Forrest Spence Fund

We are at the Forrest Spence Fund house at 2112 Court Avenue, 38104 from 2:00pm - 6:00 pm today and then we will be open at 6:00 am tomorrow morning at Shelby Farms Park at 6903 Great View Drive N, Memphis, TN 38134.⁠

We will have packets to pick-up plus you can registered in person. Come on and get registered!

We are at Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics at 7887 Wolf River Blvd. today until 1:00pm. We will have packets ready to pick-up plus you can register in person. Come on and get registered!

Two days away! So much support at the silver sponsors level! Thank you to: C. Todd Bell DDS, Crown Trophy, , Gary and Jennifer Giles, , , John Wittber Family, , Park Medical Management,Stanley & Rainey P.C., , State Farm - Parker Rhett, The Colton Cockrum Family, The Futrell Family, The Smith Family, The Speelman Family, Tinker Tunes and Balloons, , and !

Register by clicking the link below:
https://raceroster.com/events/2024/88295/forrest-spence-5k

Excited to have these gold level sponsors with us this year: .meduri.family, , East Memphis Anesthesia Services, Friends of John Gillespie, , , , , , , MRPC, , , Peerless Printing Company, , and ! Register at the link below.

https://raceroster.com/events/2024/88295/forrest-spence-5k

We are excited to welcome Mackenzie and Breckyn as our fall interns! Please give them a warm welcome to the Forrest Spence Fund!

Assisting with hospital needs is one of the four core pillars of our mission. Each month we look for needs in our area children’s hospitals and do our best to meet them.

4 days away and rolling through our next level of sponsors. Thank you to our devoted platinum sponsors: COPI, Eudaimonia Group, Katie and Rick Powell, , , , , .pediatrics, Pinnacle, SouthernSun, and !

Register at the link below.
https://forrestspence5k.raceroster.com

Tonight is our Mom’s Bereavement Support Group at the Forrest Spence Fund Counseling & Community Center located at 2112 Court Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.

The group is led by Brittany Spence, Executive Director of the Forrest Spence Fund and bereaved mother.

The group will meet from 6:30-7:45 pm. Security will be provided. There will be light refreshments provided.

RSVP here: https://forrestspencefund.org/support-groups-momsbereavement

Cameron is a precious 7 year old St. Jude patient and we helped his family by assisting with several bills recently.

Thank you to more long-time sponsors at the diamond level: the Scotts, , , and the Galjours; and a new sponsor to the 5K: .memphis. Register to participate with them this Saturday using the link below.

https://forrestspence5k.raceroster.com

Listen to our latest podcast guest, Charol Hewitt. She chats with us about her role as the Community Home Visitation Program Educator at Le Bonheur Community Outreach. She shares the work that she and her team are doing throughout the communities they serve, to provide education.

forrestspencefund.org/podcast

It's race week, and time to give a big thank you to all of our sponsors. Today we start with , who has been our long-time presenting sponsor. Thank you for your support and loyalty! Join us on Saturday by registering using the link below.

https://forrestspence5k.raceroster.com

Meal vouchers are provided to families so they can enjoy a warm meal during their stay at the hospital. Many times, this is the only complete meal a caregiver eats during the day.

Assisting with hospital needs is one of the four core pillars of our mission. Each month we look for needs in our area children’s hospitals and do our best to meet them.

Tonight is our next Cancer Mom’s Support Group at the Forrest Spence Fund Counseling & Community Center located at 2112 Court Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.

This group is led by Merri Hackett, a compassionate mentor with personal, lived experience on this journey. Merri will host this group every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Whether you are at the beginning of this journey with your child’s diagnosis or your child is finished with active treatment, you are welcome and invited to join us.

Please RSVP by clicking the link below:
https://forrestspencefund.org/support-groups-cancer

The Forrest Spence Fund will be serving breakfast from 9-10am . Come on down! We would love to see you.

Ellis and Renner Lasley chat with us about their experience having a sibling who was sick and what they learned from it.

forrestspencefund.org/podcast

Purchase your tickets today for the 6th Annual Friends for Forrest Nashville. It’s going to be a wonderful night at Trinity View Farms. Come enjoy a night out while supporting the Forrest Spence Fund Nashville.

Purchase tickets here: https://e.givesmart.com/events/E4e/

We were recently able to help this precious baby's family by paying some bills during his recent hospitalization.

Listen to our latest podcast guests, Ellis and Renner Lasley. They chat with us about their personal journey of being a sibling to a critically and chronically ill sister. Ellis and Renner are the big brother and sister to Elizabeth (Zib), who was diagnosed in utero with a giant Omphalocele.

forrestspencefund.org/podcast

Happy 1 year work anniversary to . We are so grateful to have her on our team!

Today, we say goodbye to Ivy and Jada, our amazing summer interns. We can’t thank them enough for their hard work and dedication over the past few months. They’re off to do wonderful things, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds! ♥️

Summer is coming to an end, which means it is almost time to head back to school! Assembling Unit Appreciation Bags and Snack Bags is a great opportunity to do with your school, organization, or even with your friends.

A group of girls from church came together this summer and assembled bags for us. If you are interested in assembling bags, please email [email protected].

Thank you Le Bonheur Children's Hospital for all your help putting this event together! Thanks to Prairie Farms Dairy, we had delicious ice cream and popsicles to give to patients and families. What a special day it was ☺️🍦💙

Join us today at 1 pm for an Ice Cream Sundae Social! We will have delicious ice cream and sugar-free popsicles from , costumes, and crafts! Come on down! We would love to see you.

Erin Lasley chats with us about how the medical journey with her daughter Zib was difficult, but she has learned many lessons she was able to take with her. She also talks about how her community showed up, and how it's something others going through this, can find comfort in too.

forrestspencefund.org/podcast

Happy three-year work anniversary to Marilyn. We are so thankful to have such an amazing program director on our team.

Save the date for the No Show Ball Chattanooga on Saturday, November 2nd!

The Forrest Spence Fund will be serving dinner from 6-7pm. Come on down! We would love to see you.