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Monday, June 9, 2014 – 22nd HART GOLF CLASSIC for STARS

From R to L: David Patton, John Robinson, Patricia Hart, Butch Stinson, and Gene Brosky.
From R to L: David Patton, John Robinson, Patricia Hart, Butch Stinson, and Gene Brosky.

22nd Annual HART GOLF CLASSIC FOR STARS

Monday, June 9, 2014

Golf Club of Tennessee

Kingston Springs, TN

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It’s not just a day of golf.  It’s a young person’s future.

This year marks the 22nd year of the Hart Golf Classic.  All proceeds raised by the Hart Golf Classic go directly to the youth served by STARS.  Last year alone we reached 80,000 young people and their families.  From our STARS specialists who work in the school buildings every day, to our trained Kids on the Block puppeteers, to our services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, to our intensive outpatient treatment program, we are making an impact!

Player, Team and Hole Sponsorships

$375 per player

$1,500 for one foursome

$250 hole sponsorship

$1,600 to sponsor one team & one hole

 

HOLE IN ONE Presenting Sponsor                                                        $10,000

  • Your $10,000 will ensure that young people in Middle Tennessee will be provided the help, hope and healing they deserve.  Your donation truly saves lives.
  • What you receive for your support:
    • Carts and green fees for three teams, including lunch & on-course beverages
    • Logo to appear on sponsor board, prominently displayed at the tournament
    • Logo featured on the STARS website, which can link to your website
    • Mulligans for teams
    • Hole signage

EAGLE Sponsor to benefit K-6th Graders                                                                    $7,500

  • Your donation of $7,500 will:
    • Teach 500 Kindergarteners caring and respect by understanding that name-calling & teasing can hurt someone else
    • Teach 500 3rd graders to understand that child abuse is NEVER a child’s fault
    • Teach 500 5th graders to challenge their fears and prejudices and thus accept differences in others
  • What you receive for your support:
    • Cart & green fees for two teams
    • Hole signage
    • Mulligans for teams
    • Logo featured on the STARS website, which can link to your website
    • AND, an overnight stay for 8 with catered dinner on Monday, June 9 in the Ingram Cabins located up the hill from the putting green!!!

BIRDIE Sponsor to aid in Bullying Prevention                                                          $5,000

  • Your donation of $5,000 will provide support to 300 students on the issue of relationship violence through the evidence-based curriculum, SAFE DATES.
  • What you receive for your support:
    • Cart & green fees for one team
    • Mulligans for team
    • Logo featured on the STARS website, which can link to your website

GOLDEN TEE Sponsor to support youth overcoming drug abuse                     $2,500

  • Your donation of $2,500 will provide intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment for 10 adolescents
  • What you receive for your support:
    • Cart & green fees for one team; and hole signage

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Come out on January 18th to support STARS and the beloved Nashville Predators!!

Nashville Predators Forward, #33, Colin Wilson, with STARS’ very own, Mark Riley.

Our good friends at the Nashville Predators have partnered with STARS (as well our friends at BeeAttitudes) to create a Public Service Announcement which will be debuted at the Predators v. Avalanche game on Saturday, January 18th at Bridgestone arena.

To help us celebrate, the Preds have created a link from which to purchase tickets with a percentage of your ticket price coming back to STARS!

Please be there with us as we debut our PSA!!  And, the first 1,000 attendees will get a BEE A FRIEND poster featuring #33 Colin Wilson and our very own, Mark Riley (Kids on the Block puppet).

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS!!

ROCK ON!  GO PREDS!!
See you at the rink on Saturday!!

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Applications DUE FRIDAY, October 18th: Nominations for the Accepting Differences Among Mankind (ADAM) Award

Anneliese Barron, State Director of Best Buddies Tennessee and winner of the 2012 ADAM Award.

The ADAM Award was created by Alva and Mark Duke to honor the life and spirit of their son, Adam Duke.  Adam was born with Down Syndrome, and although his life did not last long, his memory and impact on the world will forever be felt.

In 1981, Alva Duke founded Kids on the Block to both honor Adam’s life and because she wanted to help kids learn to be accepting of each other regardless of their differences.  This award is given annually in memory of Adam Duke to the individual who has consistently “gone the extra mile” to promote the importance of Accepting Differences Among Mankind.

