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Donations Needed for Family Violence Shelter

We need your help! The Partnership’s Family Violence Shelter is currently at full capacity and more than half of these clients are children. We are in need of canned soups that children would like (chicken noodle, vegetable alphabet, etc.), as well as, toiletry and personal items for both women and children, such as, toilet paper, hand soap, combs, etc. Your in-kind donations can be dropped off at 300 East 8th Street at any time. If you would like to make a financial contribution, as little as $76 covers one night of shelter. Financial contributions to the shelter can be sent to 1800 McCallie Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404, or click here to make an online contribution https://secure.qgiv.com/cps_donors/?key=pfca&restrict=Crisis+and+Emergency+Services. We appreciate your support for these families affected by domestic violence. For more information contact Holly Ashley at 423-697-3829 or email hashley@partnershipfca.com.

New Playground for Crisis Center!

The Partnership’s new playground for the Crisis Resource Center is officially open! Volunteers and staff joined us Tuesday night for an open house and ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the playground installation. Chattanooga Hamilton County Medical Alliance president, Melissa Portera was accompanied by Alliance members Carrie Fowler, Amy Sowell, and Milli Yium as we thanked them for the $15,000 grant which made the installation possible. Several volunteers from Northwest Georgia Bank attended with their children to see how all their hard work paid off.

Dancing with the Stars Winners Announced!

As one of our dancers said, "Oh, What a Night"! Dancing with the Stars Chattanooga was a great success, raising over $29,000 in much needed funds to support the Partnership's mission of empowering people to build better lives.

Now for the winners!!

For the Fan Favorite Award - the winner was.....ALISON LEBOVITZ!
Alison raised $4,633 from friends, family, and fans supporting her in this event. Thank you Alison!! Our other wonderful dancers raised:

• Dr. Carolyn Thompson - $2,860
• Linda Mosley - $2,580
• Jason Taylor - $995
• George Quick - $810
• Renee LaSalle - $645

Thank you to all of our dancers and donors ! In addition to these funds, an anonymous donor has agreed to match every dollar raised, over last year's total of $10,050. Thanks to all of these generous supporters, The Fan Favorite Award contest raised a total of $15,023!!

For the Dancing Champion Award - the winner was.......JASON TAYLOR!!

Jason danced a cha-cha to MC Hammer's "Can't Touch this" and brought down the house. Complete with 1980's era costuming and cool gold shades, Jason's performance received perfect 10's from all five of our judges! He also received a total of 1,581 votes from fans attending the event. Jason and his Fred Astaire partner, Ashley Cuticchia, took home the mirror ball trophies on Saturday!

In second place, also with perfect 10's, and with 803 votes, was Alison Lebovitz and her cha-cha to "Low". This was also a crowd pleaser and an unforgettable performance. Other show-stopping performances included Linda Mosley dancing a fast swing to Footloose, Renee Lasalle with a Tango to "Let's Make Love", George Quick's fox trot to "It's My Life", and Carolyn Thompson's salsa to Ricky Martin.

We thank all the guests for supporting our dancers, and all of our sponsors, including presenting sponsor First Tennessee, for making the evening possible.

Fan Favorite Voting Ending at 5:00!!!

We would like to thank all of those who have participated in the Fan Favorite voting for the Dancing with the Stars Chattanooga Event. The totals are adding up and the the race has been very close. We will no longer update the voting totals until after the annoucement of the Fan Favorite winner at the event. If you have not voted for your favorite dancer and would like to do so please visit http://www.dancingwiththestarschattanooga.com/. You have until 5 p.m. today! Remember the race is very close and every vote helps your favorite dancer!

Carolyn Thompson Jumps in to Compete for the #1 Spot!

