Caroling

Fannie Battle Caroling

A Nashville Tradition Since 1916

Your support of the 92nd season of Fannie Battle Caroling helped raise $47,000! Funds will help us continue our mission of providing affordable high-quality child care, for at-risk children in a nurturing environment while empowering families to reach their potential. On behalf of the children, families, and staffâ€¦.THANK YOU!!!

Looking for a fun low cost Christmas activity to do with a group?

Go Caroling for Fannie Battle Day Home for Children between Dec. 1-24.

Since 1916, Caroling for Fannie Battle has been a holiday tradition in the greater Nashville community. Each year families, neighbors, churches, schools, companies, and civic groups carol door-to-door throughout greater Nashville collecting money for Fannie Battle Day Home for Children. Below are the steps of how you can become a Fannie Battle Caroler.

In addition to caroling from door-to-door, we also have a choral group of Vanderbilt students that for a minimum donation of $250 will sing carols at our home or office party. To schedule this group please email rmartinez@fanniebattle.org.

This is not a one-time event. Caroling runs from December 1st-24th and is a uniquely Nashville holiday tradition. Each year civic groups, companies, church groups, and families carol from house to house, door to door, for donations on behalf of the Day Home, often requesting the same streets year after year. It is a great way to celebrate the holidays with family and friends, promote neighborhoods, and raise money for a childcare center that provides a valuable service to low income families that are working or furthering their education.

How Do I Become a Fannie Battle Caroler?

Call the Day Home at (615) 228-6745 or email rmartinez@fanniebattle.org
Leave your name, number and where you would like to carol. You can even request a specific street or streets.
A Carol volunteer will contact you to verify the street and make sure it is not already being caroled. A time will be arranged to deliver your caroling bags loaded with everything you need: song sheets, announcement envelopes, and instructions.
Get your group together, decide which evening you will be caroling, and deliver the letters a few days before the caroling date to let neighbors know you’re coming.
After you’ve caroled, contact the Carol volunteer to arrange a time for returning your caroling bags and donations.

Have fun caroling, and make it a yearly event!

Will Blevins, one of our loyal volunteers, got a group together to share in the joy of caroling.

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JINGLE BELL JOG ~ DECEMBER 2009

Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.
~Author Unknown

Thank you for giving the gift of yourself and volunteering your time, talents and energy to the 93rd season of Fannie Battle Caroling! The event could not have been a success without the help of you and the many other volunteers and sponsors.

“We’ve been caroling for Fannie Battle as long as I can remember. I used to have the honor, as the youngest child, of ringing the doorbell, and now it’s something my husband enjoys doing with us when we spend Christmas with my family. It’s as much a part of our family tradition as opening stockings together or eating cherry yeast coffee cake on Christmas morning. We look forward to it each year. Even if it’s cold, we still enjoy getting together our group of family and friends, having fun, and raising money for a good cause.” -3rd Generation Fannie Battle Caroler

Top Caroling Group Leaders
$1,000 or more:
George & Lydia Armistead
Will Blevins
Mary Catherine Bradshaw
Damon Byrd
Caroline Stevens
John & Nancy Thorpe
Pat & Louis Todd
$500 – $999:
Anita Bailey
Karen Cain
Ann Davis
Jan Giordano
Sharon Mulloy
Melanie & Shane Neal
Susan & Vic Wesley

$200 – $499:
Mary Agee
Liz Beavers
Dianne Benedict
Stephanie Brakefield
Millie & Woody Camp
Sharon & Rod Connor, The Granny Clause Carolers
Jim & Marty Conrad
Hilary Doherty
Burgin Dossett, Boy Scout Troop #31
Jessica French, Rolling Hills Community Church College Ministry
Julia Halford
Mary Hash
Chris & Sedley Hassell
Lilli Hudson & Elise Hudson
Tracy Johnson
Marjorie & George Koehler
Jane Kopf
Joan & Tim Lehning
Ilene Lipscomb
Janet Master
Sarah Keith Maxcy
Keith McCord, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Anne Elizabeth McIntosh, Oak Hill 3rd Grade Families
Sallie Norton
Ella Marie Parkinson
Liz Ramsey
Anne Rochford
Robin Ruddy, Best Built Songs Carolers
Adele Simmons
Weeza Swain
Jim Weber, Civic Group at Stratford High School
Peg Williams

Carol Group Leaders
Mary Agee
Tina Allocco
George and Lydia Armistead
Anita Bailey
Mary & Brock Baker
Julia Barksdale
Liz Beavers
Dianne Benedict
Will Blevins
Lisa Brace
Stephanie Brakefield
Damon Byrd
Caroline Bradshaw, Christ Church Cathedral
Mary & Brock Baker
Helen Bowers
Karen Cain
Millie & Woody Camp
Jim & Marty Conrad
Sharon & Rod Connor
Thomas & Lynn Cresswell
Nancy Crofford
Carol Crowell
Barbara Culley
Ann Davis
Amyliza DeJesus
Hilary Doherty
Burgin Dossett
Ann Ferrell
Mike Fleming, Westwood Avenue Carolers
Jessica French
Richard and Jennifer Gaw
Jan Giordano
Nancy Gregg
Becky Griffith
Julia Halford
Deborah Ham
Mary Hash
Chris & Sedley Hassell
Sarah Hayman
Wendell Henry, Nashville in Harmony
Lilli Hudson & Elise Hudson
Lisa Jennette, Edgefield Baptist Church
Tracy Johnson
Lynn Jung, Christ Presbyterian Academy
Jane Kopf
Kathryn Kubiak-Rizzone, Moms Club of East Nashville
Joan & Tim Lehning
Ilene Lipscomb
Stephanie & Andy Martin
Janet Master
Sarah Keith Maxcy
Keith McCord
Anne Elizabeth McIntosh
Dolly Millican
Hellen Moore, First Presbyterian
Emily Morrissey, First Presbyterian
Sharon Mulloy
Melanie & Shane Neal
Sallie Norton
Ella Marie Parkinson
Shannon Pope
Rosalyn Ramage, Glendale Baptist Church
Liz Ramsey
Jane Richards
Ginny Ripley
Anne Rochford
Robin Ruddy
Adele Simmons
Caroline Stevens
Ann Smith
Shannon Smith
Weeza Swain
John & Nancy Thorpe
Pat & Louis Todd
Sue Reinhardt
Tammy Robinson, The Habersham Harmonies
Jim Weber
Susan & Vic Wesley
Peg Williams
Chrys & Ed Zinkiewicz, Blakemore Boys Bluegrass Band

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