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Feature Story Census Community Development

Here's why Memphis nonprofits care about the U.S. census and you should too.

Cole BradleyThursday, September 24, 2020
Feature Story Sami Harvey is the founder of Out of the Woods Wildlife Rescue and Rehab. The center is located on Harvey's property in Shelby Forest and gives native woodland critters like raccoons, skunks, opossums, and squirrels a second chance. (Submitted)

To the Rescue: New Mid-South wildlife rehab will treat squirrels, foxes, and more

Jim ColemanThursday, September 17, 2020
Feature Story Derotha Payne-Obie mounts a recently completed puzzle at her dining room table. Prior to the pandemic, she attended the Lewis Senior Center. It closed in March under local and state mandates. (Tamara Cunningham) Healthy Communities

For senior citizens, the virus isn't the only pandemic danger. Isolation can be deadly.

Tamara CunninghamWednesday, September 16, 2020
Feature Story (frankieleon, Wikicommons) Healthy Communities

Sobriety is going digital as substance abuse increases in the pandemic

Deborah Gaddy-RobertsonWednesday, September 16, 2020
Feature Story Nonprofit JUICE Orange Mound recently received their largest single donation. ADT Securities donated $10,000 towards its community improvement efforts. (Submitted) Community Development

The Orange Mound Street Assembly uses the neighborhood grapevine for community improvement

Alexandria MooreThursday, August 27, 2020
Feature Story Alandria Ivory, a campaign worker for Memphis for All, takes a break during an early voting event at Glenview Community Center. (Andrea Morales) Community Development

Food giveaway and voter registration drive coming to North Memphis August 28

Cole BradleyWednesday, August 26, 2020
Feature Story School nurse Patricia McCraw prepares medication for a student at A.B. Hill Elementary. McCraw is part of a school nurse pilot program facilitated by Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Shelby County Schools, and Urban Child Institute. (Cat Evans) Healthy Communities

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy good health. Experts discuss health inequity in Memphis.

Cole BradleyFriday, August 21, 2020
Feature Story Twenty-year veteran Shane Howell (left) stops by with paperwork as Private Michael Pence (right) works the Station 18 desk where crew members field emergency calls and help citizen who walk in with an emergency. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

901RideChoice is reducing non-emergency calls to 911

Andrea ValenzuelaMonday, August 10, 2020
Feature Story Executive Director John Paul Shaffer announces the BLDG Memphis rebrand in April 2017. It was previously the Community Development Council of Greater Memphis. (Submitted) Community Development

BLDG Memphis and new board look to the future of community development in and after the pandemic

Cole BradleyThursday, July 23, 2020
Feature Story Exposure Arts and Culture

Visitors can build a custom experience at the first virtual Exposure event

Cole BradleyThursday, July 16, 2020
Feature Story The PepsiCo Foundation has pledge $7 million for nationwide COVID-19 relief, including $500,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. (Banco de Alimentos Quito, PepsiCo Foundation) Healthy Communities

Pepsi puts $500,000 toward COVID-19 relief in Memphis

Cole BradleyThursday, July 16, 2020
Feature Story Sergeant Biggs, a Memphis Police Department mascot, greets members of the community outside Cathedral of Faith during the Klondike-Smokey City foster care awareness parade. (Brandon Dahlberg)

Urban League and Shelby County mayor to host virtual summit on police reform in the South

Cole BradleyFriday, July 10, 2020
Feature Story To celebrate Juneteenth 2020, The Time is Now Douglass, the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, and Memphis Artists for Change partnered to supply produce boxes, free lunch from local food trucks, masks, and hand sanitizer. (Forever Ready) Community Development

Video: Juneteenth in Douglass Park

Thursday, June 25, 2020
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