Aarons InsuranceAdventures Off Road
Crockett CinemasD.E. Hill & SonsDustin's Lawn CareEnvy Tanning & Day SpaFirst Class Charter Fox Sporting GoodsGreens Furniture Groucho's Tires Hood Flora Realty J & G Tire Center
Kelly Appliance & Vacuum
Lawrenceburg Florist Lawrenceburg Glass Lynn Electronics
Markus Insurance Mckelvey's Flowers
Miss Millie'sMo's Pawn Nature's Nuggets On Second ThoughtOne Stop Medical Pettus Turnbo Funeral Home Randy's Cycle & ATVRent Right Rick's ElectricalSalt GlowSwap and Shop Center True Value HardwareWall-Modrall Insurance

 

AUCTIONS

Circle D Auction 931-829-3430

APPLIANCE REPAIR

Kelly Appliance & Vacuum 931-244-7200

AIR CONDITIONING

D.E. Hill & Son 762-9584

ASSISTED LIVING

AUTO REPAIR


J & G Tire Center 931-762-0078

 

BANKS

CONSIGNMENT

On Second Thought Consignment 931-244-7244

CINEMAS

Crockett Cinemas 931-762-6821

 

CLINICS

One Stop Medical
One Stop Medical 762-9797

Clothing

On Second Thought Consignment 931-244-7244

COMPUTER REPAIR

 

DAY SPA

Envy Tanning & Spa 931-762-3689

ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING

Rick's Electrical & Plumbing 931-242-5325

 

ELECTRONICS

Lynn Electronics 762-0401

 

FLORIST

Lawrenceburg Florist 762-3722
McKelvey's Flowers 762-4511

FUNERAL HOMES

Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home 762-3291

FURNITURE

Green's Furniture
Swap & Shop Center

GIFTS

Miss Millie's 931-762-9577

GLASS REPAIR

Lawrenceburg Glass 766-1004

 

HARDWARE

True Value Hardware
True Value Hardware 762-7516

HEALTH PRODUCTS

Salt Glow 931-279-4780

Nature's Nuggests 762-2895

 

HOBBY

Adventure Off Road 852-5445

INSURANCE

Aarons Insurance 931-629-8065
Baker Agency 762-4550
Markus Insurance 762-9401
Wall-Modrall Insurance 762-6528

JEWELRY

Dixon's Fine Jewelry 762-9979

 

LAWN CARE

Dustin's Lawncare
Dustin's Lawn Care 242-4414

MEDICAL

 

NATURAL FOODSNature's Nuggests 762-2895

OUTDOOR

Randy's Cycle & ATV 762-2450

PARTY / SUPPLIES

 

PAWN

Mo's Pawn Shop 762-2529

 

PHARMACY

 

POOLS/ SUPPLIES

By Pass Pools 931-762-7904

REAL ESTATE


Hood & Hester Realty 244-7555

 

RENTAL

RESTAURANTS

SPORTING GOODS
Fox Sporting Goods 931-766-0313



TANNING

Envy Tanning & Spa 931-762-3689

 

TIRES

Groucho's Tires 931-762-1707

TRAVEL

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Not your money but your time

Over and over I have seen this community demonstrate its willingness to support good causes. We are especially generous when it comes our youth, proven with the construction of our Columbia State site, Abigail’s Plan, and hundreds of projects in between.

Today we have another need, and it calls on a commodity more precious than money: our time.

Like two classes before them, the Class of 2017 has the opportunity for a tuition-free education at a state community college or technical school with the Tennessee Promise. A key component of the program is its mentors, adults who volunteer to spend a few hours with a small group of graduating seniors over the course of about a year and a half.

Mentors remind students of important deadlines, help them find ways to fulfill their eight-hour-per-semester community service requirement, and provide encouragement as they make the transition from high school to college or technical school. As a mentor, your help is especially important for those who may be the first in their families to seek education after high school.

How do you become a mentor? Apply online by November 20 at TNAchieves.org, website of the nonprofit agency that partners with the Tennessee Promise in most counties across the state. At that point you will choose to work with students at LCHS, LHS or SHS, or students who were homeschooled.

Next, you’ll attend your choice of two one-hour training sessions at the local branch of Columbia State, offered November 28 at Noon and January 26 at 5:30 p.m. Returning mentors have the option of viewing an online webinar offered on five different occasions.

You will have two official meetings with “your” students: in the spring when they need to be concerned about college applications and other deadlines, and the following fall after they’ve almost completed a semester of college/technical school. Between those times, you will keep in touch with them via text, email, or telephone, just to make sure things are still on track for them.

Attendance and graduation at Columbia State and two nearby TCATs has increased thanks to the Tennessee Promise, but we still have too many who don’t take advantage of this tremendous gift. That is a tragedy for individual students, their present and future families, and for this community as a whole. Better-educated residents are essential to a better quality of life for everyone. So when you sign up to become a Tennessee Promise mentor, know that you’re not only helping those students, but this community as a whole – yourself included.

 

 

 


 







 

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