Tuesday Night Opry!

Are you traveling to Nashville for Jimmy Wayne's appearance on this week's Tuesday Night Opry? If so, would you please consider looking over the 'wish list' below and seeing if there are any items you might be able to bring for Monroe Harding?

To celebrate and encourage academic achievement, Monroe Harding would like to have weekly pizza parties for their deserving youth. Your support through gift cards to pizza restaurants (Papa John's, Dominoes, ect.), as well as cash donations, would be greatly appreciated.

These are several items from the wish list that are neeeded immediately:

• Young Adult/Youth Appropriate Men's Clothing (Business casual attire & larger sizes needed immediately)
• Sports and Event Tickets
• Vehicles (Must be in decent condition)

For their upcoming Fall Fest, they'll need:

• inflatable bounce houses
• ponies for rides
• pumpkins
• food (chicken fingers, potatoes, spaghetti, fish)

Donations may be dropped off at Monroe Harding

1120 Glendale Lane, Nashville

Monday - Friday, 8:00-4:30

Please call (615) 298-5573 ext. 136 with questions.

* If you are not able to drop off donations, please contact nicole@projectmmh.org to arrange a pickup.

Informational Mentoring Meeting

We'd like to invite you to an informational meeting where you'll be able to learn more about Monroe Harding's mentoring program. Please know that attending the meeting doesn't commit you, we simply invite you to come learn more about the needs of the youth and what opportunities are available. We hope you'll join us!

Friday, August 27

11 AM

1330 Foster Avenue, Suite 100, Nashville

615-664-1509

If you plan to attend, please take the time to RSVP to Amy Rathburg at amyrathburg@gmail.com.

Mentors Needed in Nashville!

Do you have a couple of hours a week that you could dedicate to an at-risk child or teen? There are several fantastic organizations that offer mentoring opportunities. Below are just two examples of programs that are in great need of committed individuals!


Monroe Harding is in need of mentors for their Project S.H.A.R.E. program. It’s just one hour a week with an elementary age child at their school. The time may be spent working on homework, playing a game, having lunch, or just hanging out and being a friend to the child.

If interested, contact Laquita Harrison
Project S.H.A.R.E. Coordinator
Monroe Harding, Inc.
1330 Foster Avenue, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37210
615-664-1509 ext. 26

Preston Taylor Ministries invites you to volunteer this upcoming school year. They are looking for volunteers for the following positions: afterschool tutor (once a week Monday-Thursday from 3:00-5:00 or 4:00-6:00--volunteer orientations on August 17th from 4-6 and August 18th from 11-1); tutor PTM high school students (Mondays from 4:30-6:00); lunchmate mentors (eat lunch once a week with a PTM student in the student's cafeteria); Bible Study and Breakfast mentors (new program that will be on Thursdays from 6:45-7:45am featuring one-on-one Christian discipleship and breakfast).

If interested in volunteering in any of these ways,

please contact Chan Sheppard at

615-596-4386 or cgsheppard@earthlink.net

If you're in the Nashville area, I strongly encourage you to consider giving of your time to this great need. Share the links and info with your friends and family, and make sure others are aware of this awesome opportunity. If you're outside of the Nashville area, check with your own local facilities and see what mentoring opportunities are available!

Clothing Drive

One of our fantastic Street Teamers, Lisa Rogers, has been working hard to organize a Clothing Drive for Monroe Harding. It will be taking place this coming Friday, August 6th & Saturday, August 7th. You'll find them in the parking lot of The Rugged Warehouse on Willow Avenue in Cookeville, TN.

Please help us spread the word, especially if you live in the area. And if you're around, drop by to lend your encouragement and give Lisa a big high-five for her work!