In just two short years, Trezevant’s Angel Tree program has grown from providing holiday gifts for 76 children last year to 103 children this year. Youth from the Ira Samelson Jr. Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis, who received these holiday gifts, visited Trezevant on Saturday, December 17, 2011, for a luncheon and gift-giving [...]
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee is pleased to announce the creation of its new Holy Family Award and plans to bestow this honor first on Alan G. Crone, its former Board Chair. Alan is a Managing Member of Crone & McEvoy, PLC specializing in Executive Employment Law. That his personal role is St. Ignatius of [...]
On the evening of Saturday, November 5, Agape Child & Family Services hosted its annual Hearlight event, themed “Extraordinatory.” This year’s event featured Ron Hall, who is the co-author of the best-seller Same Kind of Different as Me, a novel that explores his life-changing journey with a homeless man, Denver Moore and their unforeseen “Extra-Ordinary” [...]
A 16-year-old Haitian boy named Stevenson Pierre was brought to Memphis this month by faith-based charity Childspring International to receive free surgery for an unusual congenital leg deformity. Campbell Clinic donated clinical services from physician Dr. Jeffrey Sawyer, while LeBonheur provided hospital care and Smith & Nephew donated the implant. Stevenson was born with a [...]
At the Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation Partners Breakfast on November 1, 2011, funding was announced for several community agencies including a $20,000 gift to Agape Child & Family Services. These funds will support mentoring efforts through Powerlines Community Network led by Agape and its community partners in Hickory Hill and Whitehaven. Jenny Turner Koltnow, Executive [...]
If you’re involved in the Memphis tech community, chances are you’ve met some great like-minded folks and learned a thing or two. That’s the idea. Now it’s time to give back — and here’s your chance. This weekend, October 21 – 23, Memphis will hold its first GiveCamp at Emerge Memphis in Downtown’s South Main [...]
News headlines could lead you to believe that Memphis is just a matter of black and white, the outmoded lens through which some people view issues. In fact, because Memphis IS a City of Choice which attracts immigrants from all corners of the world, our city has a greater depth of diversity than many citizens [...]
On Tuesday, May 3, Hilton Worldwide held a baby shower at its Memphis corporate office as a kickoff party to its month-long diaper and formula drive that will benefit mothers in need served by Agape Child & Family Services’ Families In Transition (FIT) Program and the Exchange Club Family Center’s First S.T.E.P.S. (Skills To Ensure [...]
This Friday, the Highland Church of Christ is hosting a benefit for the Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch with Comedian Michael Jr. Michael likes to say he is “funny for a reason.” While he’s been on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmell, his real joy comes from doing stand-up for orphans, prisoners, and the homeless. He [...]
Recently, Ashley Furniture Homestore generously donated 21 beds to children and families served by Powerlines Community Network, led by Agape Child & Family Services. These beds were given to families who were affected by the recent and devastating fire at Bent Tree apartments in Whitehaven. Pictured left to right are Vincent Joplin, Powerlines Community Network [...]
