The United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties recently hosted its third annual Community Baby Shower, in partnership with the Rutherford County Health Department and presented by Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, to benefit mothers and newborns in Rutherford and Cannon counties. More than 17,000 items were collected and assembled into 500 bags at the Community Baby Shower Sort-a-Thon.
The baby bags were provided to new or expectant mothers during United Way's Community Baby Shower. Participants took advantage of educational workshops and resources from 50 community vendors. The Saint Thomas Mobile Health Unit was
Organizations, companies and individuals participated in the Sort-a-Thon and Community Baby Shower on February 5th at Patterson Park Community Center. Companies participating this year through private donations, in-kind gifts, collection items or volunteers included:
- Alpha Delta Kappa
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Backer-Springfield
- Bridgestone LaVergne Plant
- City Auto
- Daymar College
- First Baptist Church
- First Tennessee Bank
- General Mills and the General Mills Foundation
- Guaranty Trust Company
- Interfaith Dental
- KRBH&K
- Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp.
- Murfreesboro City Water Department
- Nashville News 2
- Parks - Northfield
- ProQuest
- Regions Bank
- Ross Financial Planning
- Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
- Rutherford County Government
- Rutherford County Health Department
- Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
- Standard Register
- Verizon Wireless
- Walmart
For more information about volunteering with United Way, visit www.unitedwayvolunteer.org.
