By Liz Geller, LPC-MHSP – Program Manager Megan Ingram Forshey, LCSW – Program Manager As we reflect on our work in the last year and what we hope for the year to come, it is truly humbling and heartening that our days are overflowing with such beautiful moments of human connection. Entering into a new year…
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Evolving Our Virtual Program – For Today and Tomorrow
By Allison Yonker, LMSW Program Director For the first time in a long time, I’m able to turn on the news and pick up the newspaper with a sense that change is on its way. While we continue to wear masks, social distance, and take all the precautions we’ve become so familiar with, more and…
Read MoreGilda Gram, Fall 2020
In this issue: Executing on our Strategic Priorities and a closer look at our cancer support program’s community impact in our 2019/2020 annual report. Read the issue.
Read MoreGilda’s Goes to Medical School – and Trains More Than 350 Students
By Harriet Schiftan, MSW, MAJCSPresident and CEO It began in December with an introduction from our board member Sharon Turner-Friley, MSW, Assistant Dean for Special Programs, Student Academic Affairs at Meharry Medical College. Next came the invitation for Felice to represent Gilda’s Club on a panel of experts teaching second-year medical students about end-of-life-issues and best practices for communicating with patients and their families; she joined colleagues…
Read MoreGilda’s Club Middle Tennessee Names Non-Profit Leader Harriet Schiftan as CEO
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Aug 7, 2019 – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee today announced the appointment of Harriet Schiftan as its President and CEO. Schiftan, a successful leader in Nashville’s non-profit community, will take the reins of the 21-year-old cancer support organization on Tuesday, Sept. 3. “The Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee team is thrilled to welcome…
Read MoreGilda Gram, Summer 2019
In this issue: Facilitating Community One Workshop at a Time, Member Spotlight: Cindy Hamilton, Gilda’s Club Classic, and more. Read the issue.
Read More2018 Community Report
Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee celebrated a momentous year in 2018 with the help and support of our community and friends. We opened a new location in Williamson County and held a smashing 20th Anniversary Bash – voted Best Anniversary Party by readers of nFocus magazine. And those are just two of the big headlines from…
Read MoreWilliamson County: A View from the Front Desk
By Lorraine Yeomans Front Desk and Member Relations, Williamson County When Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee opened its first satellite location in May 2018 in Williamson County, we didn’t quite know what to expect. What we did know was we wanted to provide the same free cancer support we provide in our Nashville clubhouse, in the…
Read More20 Years of Walking Hand-in-Hand with Those on a Cancer Journey
This “Welcome from Our CEO” was originally published in Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee’s 20th Anniversary Bash event program. We’re happy to reshare it here today. Twenty years ago, Microsoft became the largest company in the world, Google was founded, and the film Titanic swept the Academy Awards. Here in Nashville, Tennessee, a new organization was…
Read MoreOur Nashville: Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee
A couple of months ago, Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee was invited to be a part of NECAT Network‘s “Our Nashville,” Season 2. We are so grateful for the staff and students who contributed to the creation of this mini-documentary, which showcases our organization beautifully. Watch our episode here.
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