Hands on Nashville

NASHVILLE STILL NEEDS HELP!

COVID-19 happened so shortly after the tornado, that the city hasn’t really had a chance to fully recover from it. There is still a ton of wreckage all over the east side, Germantown, Madison and parts of the south. Businesses and homes have been destroyed, and to make it worse - because of the shutdown - the mess seems to have been ignored.

Now that restrictions have been eased we need to step up and rebuild before things potentially get worse.
 
How can you help? DONATE. SPREAD THE WORD.

These are some pretty crazy times, so we don’t expect everyone to have the means to be giving to charities like they used to. That’s why we’re only asking for $5, in hopes that enough of our friends and fans step up.

Your $5 will contribute to rehabilitating the damage left. If you can't provide $5, what you can do, is share our content which will link to this page so your friends can contribute.

Let's turn this wreckage into art and give Nashville something to get excited about. For a town that’s historically thrived on nightlife and live events, Music City has been way too quiet lately.

Help us keep the spirit alive while our community recovers.  

All the money from this campaign will be going to Hands On Nashville, an incredible organization that is working with the City of Nashville, the Office of Emergency Management, and local health officials to support tornado and COVID-19 relief efforts through volunteerism. 

Appreciate all your support and hope you’re staying positive,

Dopeness Entertainment 
#NashvilleRecoveryTour

After the devastating storms in Nashville, I'm raising money to benefit Hands On Nashville, Inc., and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to help relieve the distress that the storms have caused for so many family’s in middle Tennessee. 

More information about Hands On Nashville, Inc.: MISSION: Meets community needs through volunteerism. VISION: Creates engaged communities where volunteers and partners collaboratively solve social issues. STRATEGIC DIRECTION: Since its inception, Hands On Nashville (HON) has worked to make volunteer needs known and provide an entry point to volunteerism. The agency’s present focus centers on building capacity for more effective volunteer management and programming throughout its partner network. In the future, HON aims to reimagine volunteer potential, grow volunteer impact, and increase volunteerism communitywide.

UPDATE: Justin planked for 8:08!!! What a maniac! Thanks to all for coming out to The Centennial and supporting the cause! We had over 20 pledges come in during the few minutes leading up to the challenge and over $3k raised or committed at the time of this post! On top of that, we had a Scout full of supplies donated at the event. We can’t thank all of the contributors enough, along with The Centennial for hosting and allowing such shenanigans, and Justin himself! Remember this is just the beginning of the relief efforts and we encourage everyone to continue to donate their time, resources and funds where they can. We’d love to see others set up their own challenges and make #PlankNashville an ongoing motivation for contributions! And props to Justin, an 8 minute plank is no doubt #NashvilleStrong. Last week, at an 'upscale dive' in The Nations, a challenge over planking was made. After George Hood set the world record for planking for over 8 hours, bar owner Justin Canfield was challenged by loyal patron Kevin Wilson to plank for at least 10 minutes. He was given a week to prepare. As a community bar, there was a lot of interest and discussion over whether he could do it. Most agreed that he wasn't physically capable but was stubborn enough to accomplish the feat anyway. After the tragic events of Monday night, in which The Nations was largely spared, the desire to help other areas of our city transformed the challenge amongst friends into Plank Nashville. Our mission is to raise awareness and generate support for those impacted by the storm. After all, planking is a feat of strength and we are #NashvilleStrong.


On Saturday, March 7 at 2pm, Justin will be performing the challenge at The Centennial. Supporters have started to pledge amounts to donate based on the amount of time he can plank, and as interest has grown, we wanted to open up the opportunity to others. All proceeds from this GoFundMe will go directly to Hands On Nashville, a local charity that are spearheading relief efforts. Alternatively, we encourage donating to the Community Foundation of Middle TN. We will also be collecting supplies at the time of the event and delivering them to the Community Resource Center; a list of needed supplies can be found on their website. We also encourage all of our community to volunteer through the Hands On Nashville site. 


We hope our idea invigorates others and that this only kicks-off for the long road of recovery ahead. Post your #PlankNashville pictures and videos or set up your own challenge.

More information about Hands On Nashville, Inc.: MISSION: Meets community needs through volunteerism. VISION: Creates engaged communities where volunteers and partners collaboratively solve social issues. STRATEGIC DIRECTION: Since its inception, Hands On Nashville (HON) has worked to make volunteer needs known and provide an entry point to volunteerism. The agency’s present focus centers on building capacity for more effective volunteer management and programming throughout its partner network. In the future, HON aims to reimagine volunteer potential, grow volunteer impact, and increase volunteerism communitywide.