Clarksville Living Magazine — May 2023
The May 2023 Clarksville Living Magazine profiles a nonprofit clothing foster children across nine counties and previews Oak Grove's 16th festival saluting Fort Campbell.
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Joy Closet anchored the issue. With the need for foster-child care rising, founder and executive director Heather Gray started the nonprofit in 2021 to provide free items and services for children and foster families. The feature was specific about how to help — donation hours, free shopping hours across the week, and immediate needs from clothing and shoes to hygiene products and bedding for children up to age 17. Based at 814 Belmont Street in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Joy Closet serves nine counties across the Pennyrile region plus Clarksville-Montgomery County.
Oak Grove geared up for its 16th annual Spring into Summer Salutes Fort Campbell Festival, set for May 27–28 at the War Memorial Walking Trail Park — a free weekend of live music headlined by a country artist Rolling Stone called “a live legacy in the making,” plus carnival rides, arts and crafts, and food. A profile of Sprig & Spire and the lighter “Meet the Goobs” rounded out the coverage, while “One Intern's Experience at the State Capitol” gave a Clarksville student the floor for a first-hand account of a legislative session in Nashville.
The recurring departments round out a May number that pairs a foster-care nonprofit with a border-town festival — and a rare inside view of how a bill actually moves, delivered by someone close in age to many of the magazine's younger readers.
The feature was specific about how to pitch in. Joy Closet's donation hours run Monday and Thursday mornings and Saturday midday, and its free shopping hours span Monday through Friday and Saturday, so foster families can walk in and pick out what they need — clothing, shoes, hygiene products, baby essentials, bedding — at no cost. Founder and executive director Heather Gray started the nonprofit in 2021 as the need for foster-child care kept rising across the region.
Table of Contents
- Sprig & Spire (p. 6)
- Things To (p. 8)
- Meet The Goobs (p. 10)
- Spring Into Summer Fest 2023 (p. 14)
- One Interns Experience At The State Capitol (p. 16)
- Remember For A Summer To Remember (p. 18)
- Urban Grub On The Move (p. 20)
Regular Departments
- Calendar Of Events (p. 24)
