King Holiday Weekend Celebration January 14-16 National Civil Rights Museum On Saturday, January 14, at 1:30am Dr. Joe Cornelius will perform King: A Man of Many Hats, a theatrical overview of the African-American experience using music, humor, and more than a dozen caps, hoods, crowns, helmets, bandannas, and 10-gallon toppers. (Encore performances Monday 10:30am, 12:30pm, 2pm, and [...]
Last year, Lipscomb Pitts Breakfast Club hosted two Samaritans Feet Shoe Distributions and they were some of my personal favorites, due to the unique experience and impact with the kids. The founder of Samaritans Feet, Manny Ohonme, will be flying in to participate again this year and we are teaming with the Memphis Grizzlies, so they [...]
City Auto hosted a city-wide blood drive at its Covington Pike dealership, 4932 Elmore Road, on Friday, December 30 in response to the community’s blood supply shortage. Citizens, employees and customers alike gathered to give in Lifeblood’s last blood drive of 2011. “During the holidays, it’s especially important to give to others, and we couldn’t [...]
For the past several months, the Mississippi River Corridor-Tennessee in partnerships with the University of Memphis and the Memphis Regional Design Center has been involved in a systematic study of the Shelby County segment of the Mississippi River Trail. The primary purpose of this study is to recommend changes and additions to the 50-mile segment [...]
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 [...]
MPACT Memphis is having their first Happy Hour with a Twist of 2012 on Tuesday, January 10th at 5:30-7:30pm! The Crescent Club has graciously offered to host all young professionals interested in learning more about MPACT Memphis and how they can make a difference in the community. As well as complimentary cocktails and appetizers, guests [...]
Last week, I wrote about Obsidian Public Relations’ unique concept to support the Mid-South community — the PR 180° Project. We invited the public to vote for one of 25 Mid-South nonprofits to receive six months of free public relations services next year, courtesy of Obsidian. It was a great success, and more than 6,000 [...]
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 Monday, December 5, an event was held at Lifeblood’s Germantown Donor Center to pay tribute to Erin Wheeley, a local blood donation advocate who was killed in a car accident in 2005. The event coincided with the kickoff of Stop and Give, a national initiative focused on honoring anyone affected by motor vehicle tragedies [...]
YPConnect: Interactive Social Networking for Young Professionals YPConnect is a monthly networking session of Memphis Urban League Young Professionals, this month at Bleu at 221 South Third on Tuesday, December 13 from 6 – 8:30pm. This FREE event offers a truly unique networking experience as it will be Memphis’ first digital event. Enjoy an evening [...]
