Nashville Organizations Nurturing the Most Common Youth Sparks

This information was shared by 145 participants at the 2010 Sparks Symposium in Nashville, TN.  The event was sponsored by Trevecca, Oasis Center, OJJDP, YLLC, STARS and the YMCA Center for Asset Development.  To find out more about research and tools related to SPARKS, visit http://www.ignitesparks.org/.

Animal Welfare
• Audubon Society
• Happy Tales
• Humane Association
• Love at First Sight
• Nashville Zoo
• Saddle Up
• Walden’s Puddle

Athletics
• Centennial Sportsplex
• Church sports leagues
• Community Centers
• Community Sports Leagues
• D1
• Metro Parks and Recreation
• YMCA

Creative Arts
• Art Embrace
• Barefoot Republic Camp
• Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
• Country Music Hall of Fame
• Express at Fellowship Bible Church
• Frist Center for Visual Arts
• JAM camp “School of Rock” – Brentwood
• Kids on the Block
• Nashville Public Library
• Nashville School of the Arts
Centennial Park Arts center
• Salama Urban Ministries
• The Village Cultural Arts Center
• Yeah – Murfreesboro
• W.O. Smith Music School
• Youth Speaks


Helping, Caring
• Boy Scouts
• Girl Scouts
• Habitat for Humanity
• Hands on Nashville
• Hands on Nashville Day
• Metro Parks
• Oasis Center
• Volunteer Tennessee
• Peace Corps

Leading
• Boy Scouts
• Church Leadership Teams
• Community Centers
• Girl Scouts
• Junior Achievement
• Metro Public Health
• Oasis Leadership Teams
• Oasis Youth Action Teams
• STARS
• Student Government
• TLT

Living a quality life ( joy, tolerance, caring…)
• Community Nashville
• Community Nashville/Building Bridges
• Kids on the Block
• Mosque, church, temple...
• Oasis Center
• Scarrit Bennet Center
• Special Olympics
• STARS
• TIRRC


Learning (languages, sciences, history…)
• 4-H
• Adventure Science Center
• Astronomy – Ted McWilliams
• Cohn Adult Center – Community Education
• ESL Classes
• Home Economics – Beverly James
• Junior Achievement (business)
• Language/reading – Carmen Sparkman
• Nashville Public Library
• Parthenon
• Scarritt Bennett
• Schools
• Summer Day Camps
• The Bridge
• Time To Rise
• UT Extension Service
• Warner Park Nature Center
• Y-CAP
• Youth in Government
• Youth Life Learning Center
• Youth Speaks

Reading
• Book ‘em
• Book club at school or community center
• Facebook – if used correctly
• Good Reads (website)
• Nashville Public Library
• Nashville READS
• Rep your voice
• TOTAL


Nature, ecology, environment
• Adventure Science Museum
• Cheekwood Botanical Garden
• Cumberland River Compact
• Dyer Observatory
• Farmer’s Market
• Harpeth River Watershed Assoc
• Kids For A Clean Environment
• Metro Beautification Committee
• Metro Parks: Shelby, Beaman, Bells Bend...
• Nashville Greenways
• Percy Warner Park
• Radnor Lake
• Shelby Park
• Sierra Club
• Team Green
• The Nature Center
• Truth & Reconciliation Project
• Urban Gardens
• Warner Parks

Spirituality, religion
• Churches, synagogues, mosques, temples...
• Good News Clubs
• Inner city ministry
• Pathfinders
• Salama Urban Ministries
• Walking daily with Jesus
• Young Life
• Youth Life Learning Center
• Youth retreats

Edited by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor at the YMCA Center for Asset Development