St. Jude's  (Delta Delta Delta)
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering research and treatment of children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Ranked one of the best pediatric cancer hospitals in the country, St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Thanks to donors, St. Jude families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance, and no child is ever denied treatment because of the family's inability to pay. At St. Jude, donor dollars help fuel the groundbreaking research that leads to pioneering care and treatments for childhood cancer and other deadly diseases.

Gifts Offered:
Medical Teaching Doll to help patients understand procedures: $8
New Toy for Hospital Play Areas: $10
Rehabilitation Weights: $10



Ronald McDonald House  (Alpha Delta Pi)
Alpha Delta Pi’s national philanthropy is the Ronald McDonald House.  The mission of RMH Charities of Nashville is to “keep families close” by providing essential resources and a “home away from home” for families of critically ill children receiving inpatient or outpatient medical care at Nashville area hospitals.  Your $25 donation will provide that home for the RMH children and their families.  You can also contribute the Ronald McDonald House’s annual Angel Tree to help make this holiday season special for a deserving child.

Gifts Offered:
A Night at the Ronald McDonald House for a Family: $25
Angel Tree Contribution: $10



Room in the Inn  (Wesley/Canterbury Fellowship)
Wesley/Canterbury Fellowship is the Methodist and Episcopal Campus Ministry at Vanderbilt which seeks to benefit our work this year with Room in the Inn, a program with Nashville’s Campus for Human Development.

Gifts Offered:
Sack Lunch: $5
2 Bath Towels: $10
Toiletry Kit: $20



Inter-American Health Alliance
The Inter-American Health Alliance is a volunteer run 501©3 charitable organization that supports community health organizations working with marginalized populations in the western highlands of Guatemala. We provide financial, technical and organizational support to our partnering organizations to improve access to health care and health education.

Gifts Offered:
Guatemalan Child Health Check-Up: $15
Anti-Parasite Medication for 35 Children: $10



Barefoot Republic Camps
Barefoot Republic is a multicultural summer camping ministry that seeks to unite children and youth from diverse racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds through athletic, artistic and action-adventure programs.

Gifts Offered:
T-shirt for Camper: $5
Medical/Recreation Supplies for 1 Camper: $20
1 week of Meals for 1 Camper: $49



Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Gifts Offered:
Educational Game:  $5
Sponsor a child (while waiting to be matched with a mentor):  $10
Sponsor a child (to participate in a health and well-being activity):  $15



Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee
Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee is a non-profit literacy program of the Imagination Library.  The program provides Dolly Parton Imagination Library books for all children from birth to age five that live in Davidson, Sumner, and Williamson Counties at no cost to the families.  A high-quality, age-appropriate book is mailed directly to the child each month.  As a part of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, our mission is to increase literacy and school readiness while strengthening family bonds.  Gifts help to offset the costs of the books to the children.

Gifts Offered:
Provide monthly books to 4 children for an entire year:  $48
Provide monthly books to 3 children for an entire year:  $36
Provide monthly books to 1 child for an entire year:  $12



Christian Flights International
Christian Flights International is a Haitian relief organization that has been in operations since 1977.  CFI conducts life-changing mission work in Ranquitte, Haiti.  CFI is a cooperative effort of Haitian and American Christians working to further the Kingdom of God by providing resources and encouraging Haitians to facilitate wellness, community development, and excellence in education.
-- There is an urgent need for a new Medical Clinic in Ranquitte.  Resources have been pressed to their limits during both the 2010 Earthquake and the Cholera outbreak.  The current structure is unsafe and not properly equipped to meet the needs of the community.  The clinic serves over 23,000+ residents in Ranquitte and the surrounding areas.

Gifts Offered:
Treatment of 10 individuals at the Medical Clinic:  $10
10 cinderblocks for construction of the Medical Clinic:  $25
Wages to hire Haitian for the construction of the facility:  $50



Conexion Americas
Conexion Americas helps Latino families realize their aspirations for social and economic advancement by promoting their integration in to the Middle Tennessee community.

Gifts Offered:
Sponsor an English-learner:  $10
Support a child's cultural learning through art workshops:  $20
Help a family achieve a dream of owning their own home:  $40



Dismas House of Nashville
The mission of Dismas is to facilitate the reconciliation of former prisoners to society, and society to former prisoners, through development of a supportive community characterized by:
Students and former prisoners living together in a family setting.
The active involvement of volunteers from the broader community.
A spirit of open and participative decision making and sharing across the Dismas network, with an emphasis on the common good.

Gifts Offered:
Welcome Basket:  $100
Bus Pass for 31 days:  $50
Coat:  $25



Nashville Humane Association
Nashville Humane Association is committed to finding responisble homes, controlling pet overpopulation, and promoting the humane treatment of animals.

