PENCIL

PENCIL connects businesses and volunteers with students in Metro Nashville public schools.
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06/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Deloitte for our annual PENCIL Summit!

We are grateful to all our speakers and community partners for sharing best practices on how to engage with Metro schools, including our keynote speaker Indira Dammu, Director of Civic and Community Engagement with the Mayor's office, and Lydia and Anastasia, two MNPS students sharing their experiences with community partners!

06/01/2026

Last week, we wrapped up another incredible year with PENCIL’s ✏️ Emerging Leaders Board ✏️ - professionals from all industries, dedicated to furthering PENCIL’s mission and growing in their nonprofit service experience.

Join us for the upcoming class in which you’ll experience networking, bi-monthly meetings, volunteerism, events, and professional development tailored around public education and community.

Click here to learn more and submit an interest form!
https://lnkd.in/eMWgcZZk

Space is limited, and the form will close on July 1st - apply now!

05/21/2026

Registration is open for our 2026 PENCIL Summit, presented by Deloitte!

This event is a a fruitful collaboration which will bring together community partners and school representatives to discuss ways you can share your time, talent, and treasure with MNPS.

Sign up to join us next Friday, May 29th: https://pencilforschools.org/events/pencil-summit-presented-by-deloitte/

05/14/2026

You see all these guys in orange shirts? 🧡 That would be the team (formerly Piedmont Natural Gas) supporting the 2026 Dan Mills Elementary School field day!

This is the 25th anniversary year of the Piedmont x Dan Mills PENCIL Partnership 😱 and we look forward to shepherding in a new era with Spire carrying on the tradition. 😎

Major gratitude to both Stephen Francescon and Principal Robby Yates for keeping such a strong PENCIL Partnership going all these years. ✏️

05/13/2026

Teachers,

From all of us at PENCIL - thank you! 🩵 Our students, families, neighborhoods, and Nashville community are indebted to you for your tireless service and dedication to our students.

We hope you felt incredibly valued last week, and every week, of the (nearly over) 2025-2026 school year! 🎓

Love,
The PENCIL Pack

PS: Thank you to all the partners, especially UPS Green Hills, who supported schools and teachers all through Teacher Appreciation Week last week!

05/10/2026

The PENCIL team, live from 🤩

Thank you to Brandon Hill and for honoring PENCIL tonight and inviting us to carry out the game flag! ⚽️

Let’s go, boys in gold! 👏🏻

05/05/2026

What an incredible night! Thank you to everyone for participating in A Little Night of Music 2026!

Thank you to our event chairs, Shohreh Daraei from Ascension Saint Thomas, Edwin Feagins with the Nashville Fire Department, and Rachel Hockenberger from Parman Holdings.

Thank you to our auction chairs and PENCIL Emerging Leaders Board members, Ethan Goldish from CAA and Katie Reed from Thomas & Hutton.

To our Presenting Sponsor, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), we are so grateful for your ongoing support of this event and for the amazingly talented artists, Belle Frantz and Thelma & James!

And to our Inner Circle Sponsors, Amazon and Dollar General, thank you for celebrating PENCIL’s work in such a meaningful way.

To Ryman Hospitalities and the Grand Old Opry House, we could not do this without you! Thank you for sharing the stage with us!

Lastly, to all of PENCIL’s supporters, vendors, volunteers, donors, and partners, thank you for celebrating with us!

05/04/2026

Today is the day! We are excited to see you on the Grand Ole Opry stage this evening for the 2026 A Little Night of Music, presented by Creative Artists Agency!

This event would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors. We thank them for their long-standing support of PENCIL's mission!

05/01/2026

We are thrilled to announce that Thelma & James will be our incredible headliners for this year’s A Little Night of Music, presented by Creative Artists Agency!

An undeniable force, married Nashville-based singer-songwriters MacKenzie Porter and Jake Etheridge form the musical partnership Thelma & James. Not realizing the best writing partner was right under their noses the whole time, their first co-write in over a decade produced “Happy Ever After You,” which earned Gold certification in Canada. Evolving organically from an impromptu video that earned praise from fellow artists like John Mayer, Luke Combs, Brandi Carlile and more, the song has since garnered over 20 million streams since its release. The pair signed to Big Loud Records in 2025 are doubling down on their fortuitous new musical chapter with the release of debut EP Starting Over and most recent single “Alternate Ending”.

We cannot wait to celebrate with Thelma & James next Monday on the Opry stage!

04/30/2026

Last week, PENCIL celebrated our 2026 Patron Party ahead of next Monday's A Little Night of Music!

We could not be more grateful to our star performer Iris Copperman, to our presenting sponsor Stantec, and our incredible hosts, Johari and Lonnell Matthews.

Join us next Monday May 4 at the Opry!

Address

7199 Cockrill Bend Boulevard
Nashville, TN
37209

Telephone

+16152423167

Website

http://www.PENCILforSchools.org/

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