CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Hands On Nashville collaborated with the local nonprofit Loaves and Fishes to take on an artistic project; painting a mural on an outside shipping container outside the facility.
Loaves and Fishes, located at 825 Crossland Ave., is a nonprofit that retrieves food from grocery stores, restaurants and individual donations to provide hot meals to members of the community. Hands On Nashville, powered by United Way, connects volunteers to opportunities in Middle Tennessee. Hands On takes on a quarterly project and this time chose to help Loaves and Fishes.
“They had these two storage containers that kind of just been an eyesore for them. And they said, we would love to have a mural and just kind of paint a fresh new look on there,” said Kristen Jaggers, manager of Hands On Long-Term Recovery in Montgomery County.
The art selected by the team was created by a student at Rossview High School’s Academy of Media Arts. Hands On partnered with the academy and their students to create a piece for the mural.
Partnering to give back
A few employees from Google helped to paint the mural. Google encourages their employees to participate in volunteer activities that give back to the community around them…