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Kids and Companies Make an Impact!

Kids being served by Youth Villages' residential and community based programs in Memphis, Tenn., had the opportunity to do something different on October 5, 2007, during the first ever Youth Villages Impact Day. In partnership with Volunteer Memphis, Youth Villages offered the opportunity for kids to volunteer alongside corporate volunteers at other nonprofits in the community.

"Impact Day is a way to expose the kids we serve to some real needs in our community and help them personally experience the power of helping others," said the community relations manager for Youth Villages.

Among the activities the kids participated in were washing and playing with dogs at the Memphis and Shelby County Humane Society and Sunny Meadows Safe Haven for Pets, sorting food at The Food Bank, playing bingo and crafts projects with elderly residents at Mid South Health and Rehabilitation and helping with clean up and yard work projects at MIFA's Parrish Care Home, Memphis City Beautiful and the Children's Museum of Memphis.

"We were proud to see the enthusiasm our kids had during their volunteer projects. The adult volunteers also made an impact on our kids by setting an example and showing why they choose to give time to their community on a regular basis."

Companies that provided adult volunteers and support included sponsors Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance and American Eagle Outfitters as well as BancorpSouth, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Old Navy, Gap and Cornerstone Systems. Other sponsors included Costco and Starbucks Coffee Company, who provided food and coffee for the day's activities.

For information about how your company can get involved through community service projects at Youth Villages or with our kids at other organizations, contact Britni Ackermann at britni.ackermann@youthvillages.org.

Pictured above: Volunteers from Jackson Hewitt Tax Service volunteered with kids from Dogwood Village at The Food Bank.


		Be a Corporate Partner for Youth Villages!
		Youth Villages provides a variety of opportunities for your company and its employees to get involved! Volunteer projects designed for groups, such as Birthday Heroes or one time events, are great activities for team building and to allow your employees the opportunity to give back. Also, your company can be a sponsor for one of our many fundraising events. We welcome companies from any of our service areas (see our locations) to consider partnership with Youth Villages. If you would like more information about how your company can partner with Youth Villages or to schedule a tour or speaking engagement, contact Britni Ackermann at (901) 251-4826 or britni.ackermann@youthvillages.org. For information regarding partnerships in Middle and East Tennessee, contact Greg Schott at (615) 250-7262 or greg.schott@youthvillages.org.


		Thank you to the many companies & organizations that support Youth Villages!
		Abbey and Associates Realty ACH Food Companies American Eagle Outfitters Armstrong Relocation AutoZone BancorpSouth Bank of Bartlett Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce BellSouth Blockbuster Boyle Investment Company Burks Beverages Cassidy Fine Foods Chile Burrito Company C. H. Robinson Worldwide CiCi's Pizza Clark & Clark Clear Mountain Natural Spring Water Comtrak Logistics Cornerstone Systems Crye-Leike, Inc. REALTORS Education Realty Trust Ernst & Young Faxon Gillis FedEx E-Marketing Global Trade Services HUB Services Retail Marketing First Tennessee Bank Ford Motor Company and United Auto Workers Local 3036 Gap, Inc. Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Hilton Hotels Corporation Hunt's Brothers Pizza Hyatt Place International Paper Company IREM Jaco Bryant Printers Jimmy Dean Kele Kelley Productions Kroger Corporation Lens Crafters Lipscomb & Pitts, LLC Loeb Properties, Inc. Macy's Madonna Circle Memphis Area Association of REALTORS Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Redbirds Memphis Runner's Track Club Mid America Apartment Communities Morgan Keegan National Federation of Independent Businesses nexAir Old Navy On The Border Papa John's Pizza Pfizer NASS Providential Fabricators Re:Trans Salem Music Network (94.1 the FISH and Solid Gospel 105) Saturn / United Auto Workers Local 1853 Shoney's Signet Silas Hill Horse Farm Southeastern Asset Management St. Francis Hospital - Bartlett Stanford Financial Group Starbucks Coffee Company Stevie B's Pizza Symbion Physicians Services Tigrett & Pennington Insurance Toys for Tots UBS Paine Webber Volunteer Memphis/Hands on Memphis Walker - J - Walker Wellspring Management Xerox