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Please thank our 2008 UVa Club of Middle Tennessee Corporate Sponsor:
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Community Service: Cavaliers Care
| Cavaliers Care is a nationwide volunteerism initiative based on one of the core principles of a Jeffersonian society - citizenship. |
Cavaliers Care is a nationwide volunteerism initiative based on one of the core principles of a Jeffersonian society - citizenship. Alumni clubs across the country simultaneously participate in local service projects during April to coincide with the celebration of Mr. Jefferson's birthday.
For the past two years we have volunteered at KIPP Academy Nashville, a charter public middle school in East Nashville founded and led by UVA alum Randy Dowell. This is an unbelievably special school where 120 fifth and sixth graders from underserved backgrounds are experiencing a culture of learning that is putting them on a path to college. In 2005, The Nashville Scene named the "KIPPsters" the Nashvillians of the Year.
KIPP is housed in an old public school building that has been neglected over the years. Each year we have planted flowers, mulched, and fixed up the grounds to make the facility as special as the learning taking place. This year, our landscaping helped prepare the school for a visit from state legislators.
Learn more about KIPP Academy:
Nashville Scene article | KIPP Academy website | Photos from our Cavs Care archives
Here are some photos from our recent events:
| | 2007: Cavs clean up at KIPP Academy! |
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| | 2007: Making things greener for KIPP |
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| | 2007: Rainy but fun! |
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| | 2007: Cavs sure can dig up the dirt! |
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Thanks to everyone who's helped us make Cavaliers Care a very special day in Nashville!
Service projects from previous years include manning a water station for the Country Music Marathon in 2003 ad 2004 and landscaping at the Martha O'Bryan Center in 2005.
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