A Quiet Winter? Not for the Legacy Fund!

Our blog may have been quiet over the past few months, but the Legacy Fund has not been hibernating! First, although the stats made it to our Facebook page, we didn’t post anything about the Backpack Drive after it had happened! The Backpack Drive was a SMASHING success! With the help of our amazing Edgefield […]

Featured

2017 Holiday Backpack Drive

What is this backpack drive?
What type of food goes in it?
When is this happening?

2017 Halloween Costumes are in the bag!

Halloween is a wonderful time of year for school kids – they get to don a costume, wander around their neighborhood, be mischievous, and of course, go trick or treating. East Nashville has some amazing neighborhoods for the dedicated trick-or-treater – many houses see over 500 children walk up and knock on the front door. […]

Back to School with Books and Supplies!

Most of the kids in Nashville have been back to school for a month, and are eagerly (or anxiously) anticipating their first progress report. When the students of Warner Enhanced Option Elementary School arrived at school this year, they found some big changes! Warner is in the process of becoming an arts magnet school, so […]

Adopt a Classroom

I can’t believe summer is already drawing to a close! It’s amazing—the kids will be returning to school in just a few weeks (August 7 for kids in Metro schools!). The Tulip Street Legacy Fund is kicking off the school year by offering the opportunity to “Adopt a Classroom” at Warner Enhanced Elementary School! As […]

Giving the Gift of Reading

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of dropping off over 300 books to give to kids at Warner Enhanced Options Elementary School to start off their summer reading. What a joy! The Tulip Street Legacy Fund believes that every child should be given every opportunity to learn (and learn to love) to read. One […]

The Legacy Fund Kicks Off With 127 Backpacks Filled With Food!

To get things started on our blog, we’re going to go back about five months and talk about our kick-off event. On December 11, 2016, representatives of the Legacy Fund, members of the East Nashville community, and staff members from Warner School gathered together to pack backpacks of food for kids to eat over the Winter […]