UDPATE: The 3rd Annual CREMA Christmas, Dec 12th, raised $2,000 for Safe Haven and People Loving Nashville! Thank you!

This year’s holiday event once again will focus on serving the Nashville homeless community with coffee proceeds from the event going to Safe Haven and People Loving Nashville.

For the 2010 CREMA Christmas, local artisans have made homemade accessories (hats, scarves, gloves), and these items will be available for purchase for a homeless individual this holiday season.  Those that purchase a homemade item will be able to write a message to the homeless individual that will receive the gift. There will also be other “art” items available for sale: paintings, photos, jewelry and other handmade goods by local artists with proceeds going to each of these organizations.

In 2008-09, CREMA raised and/or donated nearly $3,000 to Safe Haven, the Contributor and other local charities. When the Nashville homeless community was displaced by the Nashville flood, the CREMA community quickly collected over three truckloads of supplies for immediate use by those displaced at tent city. Thank you for joining with us to make this a wonderful holiday season for the Nashville homeless.

About Safe Haven:
Safe Haven provides shelter and transitional services that empower Middle Tennessee homeless families with children to achieve lasting self-sufficiency. This is the only homeless shelter that takes in whole families in the area. For more information, http://www.safehaven.org.

About People Loving Nashville:
In 2008, a group of five gathered to provide a small Thanksgiving meal to those residing on the streets of downtown Nashville.  Impacted greatly by this one night, they decided to provide a weekly meal for the homeless & less fortunate in downtown. Now, coming together every Monday night to prepare, serve and give a meal, People Loving Nashville has become a movement among twenty-somethings and beyond in Nashville. The most important goal is to provide love, simple, genuine love to those that feel they have been forgotten. They are simply “People Loving Nashville.” For more information, http://peoplelovingnashville.com.