Everyone has steadily gained more money this month. However, Carolyn Thompson, who had $35 at the beginning of the month, leaped forward with $2,235 and is now fighting for the top position with Alison Lebovitz and Linda Mosley. Who will be the final winner? Will there be another Carolyn Thompson before the event is over? Find out this Saturday at Dancing with the Stars Chattanooga. (Tickets are already sold out but you can still follow the stars' progress after the event be checking out our blog)

The standings in Fan Favorite Voting are as follows:

#1 Alison Lebovitz $3,177.00

#2 Linda Mosley $2,480.00

#3 Carolyn Thompson $2,235

#4 George Quick $625.00

#5 Jason Taylor $300.00

#6 Renee Lasalle $185.oo

If it takes a village to raise a child, it certainly took a village to raise a playground on a hot Saturday in May! Thanks to a generous grant from the Chattanooga Medical Alliance, the Partnership’s Family Violence Shelter received a new playground this spring. Countless volunteers from EPB, Earthworks, Habitat for Humanity of Chattanooga, Northwest Georgia Bank, Brainerd Baptist Church, Christ United Methodist Church and the community assembled an entire playground and installed it! Now our families with children have an outdoor area to play – THANK YOU!


EPB took time to remove old playground equipment at the Partnership, in preparation of a new unit to be installed for children living in our Family Violence Shelter

Our ‘village’ of volunteers from Northwest Georgia Bank, Brainerd Baptist Church, Christ United Methodist Church, and the community. Thanks for the new playground!

This group of ladies from Northwest Georgia Bank helped assemble an entire playground for children in the Partnership’s Family Violence Shelter. Thanks for volunteering!

It was all volunteer hands on deck to remove old stone from the playground construction site.

Northwest Georgia Bank volunteer finds himself in a tight, but shady, spot while constructing the Family Violence Shelter’s new playground.

"We Speak"

Local artist Frances McDonald and friends invited all of Chattanooga to the Ross Hotel for the grand reveal of Mark Making’s first community project, on May 29^th. Several of the participating youth from the Partnership showed up to present their individual “I_____” statements. The Partnerships pays special thanks to all involved in the project. It was a truly unique experience for our youth, creating a truly unique piece of community art for all to enjoy!

Partnership youth, Arileyea, posing with Chattanooga Mayor, Ron Littlefield at the Mark Making project reveal at Ross Hotel.

Two Partnership youth celebrate the Grand Reveal of their “I_____” statements at the Mark Making project at the Ross Hotel.

Partnership CEO, Sandra Hollett and Partnership Board Chair, Dr. Deborah Arfken meet youth who participated in the Mark Making art project at the Ross Hotel

Alsion Lebovitz Jumps Ahead!

Alison Lebovitz has passed Linda Mosley in Fan Favorite voting for the Dancing With the Stars Chattanooga Event making her the current top fav. Also, George Quick has passed Jason Taylor for the 3rd positon. The Dancer that raises the largest amount of fan voting money will take home the Fan Favorite Award. You can vote for your favorite star at www.dancingwiththestarschattanooga.com/. Also remember to check the website to see Fan Favorite totals that will be updated daily.

The standings in Fan Favorite Voting are as follows:

#1 Alison Lebovitz $2713.00

#2 Linda Mosley $2430.00

#3 George Quick $260.00

#4 Jason Taylor $175.00

#5 Carolyn Thompson $ 35.00

#6 Renee Lasalle $10.oo

"We Speak"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u664hXQhjI

“We Speak,” a project by Mark Making in 2009 is a series of 50 paintings created by 50 teens. When hung together, they create a building which “speaks” words of empowerment. Each teen was asked to think of a phrase “I ______” which most represented what they would express to an audience of all Chattanooga and its visitors. Using mirrors, each teen then drew and painted their mouth, articulating their word.

Sponsors of the project include the Ross Hotel owner, Selma Cash Paty, Paragon Printing who supplied the vinyl canvases, and Wise Construction who installed the work. Art teacher facilitators include Carla Guerra, Lawrence Mathis, Frances McDonald, John McLeod, Jas Milam and Dennis Palmer. Teen artists are from the Partnership of Families, Children and Adults, the Chambliss Home and CADAS.

“We Speak” is funded by Selma Cash Paty and Mark Making, a new non-profit which seeks to enhance our community through the creation of public art projects.