Empowering Homeless Families
On May 15, Safe Haven Family Shelter hosted a panel discussion during a session of the CNM Bridge to Excellence conference. We are using this blog entry as a recap of our session for both those who attended our session and anyone else who has an interest in the topic! Below you will find sections [...]
Sharing our families’ stories is important. Our families are Safe Haven. Clint came to Safe Haven in September 2009 with his wife and 7 month old son, Chase. Everyone immediately fell in love with Chase… he is just such a cute kid! Clint’s story is one of many ups and downs. Soon after coming to [...]
Safe Haven Family Shelter’s Helping Hands: Play Therapy Program was a proud recipient of a Nashville Predators Foundation grant on April 20th – allowing us the opportunity to purchase toys, books, dress up costumes and play therapy furniture for our clients. Play therapy can be used to address a wide variety of issues and problems, [...]
On April 15, 2012, Safe Haven staff attended the dedication of Lawanda’s Habitat for Humanity home. To see what all went into everything for Lawanda to get to this point, please make sure you read the first blog post about her family. I had the privilege of speaking at her dedication ceremony and just wanted [...]
Monday, April 30th is the last day Carlton will volunteer with Safe Haven after many years of service. He will help with dinner, engage with our families (especially with the children at the shelter) and he will stay overnight one last time. Tonight, we will give him a little send-off that will include a homemade [...]
Thank you to everyone who made the 3rd Annual Dancing for Safe Haven Family Shelter such a success. Together, we raised more than $100,000 for homeless families in our community. The event was held Friday, April 20 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. All proceeds raised at the event provide shelter and transitional services to homeless [...]
April 15-21 is National Volunteer Appreciation Week. I can’t think of a better way to honor and brag on our volunteers than to announce our EVE Certification. This certification is the first of its kind in the nation! EVE, Excellence in Volunteer Engagement, recognizes nonprofit agencies in Davidson County that have exceptional volunteer programs. Excellence [...]
Our celebrity dancers are working hard in practice. They are getting ready to don their boogie shoes and show us how to move it for the April 20 Dancing for Safe Haven event. News Channel 2 and News Channel 5 caught up with celebrity dancers Gerald McRath (linebacker for Tennessee Titans) and Chet Parlavecchio (Assistant [...]
I remember just over two and half years ago having lunch at the now closed Miro District Food and Drink with a few board members (Anita Baily, Jim Shulman and Kelly Dillon) and our new event consultant, Trey Lipman to discuss meeting one of the goals the board set for me when I began my [...]
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