Are there any kids out there who want to make a cool $50 or maybe even $200? This is your chance if you’re young enough! From the city, The annual Old Timers’ Day art contest is on again! And this…
Category: Family, Kids & Pets
Sign Up for Summer Camp
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• •Let’s shift our focus for a few moments from the present to the future. If you have kids who get bored easily during the summer, the city offers a Summer Camp. Here’s the 411 from the city, Don’t forget that…
Help Waldron Elementary Get New Playground
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• •Today and tomorrow are the last days to vote at the Pepsi Refresh Project so that LaVergne’s own Waldron Elementary School can get a new playground. Every month the ginormous corporation is funding special projects throughout the U.S. and our…
We Are LaVergne: Tony Vanatta
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• •What better time than National Pay It Forward Day to tell about someone in our community who has a generous heart, who gladly gives their time to organizations like Box 100, and who has opened his home to foster children…
Fan Pages & Amanda
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• •I am so pleased to see neighbors getting talking with neighbors… even if half of us don’t do it in person anymore, there’s always electronic communication! If you have set up a “fan page” or neighborhood “group” on Facebook, let…
Opening Day of LaV Baseball & Softball
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• •Photos by ANGIE MAYES. Photos submitted by the city from opening day of softball and baseball at the park, April 10, 2010. I don’t know who the photographer was for these… I wish I did so I get give him/her/them…
Support for Tay Tay Filorimo
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• •From the Facebook fan page for This is LaVergne, I learned about a 14-year old girl from LaVergne suffering from renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer in which the cancerous cells are found in the lining of very…
Rest in Peace, Mr. Covert
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• •I didn’t know Tim Covert, but have heard many very kind words said about him. This LaVergne resident passed away early last week in a car accident – tragic both because of how unexpectedly life can end and because he…
Waldron Elementary Needs New Playground
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• •Roy Waldron Elementary School holds a dear place in my heart. I served as PTO president when my youngest daughter attended back oh-so-many years ago. I still feel a sense of pride that we were able to raise the money…
Help for the Hungry
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• •In a a couple of conversations this week, I was struck by how many kids we have in LaVergne who may be hungry and how many families need help now for the basic necessities like housing and food. First, let…