High Hopes & Hops
Children with Special Needs Benefit from Young Professionals Enjoying Yazoo Brew
Middle Tennessee young professionals enjoy unlimited Yazoo craft brew, light delicious fare and an incredible silent auction to benefit High Hopes Development Center at the 4th annual High Hopes & Hops event at Yazoo Brewery in Nashville on Monday, September 25 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
In its first three years, this event has raised almost $35,000 providing local children with special needs equal opportunities for lifelong success through a specialized, inclusive preschool learning environment and an on-site pediatric therapy clinic offering physical, occupational, speech, and feeding therapies. High Hopes & Hops was started by a High Hopes Development Center therapist and her husband, Lori & Ricky Scott, and is run by volunteers from High Hopes staff. Funds from the event support life-changing programs for children with special needs, continuing education for the therapists that treat them, and gift cards to teachers for much needed classroom supplies.
High Hopes is beyond grateful for their sponsors this year. The sponsors for High Hopes & Hops are Hand Family Company, The Snedeker Foundation, Jackson National, Bob Crownover, Ben & Gail Powell, First Tennessee Bank Music Industry Group, Matthew & Emma Saul, and large anonymous donors. The food sponsors for the event are Edley’s BBQ, Party Fowl, and Nothing Bundt Cakes. We have many incredible silent auction items such as a night at the Barnsley Resort, Private plane ride and lunch with chef and best-selling author, Matt Moore, home organizing services from Home Edit, and a golf foursome at Golf Club of TN.
Sponsorships for this event are still available at many different levels. Please contact, Cheryl Dean, at cdean@highhopesforkids.org or 615-550-1437 if you would like to be a sponsor for the 4th annual High Hopes & Hops. To purchase tickets to the event or make a general donation go to http://www.highhopesforkids.org/high-hopes-hops/.
High Hopes Development Center is a 33-year non-profit organization that loves, nurtures, and educates children with two integrated programs helping each child reach their maximum potential. Children ages 6 weeks to Pre-K, with and without special needs, are educated together in inclusive preschool classrooms by a team of experienced teachers supporting the individual needs of each child. High Hopes is truly unique in the way that children with and without special needs such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and various developmental delays play, learn, and grow together every day. The outpatient pediatric therapy clinic provides occupational, speech, physical, and feeding therapies to children from birth to 21 years. High Hopes gives children of all intellectual, physical, and mental abilities the opportunity to learn and grow together in an environment that provides a strong foundation for future academic and social success. The mission of High Hopes Development Center is to equip children, youth, and their families with the skills necessary to achieve success through education, therapeutic services, and loving support.
For more information, visit www.highhopesforkids.org.