Arc Night with the Memphis Redbirds

Friday, July 9 at 7:00 pm, The Arc of the Mid-South will be at AutoZone park for Arc Night with the Memphis Redbirds. Discounted tickets are on sale now for $10 and proceeds will go toward the programs and services that we provide.

The Memphis Redbirds will host the Nashville Sounds. Last year we had a great time so invite your family and friends out for a night of fun for a good cause!

Contact Ruth Kirby at 901-327-2473 to purchase a ticket or for any questions. See you there!

Empowerment Doubles Tennis Tournament & Fundraiser

The Empowerment Doubles Tennis Tournament & Fundraiser will be at the Roark-Whitehaven Tennis Center in Memphis, TN. It's only $60 per team and everyone from beginners to more experienced players are welcome to sign up. You may register online by clicking here or by calling Ben Greene (x408) or Ruth Kirby (x205) at 901-327-2473. For more information on the event, click here.
All participants will receive a tournament t-shirt and trophies will be awarded in each category.
All proceeds will benefit children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks for coming to Open House

We just wanted to thank everyone who made it out to our Open House event last Friday evening. We had about 100 people show up, tour our recently renovated space, meet other Arc supporters, make donations, and purchase Arc memberships and tickets to our upcoming 14th Annual Arc Benefit Gala. Visitors were given tours of the suites, including a look at the Practical Assessment Exploration System (PAES Lab), where our students receive their classroom job training.

We even had some celebrities drop by. Carrie Guiden, Executive Director of The Arc of Tennessee and State Senator Reginald Tate were both in town Friday night and stopped by the office for a while.

Carlene Leaper, Executive Director at The Arc of the Mid-South thinks the event was a big hit.

“Our Open House was a big success and a lot of fun,” Leaper says. “With the countdown on for our Gala next month, this was a great way to reconnect with our supporters and show them some of the improvements we’ve made this year. Everyone I spoke with had a wonderful time and is excited about the future of The Arc.”

If you couldn’t make it out but would like to contribute to The Arc, you can do it from the comfort of your own computer. Tickets to the Arc Benefit Gala can be purchased at our Gala page. Donations can be made to The Arc through our website and clicking on the “Donate” button in the lefthand column.

ADA Celebration Recap

Thanks again to everyone who made it out last Friday to the Hall of Mayors for the ADA Celebration. We had a great turnout and the feedback so far has been great. We had speakers from various local organizations that spoke about what the ADA has meant to them and how we can continue to build on that framework for the future. Some pictures of the event are below and you can view more of them here.

If you were able to make it down, we'd love to hear back from you about ways to make it better for next year's 20th anniversary. Give us a call at (901) 327-2473 or send an email to mphelan @ arcmidsouth -dot- net.

Open House at The Arc!

Come join us for an open house celebration!

You’ll get to see our newly renovated space, including the revamped Resource Library. You'll also get an inside look at what we do each day to improve the lives of citizens in the Mid-South with disabilities. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be provided.

Plus, if you bring a friend, you’ll be entered into a raffle to win a pair of tickets to our Arc Benefit Gala on September 26.

For those of you who have never been to our offices, we're at 3485 Poplar Avenue in Suite 210, which is the southwest corner of Poplar and Highland.

Hope to you see then!

Local agency ADA celebration next Friday, July 24th

Come out to the Hall of Mayors in the Memphis City Hall next Friday, July 24th from 10:00am - Noon as we celebrate the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Act! Our theme this year is "19 Years, Still Working Towards Equality". In addition to The Arc of the Mid-South, the event is being sponsored by the Memphis Center for Independent Living (MCIL), Mid-South Paralyzed Veterans Association, and United Cerebral Palsy(UCP) of the Mid-South. We'll have free lunch for all the attendees as well as Memphis and Shelby County ADA Report Cards, Music, and more. We have several speakers on tap for the event including Gary Vanasek from the Department of Justice, Dora Ivey from the Aging and Disability Commission, Marianne Finley from the Disability Law & Advocacy Center (DLAC) of Tennessee, Suzanne Colsey from People First of Tennessee, Florence Hall from the Disability Advocate Center, as well as representatives from each agency. Best of all, we're indoors this year! It should be a great time and celebration of 19 years of the ADA. We hope to see you there. For more information about the event, please contact Randy Alexander at MCIL at (901) 726-6404 or by email.

Community Partner Night is next week!

Our Community Partner Night with the Memphis Redbirds is almost here! It's next Friday - July 10th - at 7:05pm when the Redbirds host the Albuquerque Isotopes at beautiful AutoZone Park.

We've sold more than 100 tickets so far and would love to see even more of our loyal supporters there! We've got a limited number of discounted tickets still available, but time's running out. For $10, you can get a Field Box Seat (normally $13) and help support the missions and visions of The Arc of the Mid-South.We'll be in the courtyard before the game passing out information and The Arc of the Mid-South will be featured at times throughout the game on the scoreboard.

It'll be a great evening of fun, baseball, and raising funds and awareness for people in the Mid-South with disabilities. We've got additional information about the event on our website. To purchase your discounted tickets, please call Jenny Buchanan at (901) 327-2473 x406 or send her an email at jbuchanan@arcmidsouth.net.

Thanks for coming out!

The Arc of the Mid-South Employees from l-r:
Cynthia Burks, Eugenia Murphy, and Jennifer Buchanan

We had a great time yesterday at the inaugural University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry 5k Run and One Mile for Healthy Smiles Fun Walk.

We had quite a few people stop by the table before and after the run, which was great! We passed out a lot of information about The Arc and helped raise awareness abour our missions and goals. As one of the sponsors of the race, we also got our logo on the back of the official race t-shirts, which should be a great marketing tool for us as well.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by!

Come run with us Sunday!

Hey everybody, we're going to be at Forrest Park Sunday afternoon for the inaugural University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry 5k Run. There's also a One Mile for Healthy Smiles Fun Walk for those who don't want go the full 5k distance.

The 5k run starts at 3:00 and the 1-mile walk gets going at 3:10. On-site registration for both events start at 2:00. We'll have a sponsor's table at the run and will have information about the agency, including our 14th Annual Arc Benefit Gala coming up in September. Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton will be the keynote speaker and Action News 5's Joe Birch is moderating.

The weather forecast is looking great so we hope to see you out there!