I am super honored to share how to help passionate volunteers find their purpose with non-profits. Music City is filled with many hearts who want to serve with their time and talents to help meet the needs of the community and individuals.
With the Middle Tennessee Region being one of the most philanthropic areas of the country, many non-profits look for ways to attract and keep engaged volunteers. Creative volunteers who are servant leaders are often looking for a purpose and do not want to be a "body for a day".
So how do we match non profits' needs with the gifts and talents of strong volunteers? Join me at the Inaugural Art Camp Nashville to hear me share from my treasure chest of ideas that worked and did not work for me as a volunteer. Also hear what I look for in a cause or non-profit to donate too and the various ways I have raised funds for several organizations.
This is going to be a "different" session but very special. I hope to see you. My session is from 2:15-3:20 at Nossi College of Art.
Clarence Jones Holmes, known affectionately as “Pop”,
was on born June 13, 1942 in Watervalley, Mississippi to the union of Connie Holmes
and Lueisa Baker Holmes who proceeded him in death. Pop passed away December 25, 2013.
Pop accepted Christ at an early age and was a proud member
of Greater Community Grace Temple COGIC. He served faithfully on the deacon
board and sang in the male chorus. He was passionate about attending service and
sharing the word of God with others, visiting the sick, working in the community
and serving his neighbors wherever possible.
Pop's love for his family was front and center. He was devoted to his wife Vera whom he loved dearly and married in 1962. He was the proud father of
Clarence, Michael, Roger, and Eric. His sons often turned to him for advice and sought his perspective on living a good life. He was a doting grandfather and was prominent in his grandchildren's live. Pop would often travel to their elementary, high school, and college events to cheer them on. He encouraged his sons and grandchildren to always do what is right.
Pop was a hard worker; he worked many jobs to support his family--at times holding down three jobs. He also worked to help others. Helping others no matter what the circumstances was essential to his belief. He was known far and near for showing love to people. He never met a stranger. It appears he passed down this trait to his children and grandchildren. He retired from D.
Canale Brewery.
Pop was a football fanatic and was passionate about the New England
Patriots much to chagrin of the Steelers and Titans fans in the Holmes family. Pop
traveled often. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved eating wild game and
frying fish.
Pop loved to travel and was an avid hunter and fisherman. After retiring from D. Canale Brewery, he often traveled to popular hunting and fishing places. He loved to cook and eat the wild game he bagged and fry fish he snagged. Pop was a football fanatic and often traveled to games to cheer his team. Pop was a foot fanatic and often traveled to games to cheer his cheer for teams. He was passionate about the New England Patriots--much to the chagrin of most of the Holmes family members who are Steerlers and Titans fans.
A devout follower of Jesus Christ, Clarence “Pop” Holmes as a strong as he lived it. He will be missed by
his family but his legacy will live on forever and ever.
Visitation:
Friday, January 3, 2014
Harold Ford Funeral Homes
4-6 PM
1638 Sycamore View Road
Memphis, TN 38134
901-379-0861
Funeral Services:
Saturday, January 4, 2014
11:00 AM
Greater Community Temple COGIC
924 North Dunlap
Memphis, TN 38118
Repast:
Greater Community Temple COGIC
5151 Winchester Road
Memphis, TN 38118
Should friends desire, contributions may be sent to the following organization that are meaningful to the Holmes Family:
Join Living Your Best Life with Genma Holmes as we profile
organizations and leaders who lead by example. With extraordinary acts of
kindness and charitable giving that help countless lives daily, these
organizations and leaders embody "Be the change you want to see in the world".
Throughout 2013, listeners have heard from presidents of organizations who
are global change agents. We will also hear from CEOs of
social enterprise businesses who are changing communities and college
educators who are taking their students out of the classroom and into
surrounding neighborhoods to learn and serve others.
On Saturday, December 28, 2013, join us to hear Richard H. Parker, a foster grandparent to students at Napier Elementary School. Mr. Parker was featured on the front page of the Tennessean on Christmas Day. Mr. Parker and several other volunteers were profiled for being volunteers, in the most unlikely place. Mr. Parker shared how the lives of the children were enhanced because of his volunteer work but how much his life has changed since he started volunteering at Napier Elementary.
In 2011, Mr. Parker became a foster grandparent with the organization Fifty Forward and has
served as a tutor and mentor. He works with children regularly on their reading and comprehension, but the the hugs he received when he walks the hallway tells us that he helps so many more. When
he isn’t tutoring kids in reading, he is helping with an in-school
program called Men of Distinction, aimed at teaching Napier’s third- and
fourth-grade boys with table manners, how to tie ties, how to respect girls
and other life skills.
