Volunteer Tennessee and Tennessee first lady Maria Lee announced the official launch of the statewide volunteer opportunities portal on Thursday, the Tennessee Serves Network (https://t.e2ma.net/click/oj9bld/ojl5vh/wdqvhk). The Tennessee Serves Network is a statewide collaboration of volunteer centers dedicated to bringing people and community together through an easily accessible online portal. The portal launch also marks the second anniversary of the first lady’s volunteer initiative (https://t.e2ma.net/click/oj9bld/ojl5vh/c6qvhk). Through the Tennessee Serves Network, community organizations can post current volunteer opportunities and request volunteer assistance based on skills and interests. Potential volunteers can then search a variety of service opportunities; examples include writing letters to homebound...

Coffee County Schools will have a summer feeding program throughout the summer. They will serve breakfast from 7:00 to 8:30 and lunch from 11:00 to 12:30. The program will run from June 1st through June 30th and July 5th through July 16th. The meals will be available for pickup at Coffee County Middle School. This is free and available for all children ages 18 and...

The Sportsmen and Businessmen Charitable Organization (SBCO) donated $17,000 to Coffee County and Manchester City Schools’ Family Resource Center and Tullahoma City Schools’ Coordinated School Health. “It is a mission of SBCO’s to support programs that directly assist the children in our community. We are proud to contribute to Coffee County Schools’ Family Resource Center’s ‘Invest in the Best’ program, Manchester City Schools’ Family Resource Center’s ‘WeCare’ program, and Tullahoma City Schools’ Coordinated School Health. Each of their programs are outstanding student support initiatives that continually address the barriers hindering the social, personal, physical, and academic wellbeing of students,” said Carter...

Coffee County High Schools Summer Institute will take place June 7-11 and June 14-18. This is an opportunity for students to receive more than 1 credit. Summer Institute is for credit recovery only. Summer Institute registration forms are available at the high school. There is no cost this year for Summer Institute. The registration form is due by Thursday, May 27th, and is to be turned in to the Student Counseling Center at the high school.  Summer School is for credit recovery only (minimum of a 50 for the semester or yearly average). Students will not be allowed to...

Tennessee is the first state in the U.S. to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let transgender people use multi-person bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms associated with their gender identity. Governor Bill Lee signed a bill on Monday that represents the law. The law will go into effect July 1. According to the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy group, the bill as discriminatory and said the required signs are “offensive and humiliating.” Lee, had previously been quiet on whether he would sign the bill. Instead, he told reporters...

Those wishing to receive COVID-19 vaccination in Coffee County will have multiple opportunities to do so over the coming weeks. Wednesday Manchester Health Department 9:00-11:00 Tullahoma Health Department 9:00-11:00 Southern Family Markets Building, Manchester 3:00-6:00 Thursday Manchester Health Department 9:00-11:00 Tullahoma Health Department 1:30-3:30 Southern Family Markets Building, Manchester 11:00-2:00 Spring Street Market 7:00-11:00 Friday Manchester Health Department 7:00-9:00 Tullahoma Health Department...

The Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center has launched a Join Our Quest initiative, which aims to raise awareness of child abuse. Join Our Quest initiative invites community members to raise awareness by displaying the Coffee County CAC’s poster and posting a picture on social media. If you would like to display a poster, contact them at 931-723-8888 and ask for the poster.  The Coffee County CAC fights child abuse in Tullahoma. In 2020, of the 347 referrals received for services in Coffee County, 40% of the children were 6 years old or younger, 36% between the ages of 7...

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency encourages Tennesseans who lost loved ones to COVID-19 to apply for the assistance that is still available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with funeral expenses.“We’ve had about 38 percent of those eligible in Tennessee for COVID-19 funeral to apply with FEMA for the benefit,” TEMA Director Patrick Sheehan said. “At this time, there is no application deadline, so funeral assistance is still available and can help many who faced an unexpected and tragic expense.”Tennesseans who may be eligible for the funeral assistance benefit can begin the registration process by calling FEMA’s...