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📣 Volunteers!📣 We need you next week!!‼️ Donelson Middle School (7/18) and Brick Church Middle School (7/19) are seeking volunteer support setting up and organizing classrooms before school starts. Sign up with the QR Codes here or visit PENCIL Connect to register.

Later this month, PENCIL will celebrate five years of its Together 4 Teachers project, and in honor of this milestone we have some exciting news to share… The Together 4 Teachers Pep Rally has a new home! The Nashville Soccer Club will be generously hosting us at GEODIS Park, alongside our new Pep Rally Sponsors - Coca-Cola Consolidated and BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition. With generous support from the Nashville community, the Together 4 Teachers Pep Rally serves as the initial delivery site for in-demand school and teacher supplies before the start of the school year. It shows support for and celebrates the work of MNPS educators as well as reminds them to “shop” at the DG PENCIL Box year-round. We cannot wait to celebrate and appreciate our teachers at GEODIS Park. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eK8Uq3ww

The PENCIL office is closed this week. We look forward to reconnecting with you when we return on Monday, July 8. Until then, wishing you all our best🎉

You’re invited: Be part of PENCIL’s Back to School Breakfast fundraiser on August 22. At this event, you will hear from Metro students and teachers about the resources that truly help them succeed, sign up for hands-on volunteer opportunities in schools this fall, and learn about the impact your giving can make on our youngest learners. You can participate as a sponsor, a table host, a guest, a fundraiser, or a donor. Learn more & register: https://lnkd.in/e59Fnpa6 We hope you’ll stand with PENCIL as we celebrate the students and teachers we serve🎉

It’s no surprise that THREE PENCIL board members are part of the outstanding new cohort of Leadership Nashville! Johari Matthews, Juan Williams, and Emmanuel LeGrair, M.Ed., we are honored to have your thought leadership and passion for Metro schools lifting up our work. Congratulations 🎊 _____ https://lnkd.in/eD_4sWq4

Thank you, Oracle, for sharing your time, talent and treasure with us earlier this month! — Posted @withregram • Christiane Buggs - This week I had the pleasure of speaking on behalf of PENCIL to 150 Oracle leaders during their visit to Nashville. They brought school supplies and stuffed more than 150 backpacks for Metro Schools students! They are already the major funding partner of our STEAM Lending kits for the district and we are so excited to deepen that partnership to continue supporting MNPS schools, students & educators ❤️

Did you know PENCIL has an Emerging Leaders Board? ✏️ The ELB is a great way for emerging professionals to get familiar with PENCIL's mission and service on nonprofit boards. We're wrapping up recruitment, but there's still time! Visit https://bit.ly/45B8bcB to express interest.

On July 1, PENCIL will welcome a new class of board members as well as a new slate of board officers for the 2024/25 program year. Please join us in welcoming them to our #PENCILPack! Building on continued growth at PENCIL, the new cohort complements their fellow industry leaders in delivering PENCIL’s vision to create a world in which MNPS students and teachers have equitable access to resources and opportunities. And special thank you to our 2023/24 board members and leaders for their service 👏

What better way to celebrate five years of partnership than a volunteer day? Thank you, Elliott Davis staff, for volunteering at the #DGPENCILBox today and helping us stock up on our classroom creatives for our students & teachers. Thank you, #ElliottDavis, for supporting PENCIL’s work through your investment, community leadership, volunteerism and more! #ElliottDavisCares

School may be out but the planning to better support our students never stops. Earlier this week, #PENCILPartner, The Lodge At Natchez Trace, visited James Lawson High School for a tour and planning session. We cannot wait to watch the career-based learning that happens between this Partnership!