YLC hosted its annual appreciation luncheon on 8/1/19 for close to 70 nonprofit leaders and corporate sponsors at Belmont University’s Frist Lecture Hall. Sponsored by long-time supporter Bank of America, the luncheon served as an opportunity to thank those organizations that have had YLC class graduates serve one-year terms on their boards as interns and corporations which have donated to YLC special events held throughout the year. Representatives in attendance from 32 local nonprofits included Nashville Zoo, Siloam Health, Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee, PENCIL, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville, Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee, Safe Haven Family Shelter, The Family Center, Adventure Science Center, Greenways for Nashville, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, You Have the Power, Miriam’s Promise, Gigi’s Playhouse, Nashville Fellows Program, First Steps, Girls on the Run of Middle Tennessee, Economic Club of Nashville, Book’em, Tennessee Environmental Council, Nashville Diaper Connection, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Matthew 25, Conexion Americas, Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition, American Cancer Society, Community Resource Center, ABLE Youth, CASA Nashville, Walk/Bike Nashville and United Way of Williamson County. Corporate representatives from Bank of America, Belmont University, Fifth Third Bank, LBMC, Synovus, Wells Fargo, and Gresham Smith were also in attendance, many of them alumni of the YLC program themselves.
The guests enjoyed a lunch buffet with Asian salad, sticky rice, vegetarian lo mein, garlic lemon ginger broccoli, cilantro grilled chicken, grilled teriyaki salmon and lemon bars. Lisa Shacklett, who has been serving as YLC executive director for just over four months, welcomed the group and thanked luncheon sponsor Heather Vincent, SVP with Bank of America and graduate of Class 46, who commented that she did her internship 13 years ago with First Steps; and Jill Robinson, director of Director of External Relations & Executive Learning Networks at The Jack C. Massey College of Business at Belmont University and graduate of Class 26, who in turn introduced Joyce Searcy, founding director of community relations at Belmont, who has been teaching the session on Diversity to YLC classes for more than 20 years.
Each attendee was then asked to stand and introduce themselves and share their nonprofit’s mission, as well as to say how YLC interns have made an impact on their boards. Many nonprofits have had many of their interns go on to ultimately serve as officers of the board, including chair, and several nonprofits were excited to announce their first board intern.
YLC board members Joshua Livingston, Blair Smyly, Kyle Young, John Byers, Trey Yant and Nathan Sachs served as table hosts for the luncheon. For those who needed a little help to get the conversation started, ice breaker cards were placed on each table, but for most, if not all, the conversation flowed easy because of their shared commitment to making a positive difference in our community.
Darius Moore with PENCIL, on left; JC Torres with Conexion Americas and Jamie Murphy with RSM, who will both be in Class 73 this fall; and Destiney Patton (Class 71) with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
Incorporated in 1973, Humanities Tennessee’s programs and grants respond to a need for dialogue, civility, an understanding of history, and a love of lifelong learning among Tennesseans. It reaches an estimated 500,000 Tennesseans per year through its annual Southern Festival of Books, Young Writers’ Workshops, Student Reader Days, the Letters About Literature contest and more. The nonprofit is looking for board members with general skills, including a CPA. If interested, contact executive director Tim Henderson at tim@humtn.org or (615) 770-0006.
Learn all about “Collective Impact: A Collaborative Approach to Creating Change” at the 2019 Young Leaders Council Impact Luncheon presented by PNC Bank on Wednesday, August 28 from 11:30am – 1:00pm at United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, 250 Venture Circle. Panelists include Samantha Wigand, chief of staff for Center for Nonprofit Management; Corinne C. Bergeron (YLC/Jackson National Class 2014), program officer of The Frist Foundation; and Tracey Dill, director of community impact at United Way of Metropolitan Nashville. The cost to attend is $30 per person. Reservations are required online by August 22.
Lambscroft Ministries brings the poor, spiritually bankrupt and/or financially destitute into a safe environment, providing immediate shelter while entering earnestly into learning skills necessary for the restoration of their entire being. Among other programs, the faith-based homeless ministry runs a culinary school for homeless men through the operation of a restaurant on 12th Ave called The Cookery. The nonprofit is looking for board members with Grant Writing, Marketing and/or Fundraising/Development skills. If interested, contact board chair Timothy Garrett at tgarrett@bassberry.com or (615) 742-6270.
Summer break is almost over with Metro Nashville Public Schools being less than a week away from starting. Our friends at PENCIL had a Back-to-School Celebration this past Saturday to distribute FREE school supplies to ALL MNPS teachers before the school year begins. As an individual or corporation, there is still an opportunity to help stock the LP Pencil Box with more school supplies for our hard-working Metro teachers or purchase supplies from PENCIL’s Amazon wish list to get through the entire school year. You can also donate funds, where every $1 donated allows PENCIL to provide $8 worth of school supplies to Metro Nashville Public School teachers! See all these great ways to help in the blue boxes halfway down the page..
Three YLC alumni were presented awards this past Wednesday night at Franklin Tomorrow’s 13th annual Exemplary Community Volunteer Awards. Presented at The Franklin Theatre, in partnership with Jackson National Life Insurance Company, two of the three awards given in the Volunteer Spirit category, honoring volunteers who are involved either in a variety of community activities or primarily in one organization as a significant volunteer, were for YLC alumni–Patrick Baggett (YLC/Williamson Chamber Class 2013), nominated by Franklin Noon Rotary and Carmen Stanek (YLC/Williamson Chamber Class 2017), nominated by Sydney Ball, for A Vintage Affair, Cards of Care and Young Leaders Council. Sydney Ball (YLC/Williamson Chamber Class 2016) of First Citizens National Bank was the recipient of the Corporate Individual Award for her work with the Next Gen Advisory Board of the Heritage Foundation of Williamson County, Lipscomb University, Youth Leadership Franklin and A Vintage Affair. Congratulations to Patrick, Carmen and Sydney for the great volunteer work you do in Williamson County!
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