Extreme Makeover: TEAMS Home Edition, The Reveal

In the great tradition of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" television, we offer
"the reveal" of our new space at TEAMS (and yes this is the part where we all jump up and down, scream and faint because we are exhanusted from working so hard but so overwhelmed with the beauty of the space, LOL).

Keep It Moving 3: TEAMS Extreme Makeover - Photo Journal

Progress Day Celebration

We sent this invitation out to our friends and family to invite everyone to come by for a sneak peek at our new home. Spread the word! Tuesday, March 1, 2011 doors open at 5pm the program starts at 6 pm.

Keep It Moving 2

This is a progress photo of our work. In this photo we had cleaned, scrubbed, painted, pushed, pulled and posted pictures to make the place more like home. In this photo we are setting up our brain game zones at the center. Keep It Moving !!!

Keep It Moving

Over the last few months, we have been moving our programming to a new location. We have conducted calls, meetings, painting, hauling, assembling, laughing and crying in rain, snow, sleet and heat to complete the opening of this new space. We are located at 1944 Cedar Street. This first post is a before photo of the space.

A Weekend of Service: Donor Spotlight

We are so very grateful to Nashville Givecamp for helping us automate the records of our program. We produced and/or expanded databases for student records, reports and donations. Their contribution will save over 80 hours of staff time each month in data management. This will give us more time to spend with our students.

A team of creative geniuses and professionals laughed, talked, coded and shared a meal or two throughout the weekend of January 14. The professionals included Geoff Alday, Wendy Czymoch, Leah Gilliam, Ben Henderson, Gaines Kergosien, Shawn Lacroix,Chris McPherson,Patrick Schroeder, Marvin Palmer and Rebecca West. 

We immensely enjoyed composing and playing our data melody with this team of caring and passionate artistic engineers.

For more information on Givecamp visit the website: http://givecamp.org/

For more information on Nashville Givecamp visit the website: http://nashvillegivecamp.org/

Mr. Jones Secures Contract

Keith Jones, a loyal administrator and supporter of the TEAMS Institute has secured a contract to provide business management services to the Kroger Company.

He met with students at McKenzie High School in January to present his career journey and encourage them to continue their work with TEAMS. He has a business degree from Bethel University. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Business Administration from Bethel University.

We wish Mr. Jones much success in his new assignment. We look forward to his continued collaboration and support with the TEAMS Institute.