Clarksville Living Magazine — April 2022
The April 2022 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine backs a ministry building tiny houses for homeless women and children, and traces Wilma Rudolph from a premature birth to Olympic gold.
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“Egg-Cited” opens onto Judy's Hope, a local nonprofit planning a small community of tiny houses for women and children experiencing homelessness. “It is a new ministry that is going to serve women and children coming out of broken places,” said founder and president Karen Powers. “We plan to build tiny houses for women and children to live in while they get their feet back under them. It's a time for them to have a safe place.” The feature points readers to volunteer and donation opportunities as the ministry gets off the ground.
“Vintage Clarksville” tells the story of Wilma Glodean Rudolph, born prematurely and, as a child, stricken with an illness that required treatments several times a day. By age twelve she was able to walk unaided — the beginning of a path that would carry her from Clarksville to Olympic sprinting glory as one of the fastest women in the world. It is local history at its most inspiring, a hometown hero who overcame a childhood few expected her to survive and whose name is now on the boulevard that runs through the city.
A “Staycation” feature rounds out the issue for readers looking closer to home, making the case that a memorable getaway need not be a distant or expensive one.
The three pieces move from present need to enduring legacy to everyday leisure — a ministry building shelter now, a champion whose story still lifts the city, and a practical guide to rest without leaving the county.
A profile of Girl Code Mobile Spa and a “Volunteers Needed” feature round out the issue, pointing readers toward a local small business and the causes seeking their time — giving April both weight and warmth, and a clear invitation to get involved.
Table of Contents
- Egg-Cited (p. 6)
- Vintage Clarksville: Wilma Rudolph (p. 8)
- Staycation Request (p. 14)
- Girl Code Mobile Spa (p. 18)
- Volunteers Needed (p. 20)
Regular departments
- Calendar Of Events (p. 22)
- Network (p. 28)