SHELBY COUNTY

Honoring three dreamers: Entrepreneur, artist, civic leader to receive top accolades at St. Jude Spirit of the Dream

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Philanthropy, Oncology, Consumer, Continuing, Hospitals, University, Fund Raising, Education, Foundation, Children, Other Philanthropy, Health, Sickle cell disease, African Americans, National Cancer Institute, Business, Alpha Phi Alpha, Food, Commerce, National Medical Association, African, Greater Memphis Chamber, NCI-designated Cancer Center, Chamber of commerce, Love, Life, Coors Brewing Company, Child, Dream, Delta, Family, Executive, Hospital, ALSAC, Travel, Housing, Book, Research, Employment, Multimedia, Organization, Society, Cancer, Hope, Federal Reserve Bank, Survival rate, Writing, The J.M. Smucker Company, Legacy Award, Honeywell, Nursing

The annual St. Jude Spirit of the Dream presented by W&T Contracting Corporation announced today the recipients of its two highest accolades: the Legacy Award and the St. Jude Spirit of the Dream award.

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  • The annual St. Jude Spirit of the Dream presented by W&T Contracting Corporation announced today the recipients of its two highest accolades: the Legacy Award and the St. Jude Spirit of the Dream award.
  • Honors a person or institution embodying the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its founder Danny Thomas.
  • Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness.
  • Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org , liking St. Jude on Facebook , following St. Jude on X , Instagram , LinkedIn and TikTok , and subscribing to its YouTube channel.

Local Students From Orange Mound, Collierville, Whitehaven, Hickory Hill, Frayser, and South Memphis Gather at Ruth's Chris to Learn Financial Wisdom & the Stock Market

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Ruth, FedEx, Retirement, Multimedia, Mentorship, Student, Investment, Melrose High School, Lead, Collierville High School, Hillcrest High School, Nightclub

Dr. Gerald Kiner, the visionary founder of the foundation, painted a picture of a world where underprivileged youth can find liberation and equality, emphasizing that the stock market holds opportunities without discrimination.

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  • Dr. Gerald Kiner, the visionary founder of the foundation, painted a picture of a world where underprivileged youth can find liberation and equality, emphasizing that the stock market holds opportunities without discrimination.
  • This event was not just a meal and a conversation; it was a gateway to a new world for these high school students.
  • To learn more about the Foundation, and future events, or to get involved as a mentor or mentee, please visit http://www.fromthestreetstowallstreetfoundation.org or call 901-570-3220.
  • Join us in shaping a future where every young mind has the tools to thrive in the world of finance.

Radians quarterly grassroots Tickets for Charity program empowers Midsouth nonprofits JIFF and The ARC Northwest Mississippi

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Education, Epilepsy, Safety, ARC, Disability studies, Down syndrome, Autism spectrum, Research, ADHD, Personal protective equipment, PPE, TFC, Multimedia, Organic

Radians' Tickets for Charity program focuses on local charities operating on tight budgets yet yielding enormous impact.

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  • Radians' Tickets for Charity program focuses on local charities operating on tight budgets yet yielding enormous impact.
  • "While big brand nonprofits thrive on global donations, Radians' grassroots TFC program shines a spotlight on local charities operating within tight budgets yet yielding enormous impact.
  • For its first quarter 2024 TFC donations, Radians employees nominated the Juvenile Intervention and Faith-based Follow-Up (JIFF) and The ARC Northwest Mississippi.
  • For more information about donating to these two important Midsouth charities, please visit https://www.jiffyouth.org/donate and The Arc Northwest Mississippi .

Jeptha Creed Distillery Launches 6-Year Wheated Bourbon

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tobacco, Marketing, Chocolate, Attention, Light, Nethery, SRP, Jephthah, Ageing, Grain

SHELBYVILLE, Ky., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Shelbyville, KY - April 23, 2024 - Jeptha Creed, a women-owned craft distillery offering a range of award-winning craft spirits, proudly announces the launch of its 6-Year Wheated Bourbon. Known for the ground-to-glass maxim, the Jeptha Creed family farm grows renowned Bloody Butcher Corn, a non-GMO heirloom varietal that imparts a uniquely sweet yet nutty flavor profile to Jeptha Creed's diverse and growing portfolio.

