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I. |
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Brief History |
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A. |
Chartered 1946 at the Noel
Hotel with 45 members. |
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B. |
The
Great Lakes of the South Show began in 1957
as a major fundraising event for the
Club’s charitable purposes.
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C. |
In 1960 the Freedom
Essay scholarship
contest was initiated and opened
to all middle Tennessee high school seniors.
In 1960 the first prize was $ 500 and
it is now
$ 3,500. |
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D. |
The Club
began acquiring real estate for its charitable purposes in 1971. It
purchased a property on Woodmont Boulevard for $100,000 and began
leasing it the Easter Seals Society of Tennessee for $ 1.00 year.
In 1974, The Club bought a 16th Ave Property which was
initially used for the Hank Snow Child Abuse Center, then as a
Goodwill training center. In recent years, a drop-in center called
Friends helping Friends operated there, then Centerstone Mental
Health Center began using it for a half-way house for mentally ill
adults. |
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E. |
In 1982,
the Club
began supporting the EAR Foundation and the
League for the Hearing Impaired, which
later changed its name to the League for the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing. |
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F. |
In 1982,
the Club
hosted the Sertoma
International convention at the Opryland Hotel and again in 1988 in
the Renaissance Hotel on Broadway. This
event will return here in July of 2009 and will be held at the Music
City Sheraton. |
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G. |
Two International
Presidents have come
from our club Bill Boyers and John Patton.
(years?) |
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H. |
Our Club
started the Hendersonville Noon and
Evening Clubs plus
the Gallatin Club and the Lebanon club. We co-sponsored the
Murfreesboro Club. (years?
West End??) |
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II. |
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The Sertoma Foundation
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A. |
Although the
Nashville Sertoma Club has long supported the Sertoma International
Foundation, our board elected to establish a Foundation specific to
this club’s purposes in 2006. The intent of this was to ensure that
our monies were controlled locally for charitable giving, to house
donations designated for our scholarship program, and to include our
real estate properties under our Foundation protections. As major
donors and organizers of this Foundation, Bill Boyers and John
Patton were elected Honorary Trustees.
Trustees were
elected by the Club to oversee the Foundation and operate in its
interests. These trustees presently include Roger Boyers, Ken Webb,
Joe Hall, John Maddux, and John Phipps, Jr. |
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B. |
Designated funds in the
Foundation
Freedom Essay Scholarship Fund |
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C. |
Other charitable purposes
of the Foundation's funds
Each year, a portion of the interest earned by the principle of the
foundation is transferred to the "projects budget" in the Club for
youse in its charitable giving. |
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D. |
What do we do: Go through the Monthly Calendar of events.
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