The area’s largest private employer, General Motors-UAW 1853, paid it forward once again to the Spring Hill area community with its support as the title sponsor for a third year in a row for the 10th Annual Spring Hill Pay It Forward Festival.
Spring Hill Fresh, organizer of the annual Spring Hill Pay It Forward Festival, and the festival’s title sponsor, GM/UAW, recently presented $25,350 in festival proceeds to three local nonprofits, including $1,000 to The Well Outreach, $3,000 to Maury County Boy’s & Girl’s Club, and $21,350 to The Tennessee Children’s Home.
The 2017 Pay It Forward Festival, a positive all-day event that encourages the community to “Live forward, Give forward, and Pay it forward,” was held in August around the Children’s Home lake.
The presentation of charitable funds made on Thursday, Nov. 16, included Mike Herron, Chairman of the UAW Local 1853; Tim Stannard, President of the UAW Local 1853; Rachael and Hazel Nieves, with Spring Hill Fresh; Robyn Perry, CEO of Maury County Boys & Girls Club; Arica Robinson, Community Ambassador for The Well Outreach (not pictured); Trent Alexander, Director of Maintenance at the Tennessee Children’s Home; Bill Alsup, retired Director of Development and Community Education for the Children’s Home; Mike Yuhas, Director of the Children’s Home; and Brian King, president of the Children’s Home
On August 19 some 14,000 people attended the day at the Tennessee Children’s Home.
“Having General Motors UAW 1853 as our title sponsor once again this year has been wonderful because they are genuinely vested in our community in many ways; supporting our schools, charities and local causes benefiting our entire region, not just Spring Hill,” said festival founder and organizer Hazel Nieves, owner of Spring Hill FRESH. “They truly embrace paying it forward firsthand.”
The festival is supported by sponsors from Williamson and Maury counties in a unified effort. The City of Spring Hill, a festival partner, will be represented on a grand scale through booths and equipment provided by the Spring Hill Police Department, Fire Department, and Parks & Recreation.
For more information about the festival, visit springhillpayitforwardfestival.com, or contact Festival Director Hazel Nieves at [email protected] or (931) 451-7926.
