By Harriet Schiftan, MSW, MAJCS President and CEO Last week, we held our final special event of the 2020 calendar year: The annual Gilda’s Club Golf Classic. As members of our team were packing up at the end of the day and recalling the many unique events-related challenges we’ve overcome this year (Hello, virtual Songwriters…
Read More2020 Fundraiser Slated for October 12 at Prestigious Golf Club of Tennessee NASHVILLE, TENN. – September 22, 2020 – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, a non-profit dedicated to providing social and emotional support to anyone impacted by cancer, will host its annual Gilda’s Club Golf Classic on Monday, October 12, 2020 with Zander Insurance as its…
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Yonker to Succeed Long-time Leader Apolinsky Upon Retirement NASHVILLE, TENN. – September 15, 2020 – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, a non-profit dedicated to providing social and emotional support to anyone in the community impacted by cancer, announced recently the promotion of veteran Program Manager Allison Yonker, LMSW, to the role of program director. The organization’s…
Read MoreBy Harriet Schiftan, MSW, MAJCS President and CEO In September, when I began my new position as President and CEO of Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, I was given the organization’s recently completed strategic plan. What a gift to a new leader that our board, staff, volunteers, and community stakeholders had already identified a clear direction…
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By Felice Apolinsky, LCSW Program Director As I sit to write this, I am grieving the recent death of my precious father and beginning to process the final two weeks of his life, which I was thankfully able to spend alongside him in the hospital. Witnessing his incredibly gentle release, I am heartbroken while also…
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