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Memphis organizations are working hard to counteract the negativity associated with the upcoming KKK rally. Instead, they will showcase the best of Memphis.

Guns, gangs and crime are commonplace in many Frayser apartment complexes, but not if Lifeline to Success has anything to do about it. Watch Video

Amnesty Dumpster Day, sponsored by the City of Germantown and the Germantown Environmental Commission, will be held Saturday, September 15, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Hundreds of volunteers were up at the crack of dawn putting Operation Christmas Basket into action. Watch Video

Lausanne Collegiate School is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a $50,000 challenge grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation which is based in Portland, Maine.

There will be a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand opening of the Nature Photography Garden on September 13 at 5:00 p.m.

Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $375,000 in new federal funds for vision research. The funds will be distributed by the National Eye Institute.

The public is invited to comment on pending infrastructure improvements to Broad Avenue and Tillman Street. The meetings will take place on Thursday, August 16 from 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. at Lester Community Center, 317 Tillman, and at 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church Broad Sanctuary, 2835 Broad.

Tennessee Virtual Academy (TNVA), a tuition-free online public school that offers highly individualized online education for Tennessee students in grades K-8, is holding an in-person information session at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library in Memphis on Tuesday, September 4 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

In an effort to help curb the hunger epidemic in Western Tennessee and Mississippi, three collegiate rivals will combine their resources with Kroger to kick off an inaugural initiative – “The Million Meals Challenge” – to benefit the Mid-South Food Bank and the Mississippi Food Network.

The Peabody Hotel will hold a Job Fair on Wednesday, August 15 to fill 30 full-time positions within its Housekeeping Department.

Offices to be closed include the DeSoto County Courthouse, Administration Building, Department of Road Management, Olive Branch and Southaven Tax Collector Office’s, DeSoto County Justice Court and the DeSoto County Animal Shelter.

The Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County is offering $5 pet vaccinations on Saturday, August 18.

Jazz Across the Gulf: From Memphis to Haiti is a fundraising event hosted by St. Luke’s United Methodist Church to help build The School of the New Covenant in Haiti.

Parents and community members are invited to attend the Shelby County Board of Education Community Meetings. These meetings will allow the board to receive feedback from the community regarding the Transition Planning Commission's plan for the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools.

Some of the best competitive scholastic shotgun shooters in America came together July 17-21 for the National Scholastic Clay Target Program Championships in Sparta, Ill. In the end, Tennessee teams and individual participants had earned 13 national titles in skeet, sporting clays and trap.

Students, parents, and community members are invited to kickoff the 2012 – 2013 school year with the Fairley Elementary staff.

Safe Kids Mid-South, led by Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, will sponsor a free Sports Safety Clinic on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Dick’s Sporting Goods, 2392 N. Germantown Pkwy., from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

The Ronald McDonald House® of Memphis will be full of excitement on Wednesday, August 15 as members of the community and Ronald McDonald House families, volunteers and staff gather to kickoff the new Ronald McDonald House Radiothon from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Open Arms Care (OAC) will host its’ First Soul Serenade, featuring the jazz styling of saxophonist, Mark Baker, Friday, August 3rd, 2012 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Memphis’ own Amro Music, a 90-year-old family business, has been recognized nationally by the National Association of Music Merchants for its contributions to music advocacy and for its superior merchandising and displays. Amro was also a runner-up for the Top 100 Dealer Award.

Memphis City Beautiful is gearing up for its second annual Curb Couture Trashion Show, set for October 7, 2012 in the Broad Avenue Arts District.

Parents and community members are invited to attend the Shelby County Board of Education Community Meetings. These meetings will allow the board to receive feedback from the community regarding the Transition Planning Commission's plan for the merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools.

Several of the fashion boutiques, salons, and more neighboring businesses of South Main are uniting to put on the first of many seasonal Fashion Shows in the up-and-coming Historic Arts District of Downtown Memphis.

Disney On Ice presents Dare to Dream is bringing Disney’s newest princess stories and most beloved fairytale to the ice in a sensational live production at FedExForum.

