Adventure Science Center

Adventure Science Center (ASC) inspires visitors of all ages to learn more about science, technology, engineering and math in a fun, dynamic and interactive environment. Visitors can scale the seven levels of the Adventure Tower, tour the systems of the human body in BodyQuest and become a jet pilot in the full-motion flight simulator BlueMax. Last year, ASC welcomed more than 253,500 visitors representing all 50 states including school groups throughout Tennessee (46 counties), Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana and Louisiana. In 2008, the all-new Sudekum Planetarium will reopen to take visitors to the outer limits with its modern, high definition, 360° full-dome theater with explosive surround sound.

Belle Meade Plantation

Once a world-renowned 5400-acre Thoroughbred horse farm, today Belle Meade Plantation is a thirty-acre historic site that interprets 200 years of Nashville and Tennessee history. The gemstone of the property is our 1853 Greek Revival Mansion and tours are offered daily by period costumed interpreters. The site also houses an extensive antique carriage collection as well as other historic outbuildings including an 1890’s Carriage House and Stables, original log cabin and more. Come and explore where the bloodlines of such racing legends as Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones began!

EveryMinute.org

Today 1,500 Americans will attempt to take their own lives. Most will have mental health or addiction issues. Many will have both. One out of four adults is affected by a mental health disorder. Odds are that most of us have friends or family becoming more desperate with every tick of the clock.

There is a way to stop the ticking. Research. We can defeat mental illness by employing the scientific mind to find individual treatment plans. But the funding is inadequate for an issue that affects every one of us, the 57 million directly or the rest of us through our family and friends. We must declare our concern. Together, we can stop the clock.

Governor's Books From Birth Foundation

This non-partisan, not-for-profit organization administers Tennessee's statewide Imagination Library through sponsoring organizations in all 95 counties. This program provides a free, age-appropriate, hardback book every single month to enrolled children from birth until their fifth birthday, at no cost to the parents and regardless of income. The books are a gift to all Tennessee's 375,000 children under age 5 and are mailed directly to their home. You can support your county's Imagination Library by registering your child to receive these books, by volunteering your time, and by raising money. With your help, we can see to it that every child in Tennessee grows up reading.

Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center

The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center advances equity at Vanderbilt, and in the larger community, through advocacy, education, and empowerment. We promote the creation of an equitable environment to enhance the personal and professional development of students, faculty, and staff. Our programs and services are open to students, faculty and staff, as well as interested members of the local community. Because Gender Matters, we invite you to Get Informed, Get Connected, Get Active, and Celebrate Women.

Monroe Harding

Monroe Harding's mission is to partner with at-risk youth and families to provide a bridge to independence and success. The residential programs provide a home for at-risk youth ages 16 - 24. The non-residential programs are Project SHARE, which matches at-risk elementary students with adult mentors; and Youth Connections which serves as a central place where youth who have previously been in state custody can find assistance as they become independent.

Oasis Center

Oasis Center began in 1969 as a grassroots-organized drop-in center that offered crisis intervention and counseling to Nashville’s marginalized youth. Over the past four decades, Oasis Center has grown into a leading provider of crisis services and leadership development opportunities for youth in Middle Tennessee.

Oasis Center’s mission is to help youth grow, thrive and create positive change in their lives and in our community.

Rocketown

Rocketown began with the recognition that teens need a place to go that is not only safe, alcohol and drug free, but a place where they would also WANT to be. In 2003, the vision became reality. Within a year’s time an average of 1,350 kids a week started coming through the doors to participate in activities they love – dancing, skating, listening to live music, and hanging out with friends.

Rolling Hills Community Church

Rolling Hills is a place where you can use your gifts and talents to make a difference. It's a place where you'll know you belong. And, Rolling Hills is a place where you can build lasting friendships with people who genuinely care about you and your ever-developing walk with Christ.

Scarritt Bennett Center

Scarritt-Bennett Center, located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, is a conference, retreat, and education center complete with meeting space and overnight accommodations. The Center is committed to empowerment through cross-cultural understanding, education, creativity and spiritual renewal; offering programs that challenge us to eradicate racism, work for justice and reconciliation, and do what we do from a global perspective.

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville brings people and organizations together to create a community where individuals, families and neighborhoods thrive. Unique in our focus on community impact, we no longer simply raise and distribute money to nonprofits. We are a catalyst, a convener, a collaborator and a change agent. Our work brings people together to determine the root causes of our community’s most challenging problems and to do whatever it takes to achieve measurable and lasting results.

Cheekwood

Located on 55 acres in West Nashville, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art is an institution rich with history, beautiful gardens and incredible art. Our 30,000-foot Georgian style mansion is open to our visitors, housing changing collections of painting and sculpture, American and English decorative arts, and nationally acclaimed traveling exhibitions and installations. We strive to inspire and educate by making art, horticulture and nature accessible to a diverse community. We welcome you and your family year-round to spend a day at Cheekwood. There’s something for everyone!

Safe Haven

Safe Haven Family Shelter is the only shelter program in Middle Tennessee that accepts homeless families as an entire unit, serving 15 families at a time. Safe Haven puts parents back to work and children in school, while empowering families to return to successful independent mainstream living in 35-50 days.

Tennessee Alliance for Progress

TAP connects the issues: many of our social problems are systemic, not isolated. TAP is building a network to mobilize a majority that will address broad public concerns, instead of narrow corporate interests. People should participate in decisions that affect their lives. TAP's mission is to create healthy families and communities in Tennessee.

Walden's Puddle Wildlife

Walden's Puddle is the only professionally staffed wildlife rehabilitation and education facility in Middle Tennessee. Our mission is to provide treatment and care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife, as well as educational experiences that promote a greater understanding and appreciation for wildlife and its habitat. Every year, 1700-2000 wild animals are admitted to our facility for care and a second chance at life.