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Meet Hailey, a Tennessee YVLifeSet youth on the LifeSet Network

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

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

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

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...

KiteTales raises $90,000 for Youth Villages Oregon

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’...

KiteTales North Carolina event raises $140,000 since inception

KiteTales North Carolina event raises $140,000 since inception

  Barbara Ashford, Director of Natural Gas Community Relations at Piedmont Natural Gas (PNG), displays the celebratory KiteTales cowbell. A special thanks to PNG, who has been KiteTales’ presenting sponsor for three years.Youth Villages North Carolina...

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