The anxiety of going to school caused Sawyer, a seventh-grader, to have migraines and become sick…
Month: June 2018 Articles
Reuniting families after addiction: The Brysons push forward to recovery
As teens, Terra Bryson and her husband used drugs some, but they had been clean 10 years and were raising three children when a moment of vulnerability led to relapse. The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services was called about the children’s safety, and...
Olivia finds hope for the future
“I was in, I guess, what you’d call a permanent depressed state,” Olivia said. She was living with an abusive boyfriend and felt she couldn’t leave, couldn’t make her own decisions. “I went through a phase where I couldn’t even eat. My body stopped digesting food...
Middle Tennessee celebrates volunteers at annual Volunteer Appreciation event
In May, Youth Villages held its annual Volunteer Appreciation event to celebrate the wonderful volunteers who give their time and talent to the youth we serve all year long. The event was held at Fat Bottom Brewery in The Nations and featured Tamara, Sahar and Marisa...
Meet Hailey, a Tennessee YVLifeSet youth on the LifeSet Network
Hailey is currently a sophomore in nursing school in Middle Tennessee and studying to become a Nurse Anesthetist. She likes playing tennis, hiking and loves avocados. She also just got her first apartment! Hailey aged out of foster care and is now in the YVLifeSet...
CrossFit competition benefits Youth Villages Middle Tennessee
Youth Villages partnered with CrossFit Forte in Nashville for the inaugural CrossFit Forte Force for Families competition in April. The first-time, sold-out event engaged 100 athletes in community-wide partner competition raising more than $10,000 for the YVLifeSet...
Event recap: 7th Annual Vanderbilt MBA Golf Classic
In May, Youth Villages Middle Tennessee hosted the seventh annual Vanderbilt MBA Golf Classic in partnership with the Owen Golf Club, an association of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin,...
Volunteer Spotlight: Middle Tennessee companies give back
Volunteers bring joy to the lives of the kids served at Youth Villages. Several groups from local businesses and organizations recently spent some time at our group homes in the Nashville area. Thank you for all you do to give your time and energy to support the...
Brandy finds her path with LifeSet in Middle Tennessee
Brandy was a thriving junior in high school when her world turned upside down. Her mother died…
KiteTales raises $90,000 for Youth Villages Oregon
Andrew Grover, executive director of Youth Villages Oregon welcomed Glenda Anderson and Sister Mary Noreen to KiteTales. Pat and Trudy Ritz presented The Ritz Family Award to The Women’s Auxiliary during Kite Tales. Ritz is a member of Youth Villages’...