Please join the Rutherford County Health Department for the 8^th Annual “Community Baby Shower” in partnership with LaShan Dixon, LLC at Patterson Park Community Center. This event will be held on Saturday, February 4^th, 2023 from 10:00am-1:00pm in the Adult Gym at 521 Mercury Boulevard in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

This event is FREE to organizations and employers who choose to participate. This is a great way to let the community know what resources, as well as services you have available for new and expecting families. Your participation will expose you to the entire Rutherford County community. Additionally, there will be advertising throughout Middle Tennessee. Please join us in providing resources for healthy beginnings and education to the expecting families to maintain a healthy lifestyle with their newborns and RSVP no later than Friday, January 20^th, 2023.

Remember, we have limited spaces available, so make your reservation early! To reserve your space, please compete the registration link 2023 Community Baby Shower Vendor Registration .

Please feel free to pass this information to any business or organization that would like to participate. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!!
 

LaShan Dixon, BS GCHCM GCG MS | Director of Sustainability

Office of Strategic Initiatives

Tennessee Department of Health

Andrew Johnson Tower, 5^th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN  37243
p. 615-532-1624
Lashan.dixon@tn.gov
tn.gov/health

• Childhood Hunger Initiative Power Pack (CHIPP) (Soror Leaders: Shavonta Arline and Sameria Buchanan)
  • Packed 100 bags after the February chapter meeting
  • The amazon link is up and functional. Shavonta has already begun receiving donations through this avenue
  • Will request more CHIPP bags for packing
  • Sorors continue to come through with the donations. Always accepting more.
• Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) (Soror Leader: Carolyn Biggers)
  • 3 sessions left
  • During the February session, students met individuals in the professions of: interior design, pediatrician, engineer, professional athlete, artist, and anesthesiologist. It was a huge success. These professionals shared their journeys and it was very interactive for the students.
• Mental Health Awareness (Soror Leaders: Michelle Jackson and Valerie Jones)
  • The “Mental Health Moment” at the February chapter meeting was around sleep. The theme is “self care” for the March meeting
  • Soror Valerie will contact local establishments to see if they would be willing to donate items for the giveaway.  
  • Planning for the May Mental Health seminar needs to begin soon
• Our Seniors (Soror Leaders:  Kreda Yokley and Caroline Martin)
  • 10 Sorors have signed up to participate. Thinking of a way to make these Sorors be a Soror Squad and have some of the targets overlapping.
  • Cards were sent out for Valentine’s Day to these Sorors