Topic: Volunteers

Be a friend of Riverfest! Volunteers are urgently needed!

September 6, 2009 |

Riverfest 2009 is almost here. The festival is na annual Clarksville tradition and reflects the joy, beauty, and character of Clarksville’s riverfront and the diversity of the local community. The fun begins on Friday, September 11. The annual event relies on many volunteers to help fill a variety of roles throughout the festival.

They have had a group of volunteers cancel, and need around 40 people to help out in the inflatables area on Saturday, September 12th. You can volunteer to cover a block of time, or all help out all day if you are so willing. This is your opportunity to give something back to your community!

To lend a hand, call Niki Crowe, Special Events Coordinator for the City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department at 931-645-7476 or 931-320-6880.

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Fort Campbell School Information

July 6, 2009 |

FORT CAMPBELL – Fort Campbell school offices are open every weekday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. this summer parents to enroll their children before school starts Aug. 6. Parents and guardians may pick up registration packets at their child’s assigned school, the Fort Campbell Housing office or at Fort Campbell Schools Central Office located at 77 Texas Avenue. Students are assigned to schools based on their sponsor’s housing assignment. Additionally, applications for free or reduced lunch will be available beginning Monday at the Fort Campbell Schools Central Office. Returning students should receive a new application by mail.

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Loaves and Fishes serves up holiday dinner

By Christine Anne Piesyk | December 25, 2008 |

Under the direction of Anne Doherty, volunteers at the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen served up a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings to dozens of people Christmas Day.

Santa was on hand to visit and chat with the organization’s guests, and no one left hungry.

The Loaves and Fishes, which usually runs  its meals with a six-member volunteer crew, had nearly a dozen volunteers who chose to share their holiday in service to others in the Clarksville community. «Read the rest of this article»

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Habitat ReStore plans Grand Opening, seeks donations of building materials

By Christine Anne Piesyk | February 6, 2008 |

A Chinese proverb defines “waste” as a resource in the wrong place. With that in mind, the creators of the Montgomery County Habitat (for Humanity) ReStore are seeking donations of new and used residential building supplies and home furnishings from individuals, contractors, remodelers, retailers and wholesalers. The ReStore, which will be located at 408 Madison St. near the Dollar General and ARC Thrift Store, will hold its Grand Opening on March 1, with business hours Wednesday through Saturday from 9-5.

According to Joe Davidson, manager of the ReStore, some of the materials are available through the store will be used directly in the construction of Habitat for Humanity homes, but most are displayed for the general public to purchase in our ReStore. The profits are used to fund future Habitat homes in Montgomery County .

The ReStore ready and waiting to be filled

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Hispanic group to provide Thanksgiving dinner to 30 local families

By David W. Shelton | October 27, 2007 |

Clarksville’s local Hispanic organization, Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education (HOPE), is working to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for 30 families that are in need. This year’s goal is up from 10 last year. Rosa Ponce, the group’s secretary, is coordinating the group’s effort. She said that they surpassed last year’s goal and served over 20 families with Thanksgiving dinners. She said that they’re working to feed even more than 30 families and added that there isn’t really any limit to how many families they can support.

For those who wish to nominate a family to be fed by the effort, Ponce said that the organization will consider any family who is struggling and can not afford to buy supplies for their Thanksgiving dinner. “There are a lot of families who are just over the threshhold of the line for food stamps,” she said. “They make just $10 over the limit, so they can’t get assistance. We want to help them too.” «Read the rest of this article»

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‘Muck Pluckers’ clean up Cumberland river and shoreline

By Debbie Boen | August 5, 2007 |

What do a shopping cart, two auto tires and a Leaf Chronicle newspaper box have in common? They were picked up today as litter along the shore of the Cumberland River in downtown Clarksville.

All that, along with chairs, buckets, plastic pipe and about 14 bags of trash, were pulled from the shoreline by a team of volunteers who call themselves the “muck pluckers,” a volunteer team that braved the high heat, humidity and poor air quality to clean one small part of the city. «Read the rest of this article»

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Support our unsung ‘Heroes’

By Christine Anne Piesyk | May 9, 2007 |

KeyKey came to visit me today — it’s been a while. I took the out the hidden box of doggie treats, but he kept eyeing the refrigerator door, hoping for better things, knowing I am a sucker. And when it comes to him, I should be.

He was on his best behavior, all dog, all cute, panting, excited that he’s been for a ride in the car with the windows open, his ears flapping in the breeze. He likes to ride. Crazy for it. Not quite sure why he was at grandma’s house, but hey, grandma’s cool.

KeyKey was about to be photographed with me for the annual Red Cross “Heroes” campaign.

“Heroes,” for the purpose of this campaign, are the people in a community who make significant donations to support the all volunteer efforts of the Red Cross. The agency runs almost exclusively with volunteers as its life’s blood, but the infrastructure costs money to run: office space to lease, communications gear, radios and GPS equipment, computers, laptops for the field, volunteer training, community outreach, CPR and other paid classes that help support the local chapter, emergency vehicles to maintain and stock … it’s no different than any other business in that respect. Clarksville’s Red Cross is a local chapter run with local dollars. Donors wanted. «Read the rest of this article»

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