Sponsers and Partners

Thanks to United Way and the following neighborhood association grant winners for making this website possible!

- Renraw Community Association
- Eastwood Neighbors Association
- East Hills Neighborhood Association
- Mothers Helping Others
- I.C. White Stone Foundation

Below is a complete list of sponsers, partners, and friends of I. C. White Stone:

AMMRC

Cora Howe Family Resource Center

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A goal of the Cora Howe Family Recsource Center (FRC) is that families and children are safe. FRC is located in East Nashville at 1928 Greenwood Avenue at Cora Howe Elementary School.

Diving Board

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Diving Board partners with non-profits and small businesses to launch websites. We specialize in translating the vision of a small business or non-profit owner into a website that makes sense.

The first look into the pool from a high dive is always the most frightening. The same is true of the Internet. How do you make the leap after realizing you need a website?

That's where the Diving Board comes in. We're here to help you score that perfect 10 with a functional, refreshing website that will be sure to increase your effectiveness on the Internet.

So come on in. The water's fine.

East Hills Neighborhood Association

Richard Akers is a graduate of the University of Tennessee college of Electrical Engineering and is employed as a design engineer with the Epiphone Guitar Corp. He has two children, Luke and Natalie. Richard currently serves as President of the East Hill Neighborhood Association.

Eastwood Neighbors Association

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The objectives of Eastwood Neighbors, Inc. are:

* To unite the residents of the neighborhood by bringing neighbors together in more frequent contact with each other and encouraging them to plan and work together;

* To preserve and enhance the neighborhood's residential character by
seeking policies of zoning and codes enforcement;

* To cooperate and affiliate in appropriate ways with other local, state,
and national organizations having compatible goals; and

* To promote the general welfare of the neighborhood.

Please join us at our once-a-month meetings to voice your concerns, meet your neighbors and help build a stronger East Nashville community. We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. at Eastwood Christian Church, 1601 Eastland Avenue, 37206.

Annual dues for the Eastwood Neighbors, Inc. Association are:

$15 per household, or,
$10 for seniors and fixed low income.

Please bring cash or check, payable to Eastwood Neighbors, Inc., to the
meeting or mail check to:

Eastwood Neighbors, Inc. P.O. Box 68397
Nashville, TN 37206-8397.

 

Mothers Helping Others

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Mothers Helping Others Inc. was formed as a charitable organisation designed to help young families within Australia and internationally through designated projects.

We hope that through our projects, we will be able to improve physical conditions of facilities used by families and their children.

But most importantly, we hope to empower others, despite whatever hardships they face, to be proactive members of their communities and foster the belief that they can make a difference.

Nashville Auto-Diesel College

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The Nashville Auto-Diesel College has designed a mobile kitchen in efforts to help East Nashville single families earn monies needed and allows I. C. White Stone space for community meetings.

NADC strives to meet our mission of excellence by offering the comprehensive training and education necessary to prepare graduates for initiating a life-long career in their chosen technical area. At NADC you'll not only receive hands-on training in the auto-diesel, collision and refinishing repair, or high performance industries - you'll build a solid foundation for a successful and rewarding future.

Nashville Auto-Diesel College provides programs that focus on automotive and diesel technician training. NADC has partnered with Lincoln Tech and BMW of North America, LLC to provide access to the BMW STEP program. You can even earn an Associate of Applied Science Degree through NADC’s Online Option Degree Programs! Take the first step to a brighter future by contacting us today for more information about automotive technician training!

Renraw Community Association

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In March, 2002 a small group of neighbors got together to talk about and plan ways to improve their neighborhood in response to concerns about neighborhood issues and conditions including declining property values, codes violations, crime, traffic, absentee landlords and the growth of in the neighborhood.

The boundaries of the Community Association are Carolyn Avenue (North), Inga Street (West), Strouse Avenue (South) and Gallatin Road (East). The goals of the Renraw Community Association are to Network with all neighbors; Develop neighborhood involvement and awareness; keep the neighborhood safe from crime whether vice, drugs, property crimes and traffic; communicate and educate residents about issues and concerns; monitor compliance with Metro codes and report codes violations; maintain contact with and open channels of communication with organizations in our neighborhood and with Nashville city officials.

The Renraw Community Association meets the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. The meeting location is the Church of God of Prophecy located at 901 Strouse Avenue. Meetings provide an opportunity to hear a guest speaker, discuss neighborhood issues, and plan neighborhood events. For more information about the Renraw Community Association you can contact renrawcommunity@hotmail.com.

John and Carol Wendt

John and Carol Wendt have lived in the Renraw neighborhood for more than 20 years and have worked with other neighbors to provide leadership for the neighborhood association for the past five years. They raised two daughters who are now grown and living in other cities. Carol works as a music teacher for Metro schools and John works in the human resources field. In addition to their involvement with the Renraw Community Association they are involved with various neighborhood coalitions and with the Margaret Maddox Family YMCA.