By Elise Taylor Gilda’s Club Board Member Vice President and CFO, HR Group, HCA Healthcare I work for HCA, a company that supports and strongly encourages its colleagues to get involved in the community. A few years ago, Joanne Pulles, HCA’s Vice President of Community Engagement, introduced me to Gilda’s Club when I expressed interest…
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By Harriet Schiftan, MSW, MAJCS President and CEO A little over a week ago, we held our biggest fundraiser of the year, the 2021 Red Door Bash. Like so many things these days, the event didn’t look the way we envisioned when we began planning it nearly a year ago, but wow! What a testament…
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Oct. 9 Fundraiser Benefiting Gilda’s Club Will Shine Light on Program Facilitators Who Made Cancer Support Possible Despite Pandemic NASHVILLE, TENN. – August 18, 2021 – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee will host its biggest fundraiser of the year, the 2021 Red Door Bash, on Oct. 9 at the Omni Nashville Hotel. The annual event will…
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By Helen Lane Chair, Board of Directors Because of Gilda’s Club’s “Everyone Has a Cancer Story” awareness campaign in 2019, my personal cancer story is somewhat known. As a long-standing member of the Gilda’s Club community, and as a business leader, it was difficult to share about this challenging time in my life, but I…
Read MoreDelta Dental to Sponsor Non-Profit’s Head and Neck Cancer Support Group NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (April 26, 2021) – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, a Nashville-based non-profit dedicated to providing support, education, and hope to anyone impacted by cancer, and Delta Dental of Tennessee (Delta Dental), the state’s largest independent dental benefits carrier, today launched a new…
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By Allison Yonker, LMSW Program Director For the first time in a long time, I’m able to turn on the news and pick up the newspaper with a sense that change is on its way. While we continue to wear masks, social distance, and take all the precautions we’ve become so familiar with, more and…
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By Hayley Levy Director of Development As Gilda’s Club’s namesake Gilda Radner used to say, “It’s always something!” Many of you have seen this phrase on our T-shirts and stickers, or perhaps you’ve read Gilda’s memoir It’s Always Something*; she used it for just about anything that came her way, including her cancer. Today, Gilda’s…
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In this issue: Executing on our Strategic Priorities and a closer look at our cancer support program’s community impact in our 2019/2020 annual report. Read the issue.
Read MoreBy Harriet Schiftan, MSW, MAJCS President and CEO In September, when I began my new position as President and CEO of Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, I was given the organization’s recently completed strategic plan. What a gift to a new leader that our board, staff, volunteers, and community stakeholders had already identified a clear direction…
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By Felice Apolinsky, LCSW Program Director As I sit to write this, I am grieving the recent death of my precious father and beginning to process the final two weeks of his life, which I was thankfully able to spend alongside him in the hospital. Witnessing his incredibly gentle release, I am heartbroken while also…
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