonprofit is looking for a variety of board positions and skills for its new Young Leaders Board, including Secretary, President, Nonprofit Accounting and Investment Strategist, Social Media and Web Development, Branding, Development- Volunteers, Technology-Salesforce and Prospect Management, Financial Analytics and Pediatric Disabilities Medical Professional. If interested, contact executive director Laurie Kush at lkush@saddleupnashville.org or (615) 794-1150. Learn more about SaddleUp at its website and like Saddle Up! on Facebook and Instagram.
Today Nashville Business Journal announced the winners of the 2019 Most Admired CEOs and Their Companies Awards and YLC is thrilled that nonprofit leaders were included! To assemble this year’s class of winners, nominations were solicited from the public. Nominees were grouped into categories and voted on by one another during a closed voting process to determine which area business leaders are truly most admired by their peers. There will be an awards dinner at JW Marriott Nashville on November 21 to recognize all the winners. Congratulations to our nonprofit partners who regular place YLC interns on their board of directors for “inspiring those around them, holding their employees, products and services in the highest regard and running their organizations with integrity”–Rodger Dinwiddie with STARS (Students Taking A Right Stand) Nashville; Tari Hughes with Center for Nonprofit Management (Nashville); Sharon Roberson with YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee; Buddy Teaster with Soles4Souls; DarKenya W. Waller with Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands and Tash Weddle with The New Beginnings Center. YLC admires all of you, too!
Participants in the upcoming two YLC fall classes were invited to attend the Lipscomb University Service Fair on 9/4/19 to meet more than 30 nonprofit organizations in person, including Martha O’Bryan Center, Preston Taylor Ministries, The Heimerdinger Foundation, Land Trust for Tennessee, Senior Ride Nashville, GraceWorks Ministries, Shower the People, Book’em, Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition and more, to help them research potential internship placements. Thanks to Christin Shatzer with Lipscomb’s SALT (Serving and Learning Together) for letting us know about this great event! Class 73 and YLC/Williamson Chamber Class 2019 kick off their training next Thursday with an opening luncheon and first session with Derek Young discussing “Being the Ultimate Board Member” followed by 10 more weekly sessions to learn crucial skills needed for today’s board members. We can’t wait to start working with our 84 fall class participants on their internship placements!
Congratulations to Deborah Taylor Tate, a graduate of the first YLC Class in 1985 and Director of the Tennessee Supreme Court/Administrative Office of the Courts, for receiving the Janice M. Holder Award by the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, a nonprofit that pairs low-income and elderly people with legal services. Named in honor of the first female chief justice of the state Supreme Court, the award honors Tate’s work to ensure the legal system is open and available to all and highlights her hands-on involvement in combating the opioid crisis by developing court-related resources for legal issues that arise from opioid abuse. Widely published by local, national, international media, she is a former Federal Communications Commissioner and recipient of the YWCA Academy for Women of Achievement (AWA), among her many other awards.
