NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Susan Gray School for Children is sponsoring a fiesta featuring food, fun, live music and the chance to bid at auction during its Cinco de Mayo fundraiser benefiting the school’s children and programs on Saturday, May 1.
The festivities begin at 7 p.m. on Magnolia Circle Lawn, located off Edgehill Avenue, on the campus of Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development. Tickets are available to the public and are $30–$20 of which is tax deductible. Patron tables seating eight are available for $500. Tickets may be purchased online at www.kc.vanderbilt.edu/5may.
Musical entertainment will be provided by Kristi Neumann and Mile 8 and auction items include two roundtrip tickets to Mexico or the Caribbean from American Airlines, two roundtrip tickets anywhere in the continental United States from Southwest Airlines and weekend stays at The Hermitage Hotel, Gaylord Opryland Resort, The Loews Vanderbilt and The Grand Casino Tunica. Also available for auction are personalized items from celebrities including Joe Nichols, Ty Herndon, Lee Ann Womack, George Strait, LeAnn Rimes, Brooks and Dunn, Lonestar, Nickel Creek, Emmylou Harris, Alabama, Ashley and Naomi Judd, Terri Clark and Hank Williams Jr., as well as many other celebrities and Nashville sports stars.
Susan Gray School is an inclusive early childhood education program serving young children with and without disabilities both on site and in the community. As a part of Peabody College and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, the mission of Susan Gray School is to provide high-quality services to children, families and the community; to help train university students who plan to be teachers, health care providers, therapists and researchers; to facilitate research; and to demonstrate high-quality early childhood education and special education practices.
The Cinco de Mayo fundraiser is the only event that solely benefits Susan Gray School. Money raised at this year’s event will fund the Emma Harr Therapy Services Fund, which brings a speech therapist to the school to provide consistent services to students. The fund was started in 2003 with proceeds from last year’s Cinco de Mayo event. Emma Harr is a Susan Gray School graduate who has Down syndrome. Emma’s aunt co-founded the Cinco de Mayo fundraiser four years ago. In its first couple of years, the event helped fund a fully accessible playground for the school.
For more information about Susan Gray School’s Cinco de Mayo fundraiser, visit kc.vanderbilt.edu/5may or email cincodemayo@vanderbilt.edu.
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