Each year Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital treats about 40 children who drown or almost drown in pools, ponds or other bodies of water. An event hosted by Make A Splash Mid-South, Le Bonheur and Safe Kids Mid-South will arm parents and other caregivers with the skills and knowledge of how to perform CPR.

The YWCA Greater Memphis is accepting applications for its job skills training program for youth between the ages of 18 to 21 who are no longer attending school.

Kevin Malone, principal of Bellevue Middle School, has been announced as a finalist for Tennessee Principal of the Year by the Tennessee Department of Education.

Hold that shovel! Saturday, August 11, 2012, is National 811 Day, a day to remind anyone about to dig or engage in any excavation activity that could damage underground utilities to call (811) before getting started.

The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM) has joined six women’s foundations from across the country to help launch A Partnership for Women’s Prosperity. This platform will share best practices and find replicable solutions to systemic problems facing economically vulnerable women and children in communities nationwide.

The Shelby County Health Department has received confirmation of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus within the areas of ZIP codes 38126, 38105 and 38139.

The Music Foundation announced a partnership with Elvis Presley’s Graceland for Elvis Week during the 35thanniversary. The Foundation will present Memphis Means Music Fest: Inspired by the King on Friday, August 10th from 10am – 4pm at Graceland’s Main Stage Entertainment Pavilion.

Summer Fun Concert Series at Shelby Farms Park will feature the Bluff City Backsliders on Thursday, July 19.

On Friday, July 27th, United Way of the Mid-South presented a $14,000 check to the Mid-South Food Bank for its mobile pantry initiative in DeSoto County.

You’ll have a blast at the Legally Blonde one-night special benefit on Saturday, August 18!

TnAchieves is holding a reception for prospective mentors for the 2013 school year on Tuesday, August 14th from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Kimmons Wilson room at the Holiday Inn & Suites Wolfchase Galleria.

Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools are hosting a free workshop for parents on Thursday, July 26, at Colonial Middle School.

Skate Odyssey in Olive Branch is hosting a fundraiser for two local animal rescues on Sunday, July 29 from 6-9 p.m.

This Friday will mark the culmination of a special seven-week course at the University of Memphis for 12 students from several local and out-of-state high schools.

The Collierville Towne Cinema is celebrating the release of the new Twentieth Century Fox family film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.

Indie Memphis, which opens its popular free Concert Film Series at the Levitt Shell on Saturday, July 21, with Stop Making Sense, announced that its August screenings will include rare performances by The Who and Led Zeppelin, both from the Shelley Archives.

This coming Friday, July 27th, The Orpheum Theatre will host a “bean” drive for the Mid-South Food Bank in conjunction with the screening of Mel Brooks’ western comedy classic, Blazing Saddles.

Known as America’s Night Out, “National Night Out” began in 1983, and is held on the first Tuesday in August. This year’s National Night Out will be Tuesday, August 7, 2012.

The Tennessee Department of Education has announced regional finalists for the annual Principal of the Year and Supervisor of the Year awards.

If you have a Memphis Public Library card, you can learn more than 35 different foreign languages for free.

Benevere Specialty Pharmacy & Diabetic Supply will host a Health & Wellness Open House, which will feature free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings for diabetes and free blood glucose monitors and strips.

SummerWeen: Memphis’s only Halloween-themed costume party towards the end of the Summer.

The inaugural Hip-Hop Weekend & Expo, is now accepting submissions for rappers, singers, dancers and more for the Hip-Hop Expo and Trade Show portion of the event scheduled to take place Labor Day weekend, September 1 and September 2 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center in Downtown Memphis, TN.

James Carville and Mary Matalin, one of America’s best loved political couples, will be the featured speakers at the “Political Perspectives” Centennial luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 14, at the University of Memphis.

Shelby County Commissioners Mike Ritz is holding a Twon Hall Meeting in Collierville Thursday, July 26 at 5:30 p.m. at New Shelby Missionary Baptist Church.