Rape and Sexual Abuse Center
The Rape and Sexual Abuse Center, founded in 1978, is the only organization in Middle Tennessee whose primary purpose is to offer counseling and support to sexual abuse victims; 650 children, adults, and families receive treatment for sexual assault annually—no one is turned away. The Center works to reduce sexual abuse through education, and 80,000 elementary school children participate in the personal safety program. One in four girls and one in six boys in our community will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. Safe@Last, a junior high and high school program, will be launched this spring.

Cumberland Heights
Cumberland Heights is committed to the tradition of providing the highest quality of care possible, in a cost-effective manner, for people—and their families—who are at risk for, or who are suffering from, the disease of chemical dependency. Treatment encompasses the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions of recovery by offering professional excellence, the principles of the Twelve Steps and a safe, loving environment. Frederic Nardin says, “It is a place where people find the beginning of a new life, and a place to which people can return in times of need and celebration.” It is a place that saves people’s lives one day at a time.

Hands on Nashville
Founded in 1991, Hands on Nashville’s purpose is to create and leverage opportunities for people to transform their world. Hands on Nashville sparks community transformation by activating and inspiring Middle Tennesseans to become effective volunteers and agents for civic change. HON is a membership organization that provides flexible volunteer opportunities for groups of individuals to meet agency needs throughout the community. Members receive a monthly calendar listing a range of projects that need volunteers. They can then choose to participate in those projects that pique their interest and fit their schedule. For more information about Hands on Nashville and its programs, please visit hon.org.

T.J. Martell Foundation
The T.J. Martell Foundation is dedicated to supporting cutting edge research for leukemia, cancer and AIDS. One of the top centers supported by the T.J. Martell Foundation is the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s leading centers for cancer care by US News and World Report and others. To learn more about the T.J. Martell Foundation, please go to tjmartellfoundation.org or contact the local Nashville Chapter at 256-2002.

The Junior League of Nashville  
Founded in 1922, the Junior League of Nashville is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. It founded the Junior League Home in 1923 to combat polio and has for decades supported the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Other projects begun by the JLN include the Nashville Children’s Theatre, the Dede Wallace Center (now Centerstone), Renewal House and numerous others. The JLN reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism.

The Canby Robinson Society
The Canby Robinson Society is the donor society for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. It provides critical support to the medical center and is dedicated to honoring and encouraging those who contribute to enhancing medical education, research and patient care. Members provide support to many programs within the medical center like pediatrics, cancer, diabetes, orthopedics, and scholarships. Society members become personally acquainted with the people and programs at Vanderbilt and have many ways to get involved at the medical center. Visit mc.vanderbilt.edu/crs or call 322-2379.

L’Ete du Vin
From a small backyard gathering of Nashville wine lovers in 1980, L’Ete du Vin has grown into one of the United States’ premiere wine events and is its oldest charity wine auction. Today, l’Ete du Vin has grown into a series of events, auctions, wine tastings and dinners that span the calendar attracting enthusiastic participants from around the country. To date, more than $13 million has been raised to help support cancer research and patient programs and services of cancer-related charitable beneficiaries. L’Ete du Vin continues to fulfill its mission of leading the battle against cancer.

Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley
The mission of Girl Scouting is to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. In Middle Tennessee, the Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley serves more than 17,500 girls and 7,000 adults volunteers in its 39 counties. Through Girl Scouting, girls ages 5-17 experience enriching, age-appropriate programming in the areas of leadership, financial literacy and healthy living, along with math, science and technology, as well as traditional and innovative troop activities like cultural exchanges, skill-building clinics, adventure activities and community service opportunities. For more information about Girl Scouts, call 615-383-0490 or visit girlscoutsofvc.org.

The Tennessee State Museum
The Tennessee State Museum procures, preserves, exhibits and interprets objects that relate to the social, political, economic and cultural history of Tennessee and Tennesseans, and provides exhibitions and programs for the educational and cultural enrichment of the citizens of the state. The museum is one of the largest state museums in the nation with more than 60,000 square feet of permanent exhibits and a 10,000-square-foot changing exhibition hall. The museum’s interpretive exhibits begin 15,000 years ago and continue through the early 1900s, interpreting Tennessee’s history during the Prehistoric, Frontier, Age of Jackson, Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

W.O. Smith Music School
W.O. Smith Music School is a fun place where education, instruction and encouragement are offered to children with a passion for music without the means to afford lessons or instruments. The school is named for musician and teacher William Oscar Smith. Dr. Smith, a professor at Tennessee State University and a member of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, dreamed of a school where children from low-income families would have music instruction of the highest quality made available to them. This school is a fulfillment of that dream.