Jump Rope for Heart

The annual Jump Rope for Heart event will take place on March 12, 2010 in the gymnasium beginning at 9:00 a.m. WTSD began participating in Jump Rope for Heart in 1992 and since then have raised approximately $40,000 for the American Heart Association to help fight heart disease. The day's festivities are filled with a jump rope demonstration team, jumping by WTSD students, lunch, competition jumping, and a awards program to complete the day. Please come and support our students and the American Heart Association on March 12th. For more information call Daniel Mobley at 731-423-5705.

WTSD Golf Classic

Friends of WTSD will sponsor it's seventh annual four person golf scramble tournament on Friday, May 14, 2010 at the Jackson National Golf Club in Jackson, Tennessee. The cost to register a team is $400 per team or $100 per person. Golf hole sponsorships are available at a cost of $100 for a partial hole sponsorship and $200 for a full hole sponsorship. We also have a Super Sponsorship for $1,000. Each player participating will receive a registration packet, lunch, door prize, and the opportunity to compete in the Longest Drive and Closest to the Pin contests. All monies raised will benefit the students at the West Tennessee School for the Deaf. Also, the money you spend to pay for your registration, hole sponsorship, or to donate a door prize is tax deductible. Please come join us and sign up your team today! For more information, contact Libby Neff at 731-423-5705.

Shade Structure Grant Update

Friends of WTSD received our $8,000 check, in January, to purchase two shade structures on our school playground. This grant money was provided by the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) to help fight skin cancer and promote sun safety to our students and their family. Friends of WTSD has partnered with Miracle Recreation Company to design the shade structures and all the equipment and materials have been ordered. The shade structure materials are being delivered and the target installation date is scheduled for March 22, 2010. This is an exciting time for our organization, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf student body, and families associated with our school.

Thank you Dr. William Teer for your support to our school and for the services you provide to west Tennessee.

Shade Structure Grant

Friends of West Tennessee School for the Deaf is proud to announce that we are a proud recipient of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) shade structure donation worth $8,000. With this donation, "Friends" will be able to erect an outdoor shade structure on the campus of the West Tennessee School for the Deaf that will benefit the students, staff, parents, and visitors. The staff at the West Tennessee School for the Deaf will continue to better educate our students and their parents about the dangers of extensive sun exposure and how to properly protect themself when they are outdoors.

Also, "Friends" would like to thank Dr. William Patrick Brown Teer, dermatologist in Jackson, Tennessee and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology since 1999, for his support to the West Tennessee School for the Deaf and his promotion of sun safety throughout the west Tennessee region. Dr. Teer provides skin safety educational materials to our students and provides treatment to many of our staff, students, and their families. This grant would not have been possible without Dr. Teer's support.

We are thankful to the AAD and it's selection committee for providing our organization with this wonderful opportunity and for educating communities throughout the United States of America about sun safety.

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