Gifts Offered:
Sponsor a Kitten or Puppy (includes spay/neuter surgery):  $100
Sponsor a Spa/Neuter Surgery:  $50
Sponsor a Community Pet Food Bank Family:  $25
Sponsor Toys for Shelter Animals:  $10



Monroe Harding
Monroe Harding guides and supports the most vulnerable children across a bridge to personal independence and success within a safe and nurturing environment.

Gifts Offered:
New bedding set for each new resident:  $45
Toiletry setd for each new resident:  $15
Movie Tickets:  $10



Oasis Center
For more than forty years, Oasis Center has worked to close the opportunity gap that exists for too many of Nashville's young people.  We are a full service youth agency offering 22 unique programs designed to connect young people facinf life's greatest obstacles with the opportunities that need to grow into healthy, productive adults.  Our programs include an emergency shelter for youth aged 13 to 17, a transitional living residential program for up to 20 months for youth aged 17 to 22, college and career counseling, street outreach, individual and family counseling, and youth volunteer and leadership opportunities.

Gifts Offered:
A day at our drop-in center for one homeless youth:  $10
One survival kit for a homeless youth:  $20
One ACT fee:  $34



Preston Taylor Ministries
PTM is a Christian-based afterschool and mentoring program serving over 150 children and youth who live at risk.

Gifts Offered:
A Book for PTM's reading program:  $5
Healthy Snacks for 20 students:  $15
Reading Instruction for 45 students for a week:  $100



Rejoice School of Ballet
Rejoice School of Ballet provides children from low income families an excellent dance educations with a Christian focus.

Gifts Offered:
Ballet Tights:  $5
Tuition:  $10
Ballet Shoes:  $22



Society of St. Andrew
The Society of St. Andrew, a nationwide interfaith hunger relief ministry, seeks to bridge the gap between 100 billion pounds of food waste each year in the US and the 50 million Americans who do not have enough to eat.  Working with farmers and packing houses, we recover fruits and vegetables that are not commercially marketable, and we give them without charge to food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, emergency food programs, and senior/child nutrition programs for their use in feeding persons at risk for hunger.  For about $0.02 a serving, we improve the quality of nutrition available to our most vulnerable neighbors.

Gift Offered:
Alternative Christmas Card (600 servings of fruits and vegetables):  $12



South Nashville Family Resource Center
The South Nashville Family Resource Center (SNFRC) works with community residents in the Glencliff, Radnor, and Woodbine communities to solve challenges and make the neighborhoods stronger and healthier.  To this end, the SNFRC offers free financial workshops, awards scholarships to graduating seniors in the South Nashville ommunity, coordinates Community Kitchens focused on affordable nutrition, and supports residents with the priorities they identify for the neighborhood.

Gifts Offered:
Woodbine Farmers Market MarketBucks:  $5
Meal Kit for participants in Community Kitchens:  $10
Contribution to South Nashville Community Scholarship Fund:  $25



Teach Twice
Teach Twice is a social venture that educates children and their communities through stories and the exchange of culture.  In the Teach Twice model a single book--written by authors from a developing country--provides parents in the global marketplace stories to read to their children, give financial support to schools and students in the country from which the book came.  One Teach Twice book enhances the education of two children and two communities that are worlds apart, yet connected through a shared commitment to education, and a desire to learn from books and each other.

Gifts Offered:
Books for 4 students:  $10
After-school snacks for a month:  $25
A wall of books in the Nakikungube school library:  $50



Thistle Farms / Magdalene
Magdalene is a two-year residential community for women who have survived liveds of prostitution, violence, and abuse.  Thistle Farms is the social enterprise operated by the women of Magdalene.

Gifts Offered:
Bus pass / transportation:  $5
Child Care:  $25 - $50
Tutoring and Educations Classes:  $75 -$100



Wishing Works Inc.
Wishing Works Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring and facilitating the dreams of underprivilaged youth.  The main ways we do this is through innovative tutoring and mentoring services

Gifts Offered:
ACT workshop for 1 student:  $5
Mentoring for 1 student:  $10
AP teacher's assistant for a classroom for 1 year:  $20



Luke 14:12
Luke 14:12 is a non-profit soup kitchen providing meals to the hungry and homeless of Nashville.  Our mission is to address the nutritional needs of those who are inadequately fed.  Each year Luke 14:12 provides over 20,000 meals to hungry individuals.  We invite all who are hungry to be guests at our table.

Gifts Offered:
10 hot meals for the homeless:  $10
20 meals:  $20
50 meals:  $50