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Thursday, November 16, 2023
Community Life Bridge provides rides to senior adults through their volunteer-based Community Life Ride program. As volunteers provide rides, they build relationships with the riders, getting to know many personal details of their lives.
One of their riders was making weekly trips to visit her husband in a nursing facility. The driver dropped…
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
United Way of Sumner County continues to add new faces to its incredible group of volunteers.
Recently, Patricia Huneycutt joined our volunteer ranks. She finds time to volunteer when she is not working at P.L. Marketing or pursuing a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee.
"My job is part time which helps to give me time to study…
Monday, November 13, 2023
The United Way of Sumner County 2023 Winter Care Drive collected 313 gently-used coats plus 190 new hats, 515 new pairs of socks, and 245 new pairs of gloves for a total in-kind amount of $2,317.62 in newly donated items!
These items are being distributed to the United Way Partner Agencies who serve children: Children Are People, Community…
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The 2023 Fall Classic Golf Scramble hosted 36 teams of 144 registered golfers on October 16, 2023, at the Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club in Hendersonville and netted over $32,000! That's 14% over the event's budgeted goal!
Golfers began checking in at 10:30am which gave them time for a few swings at the Driving Range, sponsored by Fans of…
Friday, October 20, 2023
United Way Agency, Gallatin Shalom Zone, offers a free ESL program that provides free childcare to participants while they take classes.
Isabella*, a single mother with a special needs child, came into Gallatin Shalom Zone and began the ESL program with very little knowledge of the English language. She started in their Basic class, and…
Thursday, October 19, 2023
When you see Debbie Sheets in the community, be sure and thank her for all she does for United Way of Sumner County – and, for all she has done for the children of Sumner County and beyond.
For more than 30 years, Debbie served the students at Hendersonville High School (HHS) as the STARS senior program manager.
“My job was to address mental…