You Cane Give Initiative

Mission Statement

You Cane Give Initiative’s goal is to equip, educate, and empower the blind to create global opportunities. The “white cane famine” has stifled the blind’s autonomy and sense of worth. Blind men and women want to be contributing members of society. Stigmas about blindness can be crushed with the proper tools, education, and positive philosophy. The white cane equips the blind for success and mobility training educates them to be independent and empowered.

You Have the Power… Know How to Use It, Inc.

Mission Statement

You Have the Power…Know How to Use It, Inc. is a not-for-profit agency dedicated to educating, advocating, and empowering victims and communities impacted by violent crime. We believe that knowledge is power – with the right information, you can reduce your chances of becoming a victim, but if you are victimized, the right information can help you put the pieces of your life back together.

Youth Villages

Mission Statement

Youth Villages helps children and families live successfully.

Youth Villages is a private nonprofit organization that serves emotionally troubled, at-risk children and their families through a continuum of services, including residential treatment, intensive in-home services, group homes, therapeutic foster care, special needs adoption, the LifeSet program, specialized crisis services and mentoring. The primary goal for each child in all of our programs is to find permanency, either returning home with biological parents, finding a loving and nurturing foster/adoptive home, or in the case of older youth, transitioning successfully into the community.

YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee

Mission Statement

YWCA Nashville and Middle Tennessee is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. It is the vision of YWCA Nashville and Middle Tennessee to focus on women and girls who desire to create a better quality of life for themselves and/or their families; to achieve self-sufficiency; and to increase their financial strength. YWCA will also be a spokesperson for those women who have no voice. Further, we will raise the awareness and diminish the incidence of violence and racism.