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  • The premier craft distillery from Shelbyville, Kentucky announces the release of its oldest bourbon
    SHELBYVILLE, Ky., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Shelbyville, KY - April 23, 2024 - Jeptha Creed , a women-owned craft distillery offering a range of award-winning craft spirits, proudly announces the launch of its 6-Year Wheated Bourbon .
  • It was about 9 years ago since our original experimentation that led us to know we would create and age a wheated bourbon," says Joyce Nethery, Master Distiller and CEO for Jeptha Creed Distillery.
  • Jeptha Creed prides itself on being a ground-to-glass distillery, striving to be sustainable and thoughtful at every step of production.
  • Located along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour, Jeptha Creed Distillery is open to visitors and offers tasting experiences, tours, and spaces to enjoy the delicious products.

Pink Noire Beauty Supply & Cosmetics Celebrates Second Anniversary with Release of New Braid and Loc Gel

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Saturday, April 20, 2024
Massage, Employment, Procter & Gamble, Clairol, Black Beauty, Economic development, Growth, Beauty, Cosmetics

MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pink Noire Beauty Supply & Cosmetics, owned and led by Chasity Monroe, will proudly commemorate its second-year anniversary on Saturday April 20th with a daylong beauty celebration and the public release of its new braid and loc gel.

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  • Pink Noire Beauty Supply & Cosmetics, owned and led by Chasity Monroe, will proudly commemorate its second-year anniversary on Saturday April 20th with a daylong beauty celebration and the public release of its new braid and loc gel.
  • MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pink Noire Beauty Supply & Cosmetics, owned and led by Chasity Monroe, will proudly commemorate its second-year anniversary on Saturday April 20th with a daylong beauty celebration and the public release of its new braid and loc gel.
  • Pink Noire Beauty & Cosmetics heavily emphasizes a luxury beauty experience focused specifically on empowering Black Beauty.
  • "Saturday will be a celebration of the diverse experience our customers and Black women have when seeking hair and beauty resources.

National Civil Rights Museum adds to roundtable slate for The Resilience: Combatting Police Violence through Policy and Public Safety

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
The Kresge Foundation, Health care, Museum, The Reckoning, Brookings Institution, Restoration, Health equity, Resilience, Education, National Civil Rights Museum, Law enforcement, Violence, City, Memphis Cook Convention Center, CNN, Reconciliation, Police, Killing of Tyre Nichols, FedEx, Safety, Workforce, Bangladesh Technical Education Board, AIR, Pain, Policy, State, Parent, Work, Drug

Memphis, TN, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum will host the fourth and final national convening entitled “The Resilience: Combatting Police Violence through Policy and Public Safety” on March 22, 2024 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Renasant Convention Center.

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  • Memphis, TN, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum will host the fourth and final national convening entitled “The Resilience: Combatting Police Violence through Policy and Public Safety” on March 22, 2024 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Renasant Convention Center.
  • During the symposium, participants will offer strategies and solutions to tackle police violence through policy-driven, community-led, and trauma-informed alternatives to traditional public safety methods.
  • The event includes an opening panel, facilitated sessions, and a lunch roundtable discussion:
    Opening Panel – From Pain to Purpose: The Courageous Activism of Police Violence Victims.
  • The national convening series – The Reckoning, The Resolve, The Reconciliation, and The Resilience – is made possible by the support of National Civil Rights Museum Catalyst Partners FedEx, Cummins, and The Kresge Foundation.

ATTOM RANKS BEST COUNTIES FOR BUYING SINGLE-FAMILY RENTALS IN 2024

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Database, Bureau, Nation, Sale, Specialty store, SFR, Growth, Metro, Food delivery

IRVINE, Calif., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, today released its Q1 2024 Single-Family Rental Market report, which ranks the best U.S. markets for buying single-family rental properties in 2024.

