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Thanks to
YOU, here are some things we have accomplished in 2009.
Art
Exhibits
- Frothy
Monkey
- Magpie
Gallery
- Nashville
International Airport - February thru September receiving
recognition in USA Today and several pieces of art sold
to travelers across the nation who saw the exhibit
- Plowhaus
Community
Events
- Artworks
- An event by the Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville
at the Mall at Green Hills
-
Celebration of Cultures World Market in Centennial Park
-
Centennial Arts Center – Nashville’s Internationals III - 7 of
our artists participated in this year’s Nashville’s
Internationals. This is the third year for this event and our
artists have exhibited their art all three years.
- First
Year Student Orientation Service Fair for Vanderbilt freshmen
students
- Just
Cause
- Lost Boys
Center Youth Art Camp for children ages 5-18
- Tango by
Moonlight
-
University School of Nashville International Fair
-
Vanderbilt Alternative Gift Fair
Education
- Assisted
24 Lost Boys with purchasing textbooks, testing fees, and
tuition
Lost Boys
Speaking Engagements at Schools
-
Centennial High School
- Father
Ryan
- Pope John
Paul II
Publications Featuring The Lost Boys Foundation in 2009
- Alive
Now! (published by
the United Methodist Publishing Company)
-
Nashville Lifestyles
-
Nashville Scene
-
Tennessean
-
Tennessee Tribune
- USA
Today
Miscellaneous
- Lost Boys
Birthday Party
- Took Lost
Boys on a tour of Cheekwood Gardens (passes donated by Cheekwood)
- Welcomed
His Excellency Manyang Juuk, Governor of Jonglei state Sudan and
his delegation and hosted a luncheon in their honor at the Lost
Boys Center & Gallery where the governor announced he was
donating land in Sudan for a similar facility
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Participated in Nashville4Africa fundraising event at the
Schermerhorn with Big Kenny for the African Children’s Choir and
African education
- Received
our first Metro Nashville Arts Commission grant
- Lost Boys
Thanksgiving Day Luncheon
- Joined
the Nashville Chamber of Commerce
- Assisted
numerous Lost Boys with food, clothing, housing assistance,
automotive repairs, medical bills, and other emergency needs
THANKS TO
VOLUNTEER TEACHERS, IN JANUARY OF 2010, WE WILL BE STARTING THE
FOLLOWING CLASSES FOR NASHVILLE’S LOST BOYS.
Grammar Structure
and Writing, Public Speaking, Computer, Math, English, and Financial
Planning. |
