As tradition during the St. Jude Dream Home campaign, we gather sponsors together to sign the unfinished floor of the dream home. But due to COVID-19 protocols, this year we’re doing a virtual floor signing and offering words of encouragement to St. Jude kids online.
For the last two months, Rivera has bought 3,500 meals from locally-owned restaurants to deliver to the nurses and doctors at Germantown Methodist Hospital. Now her generosity has been repaid, as she continues her incredible work.
During a pandemic, it’s very difficult to safely celebrate milestones. So, one family planned a special surprise 50th anniversary for a Memphis couple to help them celebrate.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a particular toll on children, who might not fully understand all of the sudden changes in their lives. To help children cope one charter school in Memphis is focusing on the social and emotional well-being of its students.
The Chickasaw Council of Boy Scouts of America held its first-ever social distancing Court of Honor ceremony for one Mid-South resident over the weekend.
With students still out of school due to COVID-19, Girls, Incorporated of Memphis is opening its new virtual programming to all girls in the Memphis community.
It has been almost two weeks since a special mailbox went up at the Shops at Carriage Crossing for people to drop off letters for senior citizens. Wednesday, those letters were delivered to Home Instead Senior Care, and they put some smiles on the residents’ faces.
A gourmet chef who serves up elegant dishes for patrons of Dixon Gallery and Gardens took some delectable delights to some lucky diners in North Memphis on Tuesday.
A former St Jude patient received an amazing surprise Saturday. Our cameras were there as a cancer survivor, kept from a graduation because of the coronavirus, was celebrated by her friends and family
After losing their father to COVID-19, the Eldred family brought it upon themselves to set up a fund with Baptist DeSoto to purchase iPads so families can stay in touch.
With all of our health care workers, police officers, firefighters and other first responders putting themselves at risk on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, how could we pick just one Mid-South hero for April?
A local church and Mid-South officials came together to do some good in the Frayser-Raleigh neighborhood today, by giving out free gas during a time where many wallets are tightening because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
School may be closed, but that did not stop a group of Collierville students from working together to help first responders who have to interact with the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, visitation is strictly prohibited at senior living facilities but that didn’t stop one Mid-South family from helping their grandmother celebrate her birthday.
The Memphis in May barbecue team ‘Auto B Grillin’ of Memphis Auto Auction prepped and cooked enough meat to feed 350 families of Memphis Athletic Ministries (MAM).
Employees at Majestic Gardens at Memphis, a skilled nursing facility, treated frontline workers at Methodist University Hospital to more than 200 pizzas Friday.
While FedEx planes are busy shipping vital PPE to hospitals around the country, a FedEx mechanic created a new piece of equipment that’s saving healthcare workers’ lives on the frontline in Memphis and the Mid-South.
A local church is doing its part to help the most vulnerable in the community during the coronavirus pandemic by feeding seniors living in senior housing facilities.
Carol Thomas and her daughter, Jessica, began Shields of Faith March 21. They’ve since created more than 7,000 masks for hospital workers, the Marines, the Army, mailmen and tree cutters.
The restaurant industry in Memphis is being severely challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. But they’re getting some help with a new push from Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland that also benefits the Mid-South Food Bank.
The coronavirus is separating families for weeks on end, one Mid-South teen went to London for spring break and when he came back he tested positive for COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has hit New York harder than any other city in the United States. A group of Memphis medical professionals are in New York, helping out in some of the hardest hit areas.
We all know the Mid-South is one of the most generous places to live in the U.S. During the coronavirus pandemic, Mid-Southerners are helping each other the best they can.
Stay at home orders across the country have resulted in some pretty creative methods for putting smiles on faces. Some are taking really cool portraits through windows, while others are coming up with fun quarantine songs.
After sundown on Thursday, the Mighty Lights on the Big River Crossing will glow blue to honor health care workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis.
While COVID-19 is altering major milestones for many, it didn't stop one Memphis couple from tying the knot Saturday and hosting more than 100 virtual guests.
Zack Randolph has donated $10,000 to the Mid-South Food Bank, providing Shelby County Schools’ students and families a new mobile food pantry during the COVID-19 crisis.
While many restaurants have fallen on tough times due to the spread of COVID-19, some are taking it upon themselves to step up and help feed hospital workers.
The Salvation Army of Memphis & the Mid-South is partnering with restaurants in Memphis to serve meals to the most vulnerable, while also helping to keep small businesses running during the coronavirus outbreak.
Before joining St. Jude in 2008, Dr. Tim Folse practiced family medicine for 20 years. He says his job at the hospital has basically been a whole new world.
To look at the beautiful, bright smile on 16-year-old Paishence’s face now, you would never know that she was in serious pain eight years ago. While she says she doesn’t fully remember it, her mom will never forget.
While the Mid-South starts to feel the impact of the spreading coronavirus, it wasn’t all bad news this week. Here are 5 Great Things that happened this week in the Mid-South.
According to Southern Living, the Peabody ducks “are just one of many reasons to love this beautiful 464-room luxury hotel,” citing the Peabody’s restaurants, shops, freshly-baked pastries and “impeccable hospitality.”
Angie Church Jones says her grandson, 2-year-old Lincoln Hopper, has been at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital since Sept. 7, 2019 awaiting a heart transplant.
Children up for adoption through the non-profit Youth Villages organization are getting a pleasant surprise -- personalized videos to help them get adopted!
Hospitals in Memphis are excited about the 2020 Leap Year, looking forward to the extra day by dressing up newborn babies and NICU babies in frog fashion -- crocheted frog costumes.