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  • From 2023 to 2024, median three-bedroom rents rose more than median single-family home prices in 216, or 63 percent, of the markets analyzed.
  • Potential annual three-bedroom gross rental yields for 2024 have increased compared to 2023 in 216 of the 341 counties analyzed in the report (63 percent).
  • For this report, ATTOM looked at U.S. counties with a population of 100,000 or more and sufficient home price and rental rate data.
  • ATTOM used single-family, home price data from its publicly recorded sales deed data, as well as three-bedroom rental data, collected and licensed by ATTOM.

Syra Health secures a $450,000 contract with the Shelby County Health Department in Tennessee to Bolster the County's Population Health Initiatives

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Epidemiology, Health, Biostatistics, Public

CARMEL, Ind., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Syra Health Corp. (NASDAQ: SYRA) ("Syra Health" or the "Company"), a healthcare technology company with a mission to improve healthcare by providing innovative services and technology solutions, announced today it has secured a contract with the Shelby County Government on behalf of the Shelby County Health Department in Tennessee. The one-year contract is $450,000, with two additional one-year renewal options, bringing the total potential value of the contract to $1.35 million.

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  • CARMEL, Ind., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Syra Health Corp. (NASDAQ: SYRA) ("Syra Health" or the "Company"), a healthcare technology company with a mission to improve healthcare by providing innovative services and technology solutions, announced today it has secured a contract with the Shelby County Government on behalf of the Shelby County Health Department in Tennessee.
  • Under the terms of the contract, Syra Health will provide professional services to the Epidemiology Department of the Shelby County Health Department.
  • "The increasing demand for our population health services underscores the critical role Syra Health plays in supporting the health of communities," said Dr. Deepika Vuppalanchi, CEO, Syra Health.
  • "We are committed to working closely with the Shelby County Health Department, to advance population health," said Dr. Srikant Devaraj, Vice President of Health Analytics and Population Health Business Unit Leader, Syra Health.

Daughters of Zion's Homeless Food Truck Launches' War Against Hunger and Homelessness' in Shelby County, Tennessee

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Daughter, Restaurant, HuffPost, Poverty, Outreach, Food, Homelessness, Mercedes-Benz, City, Publication, Housing, Meal, Hunger, Grocery store

The renowned fighting poverty organization, Daughters of Zion, created the Homeless Food Truck with the purpose of curtailing hunger in their community by using the bait and switch method.

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  • The renowned fighting poverty organization, Daughters of Zion, created the Homeless Food Truck with the purpose of curtailing hunger in their community by using the bait and switch method.
  • The original Daughters of Zion Homeless Food Truck is a Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van food truck with a commercially integrated kitchen that was once meant to serve food to the affluent clients of billionaire investor Marc Lore.
  • While currently operating throughout Shelby County, Tennessee, the Daughters of Zion Homeless Food Truck plans to expand across America to help provide no-cost meals to homeless children and adults in cities with the highest concentration of homeless individuals.
  • To help fight hunger and homelessness, please call the Daughters of Zion Homeless Food Truck helpline at 901-570-3220 or visit us at www.homelessfoodtruck.com

Napoli Shkolnik Files Amended Complaint in Class Action Lawsuit: Adds Medical Monitoring Sub-Class for Children & Families

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Friday, February 2, 2024
Class Action Lawsuit, Professional Services, Legal, Multiple myeloma, Complaint, Breast cancer, Class Action, Sterilization, Trauma center, Atmosphere, Death, School, Lymphoma, Monitoring, Ethylene oxide, Risk, Cancer, EPA, Leukemia

New to the Amended Complaint is a Medical Monitoring Claim that would set a new precedent under Tennessee law and provide comprehensive cancer screening and other preventative care to thousands in the impacted area.

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  • New to the Amended Complaint is a Medical Monitoring Claim that would set a new precedent under Tennessee law and provide comprehensive cancer screening and other preventative care to thousands in the impacted area.
  • Since 1979, Sterilization Services of Tennessee—located in a dense residential area of South Memphis—has been emitting dangerous amounts of Ethylene Oxide into the air.
  • Ethylene Oxide has been a known human carcinogen for decades.
  • Sterilization Services of Tennessee’s parent company, Altair Engineering Inc., is a publicly traded multi-national corporation headquartered in Michigan with over 572-million in reported revenue in 2022 alone.