Please complete the nomination form ( ADAM Award Nomination Form 2013 ) and submit to STARS by Friday, October 18, 2013.  The winner will be announced at the 5th Annual CHAIR-ISH THE NIGHT WITH VINCE GILL & FRIENDS event being held on Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.  (Tickets are on sale now!!)

 

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STARS named beneficiary of the 2013-2014 ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Season!!

ALIAS Chamber Ensemble 2013-2014 Season

Our good friends at ALIAS Chamber Ensemble selected STARS as a beneficiary of their 2013-2014 season!

 

ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Announces 2013-2014 Season – STARS as a beneficiary!!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

ALIAS’ opening concert features music by four living American composers, including three women: Pulitzer Prize winning Caroline Shaw (2013) and Jennifer Higdon (2010); Kenji Bunch, whose music ALIAS has championed and recorded for years; and Guggenheim Fellow Margaret Brouwer. Adding a bit of contrast is an early Baroque sonata by ancient Italian master Giovanni Pandolfi.
• Kenji Bunch Suite for viola and piano (1998)
• Caroline Shaw “Cantico delle creature” (2013, World Premiere)
• Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli Sonatas for violin and continiuo (1660)
• Jennifer Higdon “An Exaltation of Larks” for string quartet (2005)
• Margaret Brouwer “Demeter Prelude” for string quartet (1997)
• Nonprofit Partner: Better Decisions

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

ALIAS’ Winter Concert unveils the ensemble’s project of presenting works by Paul Moravec, beginning with his “Tempest Fantasy”, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. ALIAS will record this and other of Moravec’s works on a disc that will be released in Fall 2014 on the Delos label. Works by Ginastera, Debussy, and young American composer Piotr Szewczyk round out this eclectic program.
• Piotr Szewczyk “Twisted Dances” for oboe, violin, cello and piano (2012)
• Alberto Ginastera String Quartet No. 2 (1968)
• Claude Debussy Trio for flute, viola, and harp (1915)
• Paul Moravec Tempest Fantasy for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2002)
• Nonprofit Partner: The Contributor

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Continuing the roll-out of its recording project, ALIAS teams up with Nashville vocal ensemble Portara to present two more of Paul Moravec’s works: Sacred Love Songs, and the World Premiere of “Amorisms”, which has been commissioned by ALIAS, Portara, and the Nashville Ballet. Also on the program are a trio by Maurice Ravel and works by Douglas Hill and ALIAS cellist Matt Walker, both influenced by American folk/pop idioms.
• Maurice Ravel Sonatine en Trio for flute, cello, and harp (1905)
• Douglas Hill “A Set of Songs and Dances” for clarinet, horn, vibraphone, and bass (2006)
• Paul Moravec Sacred Love Songs for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2012)
• Matt Walker “Grooves” for string quartet (2013)
• Paul Moravec “Amorisms” for clarinet, string quartet and SATBB voices (2014, World Premiere)
• Nonprofit Partner: Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS)

Ballet Performances:

February 14-16, 2014

“Attitude” series with the Nashville Ballet, where ALIAS will perform Kevin Puts’ “And Legions will Rise” for clarinet, violin and marimba.

May 29-31, 2014

“Emergence” with the Nashville Ballet and Portara, featuring all the Moravec works on the CD

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Operation Life – By David Cistrunk, Station Camp Sophmore

Operation Life and Prom Promise working together to keep students at Station Camp safe this prom season ... and always.
Operation Life and Prom Promise working together to keep students at Station Camp safe this prom season … and always.

Operation Life was a great expereince to not only be apart of, but to see also. To the school, I feel it helped a lot of people realize the effects of bad decisions. Mrs. Olsen that shared her story with us made a lot of us feel thankful that we are not in her situation.  With her talking to us about her incident, it makes me as a student want to be a careful driver, and support the no drinking and driving movement.

 As a culture, I believe the Operation Life helped a lot of students in the long run come together and help stop people from drinking and driving. We all have someone special in our life. Thinking about our family members, friends, and teachers, I know I would not want any harm or danger to come to any of them, or anybody alone.

Guest speaker Phaedra Olsen, MADD
Guest speaker Phaedra Olsen, MADD

So, I say let’s all support this movement. After all, what are we going to do if that is us behind the wheel drunk, or being hit by a drunk driver?

Operation Life - a reenactment of a drunk driving fatality
Operation Life – a reenactment of a drunk driving fatality

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