Mr. Parker will help us usher in 2014 with hearts ready to give more of time, talent, and treasure to our communities. He will also discuss with us why we were created to serve our neighbors and the importance of giving back to our communities.
Living Your Best Life, a radio show that empowers, inspires, and motivates us to live our BEST life, is heard on 760AM The Gospel in the Middle-TN area, Tune In, Inspirational Networks, military bases and on Ustream.TV worldwide from 9:00-10:00am CST.
More About Richard H. Parker
Richard
Parker is an associate pastor/liturgist at Priestlake Christian FellowshipChurch in Antioch, TN. When he is not preaching/teaching you will find
him volunteering as a foster grandparent for Fifty-Forward at Napier Elementary
school in South Nashville, TN. Mr. Parker has a great deal of experience in a variety of ministry settings including planting churches. In addition to his pastoral duties, he is an event planner, a fund raiser, proposal/grant writer, board adviser, and public speaker. Mr. Parker has also worked in corporate America.
More about Fifty Forward Foster Grandparents
Each year, approximately 80 low-income adults (age 60+) volunteer for
one-on-one mentoring and tutoring of 1,000 or more young children who
are at risk. These volunteers are paid a tax-free stipend and work in
learning centers four hours a day, Monday-Friday. FiftyForward Foster
Grandparents play an important role in the growth and development of the
young children with whom they work. Current FiftyForward Foster
Grandparent sites are:
15th Avenue Baptist Learning Center
18th Avenue Family Enrichment Child Care
Bethlehem Center North
Bordeaux Enhanced Option School
Cora Howe Exceptional School
Edgehill Center
Fannie Battle Day Home
The King’s Daughters Child Development Center
Maddox YMCA
McNeilly Center for Children
McNeilly Toddler Center
Napier Enhanced Option School
Nashville Child Center
Northwest YMCA
Smithson Craighead Academy
Temple Academy
Tom Joy Head Start
This program is funded primarily through the Corporation for National
and Community Service, the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, the
State of Tennessee and FiftyForward. For more information about the
FiftyForward Foster Grandparent program, please call (615) 743-3420.
Program offices are in the Patricia Hart Building, at 174 Rains Avenue,
Nashville.
Story from Tennessean by Heidi Hall and Terrance Dean
Photos by John Partpilo and WKRN
I am known for donning black...often. Ten thousand pairs of black pants, skirts, blazers, and evening dresses galore it seems. I do not recall when the color of black took over my closet but I believe somewhere between raising teens and owning a business, I started wearing black. Lots of black.
After a health scare in the spring of 2013, I took assessment of life and decided to make sure I am doing things that I truly enjoy. Getting back to blogging about great finds
for the fashionistas who love clothes and who love great deals has been on my must do list for sometime. I am collector, not a shopper, of timeless pieces that can flow effortlessly from day into evening and would be appropriate in the boardroom, volunteering in a school, in a radio studio, and of course, running a pest control company.
Brown has become my new black. Almond, amber, bay, brandy, bronze, chocolate, cinnamon, coffee, copper, mocha, and rich gold tones clothing and accessories have made their way to the check out counter with me since the day after Labor Day. Here is one of my new favorites outfits.
In WTST studios getting ready to interview Travis McVey
The Anne Klein gold silk blouse, the brown leather belt with gold embroidery, and the gold knotted necklace were from a wonderful store called The Sugar Pea in Old Hickory, TN.
The Bergdorf Goodman brown boulce skirt woven with gold metallic thread has a little swing action and can be paired with an evening jacket for a night on the town. This beautiful skirt is from Couture for a Cause in Brentwood, TN. The blouse and skirt look as if they were made for each other. My leopard print velvet tee is over twenty years old and felt brand new when I paired it with the skirt and blouse.
The tan flower bracelet with topaz gemstones peeping from under the cuff of my blouse is from my own line of jewelry that is debuting soon.
At the Southern Region IABC Conference with Diane Chase
I wore a pair of black boots and brown tights with this outfit. Compliments galore!
For more great finds like my ensemble above, visit The Sugar Pea and Couture for Cause. These boutiques are owned by women with wonderful hearts and are on a mission. They champion women with causes and I love them dearly. Tell them Genma sent you!
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