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The St. Jude Runs relay fundraiser is a tradition that dates back more than four decades and ends with a parade in Peoria, Illinois, featuring runners from Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis and three dozen other Midwestern cities.
Memphis-based nonprofit Vitalant, which provides blood to 900 hospitals nationwide, has issued an emergency appeal for type O blood.
This nonprofit creates space for healing and second chances for people with autism, trauma or other diagnoses, and also for horses that had careers in the show ring, on the polo field or elsewhere.
“There is federal investment coming in, but we need local talent and especially diverse entrepreneurs to step in and take advantage of this historic time,” said the deputy administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Meritan Inc. is a Memphis participant in the new GUIDE Model, which aims to improve the quality of life for people with dementia, enable them to remain in their homes and reduce strain on their caregivers.
“Fire trucks and Popsicles — what more do you need on the Fourth of July?”
The nation’s largest faith-based, privately funded health clinic has undergone a number of leadership changes — all of them women in senior roles.
Eden Pediatrics’ membership rates start at $100 a month and include well checkups, unlimited sick visits, in-home newborn visits, virtual care, routine vaccinations and lactation consulting.
The new deal will allow BlueOval SK’s parent company to secure lithium from ExxonMobil’s project in Arkansas for the EV batteries that will be made in BlueOval City.
Blank Beauty is co-nominated with partner Aptus DesignWorks, a Knoxville-area business, for a robot called Huey that makes custom nail polish colors in just two minutes for $9 a pop.
The pink neon sign marks the final step in the rebranding of Palladio Interiors and Garden, an iconic Midtown business with a nearly 30-year history.
Kenneth Robinson will step down from his role leading United Way of the Mid-South, an organization that supports nonprofits through grant-making focused on addressing poverty.
The nation’s highest court has agreed to review a lawsuit that argues a Tennessee law blocking anyone under 18 from receiving transgender-related health care is discriminatory.
For the past five years, she has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Orion, the Mid-South’s largest credit union with 70,000 members and more than $1.2 billion in assets.
Since the abortion ban, more than 10,000 individuals have left Tennessee to get abortions. “This is impacting our state in all sorts of ways,” said Ashley Coffield, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi.
At some point — no one really knows when — the saint’s relic made its way to Memphis as a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has been in storage on its campus for 62 years.
Sisters and co-owners Kristen and Lindsey Archer, who opened their storefront at 65 Monroe Ave. last fall, said brick-and-mortar shop sales accounted for just 13% of their total income over the past year.
The BlueOval Good Neighbors Coalition wants a legally binding community development agreement to protect West Tennessee’s historically Black communities.
The Ronna K. Newburger Adult Day Center offers daytime social interaction for older adults through activities such as games, yoga, art and music therapy and an outdoor garden.
In recent years, 11 new businesses opened in the Memphis Medical District, and the area has seen community engagement in a corridor that was overlooked for decades. And Memphians aren’t the only ones to notice.
The development was originally approved under the condition that no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed.
Black authors are prominently displayed at DeMoir Books & Things where Memphis book lovers will also find titles by authors ranging from the Harlem Renaissance writers to women poets to LGBTQ+ romance novelists.
Meagan Michael, the STEM teacher who launched St. Mary’s robotics program in 2017, said a visit to the hospital was the perfect opportunity for her students to see how what they learn in her classroom can be applied in the real world.
Church Health, Binghampton Christian Academy and Girls Inc. of Memphis are this year’s chosen charities for Carnival Memphis’ Children’s Charity Initiative, which to date has donated more than $5 million to community organizations.
While Shop Mucho inside Primas Bakery + Boutique will close next month, RM Petit Cakes, the artisan dessert shop that shares the building, will remain open for business.