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Our Mission
Memphis Loves Kids is a grassroots project started by two sisters in 2005. Our mission is to promote everything that's great about the Memphis Metropolitan Area for families with children and to support the work of other local, child-focused non-profits through volunteer efforts and other forms of collaboration. In 2010, we became a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation.
Memphisloveskids.com is the Mid-South's original and most comprehensive online resource for anyone with children in their lives. The purpose of our website is to provide Memphis area caretakers, educators and mentors with extensive information on all things child-related.
"Let's turn crime, illiteracy, unhealthy, unproductive poverty lifestyles around from the ground up...one child, one community at a time - we can change the world! Let's give our children the best." ~ Issac Hayes, Memphis Kid
The People |
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 Deirdre Oglesby, Memphis Loves Kids Founder & President
Deirdre is a graphic designer and visual artist who holds a degree in photography. She's also a former financial analyst for Baptist Memorial Hospital. She works seasonally at the Fed Ex Forum, volunteers as a homeroom mother at Lucy Elementary School, and regularly participates in 5K races and other charity events. Deirdre lives in Millington with her husband, three children, three dogs and two cats. |
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Board of Directors
President
Autumn B. Chastain, Attorney at Law
Secretary/Treasurer
Forsyth Kenworthy Halliburton, Vice President of Equity Research, Morgan Keegan
Diane Cofer, Retired City of Memphis Librarian
Amos Maki, Reporter for The Commercial Appeal
Rinu Agarwal
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 Aisling Maki, Memphis Loves Kids Co-Founder & Vice President
Aisling is a freelance writer whose work has been published in newspapers, magazines and online sources in over 20 countries. Locally, Aisling has written for The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Daily News, Memphis Health & Fitness, Memphis Magazine, The Memphis News and Memphis Parent Magazine. She's a former web producer/reporter for WMC-TV. She lives in Memphis with her husband, their daughter and six rescued pets. Click here to visit her personal website. |
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 Hannah Oglesby, MLK-TV Host
Hannah hosts some of our videos. An honor roll student in the Shelby County School system, she enjoys acting, animals, art, dance and reading. Hannah has interviewed many interesting people including Mayor A C Wharton, Master P and Memphis Wrestler Jerry Lawler. She interviewed nine of the 2009 Memphis mayoral candidates about the future of the city's children. Hannah has been interviewed on WMC-TV, WREG, Fox 13 and Better Black Television. Follow her Mid-South journeys on MLK-TV. |
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