From: IMOUTRU2@aol.com Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 14:25:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: The Center Email Update The Center Update Email - October, 1997 The Center 703 Berry Road, Nashville, TN 37204 (615)297-0008) The Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Transgendered Life in Nashville has started an email list to help get the word out about The Center and it’s activities. Please send this message on to any of your friends who might be interested. Anyone who wishes to be added to the list can send us an email and we’ll add them to the next mailing. If anyone would prefer not to be on this list, hit reply and type “remove” in the subject and in the body of the message and we will try to remove you as promptly as possible. The Center offers switchboard services, various social and support groups, counseling, a library, a community resource area, and a safe place for community members. We are about hospitality and community building. Come get involved! We are located at 703 Berry Road Nashville, Tennessee 37204, 615-298-1632. Check out our web page - AOL users click on the blue sentence below, all others type in the address below: Welcome to The Center! HTTP://PWEB.NETCOM.COM/~JLOVE1/NLC.HTM Thanks, Bev Clendenen, MSSW Center Director Happy National Coming Out Day - Ya'll Come Out Now, Ya Here?!!!!!!!!!!! In this Edition: 1. Blu’s Crazy Cowboy Benefit 2. Student Intern 3. Resource Nights at The Center 4. November 1st Great Center Fall Fund-raising Dinner 5. Room in the Inn - starts November 1st 6. We are Parent’s Too family get together November 8th 7. Special PFLAG Meeting 8. Football!!!!!! 1. On September 20, Larry Burgett, owner of Blu’s Crazy Cowboy, held a benefit for The Center. They raised $872 for the General Operating Fund. Blu’s is our very best bar sponsor as they also make monthly contributions to The Center and we appreciate the awesome support his establishment gives to our organization. Let’s support this wonderful community-minded bar located at 2311 Franklin Rd. Thanks Larry and all the patrons and performers! 2. Through our Wellness Project, individual and couples counseling is available by Debi Carver, who is a student intern from MTSU. Services are free. She needs 600 hours for her degree, so don’t be shy - take advantage of this wonderful opportunity! 3. Resource Nights at The Center: 1st Thursday each month - Real Estate 2nd Thursday each month - Financial Planning 3rd Thursday each month - Legal Issues 4th Thursday each month - Spiritual Issues Each session begins at 7pm, and the format is question and answer. Professionals available each night for information and consultation. 4. On Saturday, November 1st, The Center’s Great Fall Fund-raising Dinner will be held to benefit the General Operating Fund. The Dinner will be at Edgehill United Methodist Church at 1502 Edgehill Avenue near Music Row. The dinner will feature entertainment, food from Nashville’s best restaurants, and information regarding the incredible new happenings at The Center and our amazing plans for the future. It will begin at 6:30pm and should finish by 8:30pm. We have two goals to accomplish on this special night. Donations will be taken up for the cost of dinner( almost all of the cost of the dinner has been donated, so all proceeds can go to The Center). These funds will support our budget for the remainder of 1997. Then, commitments will be taken for monthly contributions for 1998. About 40 individuals supported The Center in 1997 - just imagine what all The Center could become if this number would increase to 100?! A new Board of Directors is taking on the task of planning for a new expanded space for The Center and a paid staff position. We must start now to build a base for monthly support to underwrite the expenses of rent, salaries and utilities. Table hosts are filling tables for this exciting event - if you have not been invited and would like to attend, please call The Center switchboard at 297-0008 to make your reservation. Seating is limited, so don’t delay. 5. Room in the Inn - Each winter, The Center participates in the program for the homeless called “Room in the Inn”. We are the only non-church group participating and many of the people like us best! Every Saturday night, volunteers go down to the shelter and pick up 10 to 12 (screened) homeless people and bring them back to The Center for a warm meal and a bed. This is an incredible way to give back to the community and to gain something for yourself - many participants state that they get much more out of that night then they give. If you or a group you are involved in, would like to donate your time or a meal one Saturday night between the months of November and March, please contact The Center at 297-0008. Also, we are in need of the following donations: paper goods, toilet paper, trash bags, canned food items for emergency purposes, old towels, sheets, hygiene items, etc. Any volunteer help would be appreciated. 6. We are Parents Too - Our family group has planned an outing on Saturday, November 8th from 11am to 2pm. Come prepared to paint your own piece of pottery, all ages are welcome! Meet at Third Coast Clay located at 2814 12th Ave. South. For more information call The Center at 297-0008. 7. Last month’s Nashville PFLAG (Parents, Friends, Family of Lesbian and Gays) meeting was a wonderful experience. They hosted a panel of parents and siblings of gays who gave tips about how to come out to our friends and family. Everyone enjoyed the discussion and lots of good advice was given. This month, they will host a special meeting for people who have experienced someone coming out to them. Parents will give pointers to parents and gays and lesbians will also share helpful hints about how they felt. If you recently came out, bring or send your friends and family to PFLAG. PFLAG Nashville meets the third Tuesday of each month at the Unitarian Church at 1808 Woodmont Blvd. at 7pm. For more information call The Center @ 297-0008. 8. Football! The Sports and Fitness Network is hosting flag football on Saturday, October 25th from 2pm - 4pm at Shelby Park, in front of the community center. Take Shelby Avenue all the way to the park, turn left before entering the park and you will see the community center. Come by yourself, or bring a team and join in the fun!