Music City PHiNs
(Parrot Heads in Nashville)
The Music City PHiNs club is a member of the national organization, Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. (PHIP), whose purpose is to promote the national network of Parrot Head Clubs as a humanitarian group – sharing information and social activities for mutual benefit. The organization will engage in activities that are charitable, educational and that promote the general welfare of the community. Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation, whose purpose is to assist in community and environmental concerns and provide a variety of social activities for people who are interested in the music of Jimmy Buffett and the tropical lifestyle he personifies.
Founded: January 14, 2003
Name: Music City PHiNs (ParrotHeads in Nashville)
Website: http://mcphins.com/
Email: info@mcphins.com
Snail mail:
Music City PHiNs
P.O. Box 330987
Nashville, TN 37203-7507
Officers and Board of Directors for 2011:
President / Director of Events: Kathleen Wallish
Vice President:
Treasurer: Jim Cozart
Director of Membership and Charities: Jamie Bonkowski
Secretary: Various pholks
Director of Web Site and Communications: Mike Pugh
Dues:
$25/$35 per year.
Please see the Join page for membership dues info and payment options.
Events:
Social Events: We will hold at least one per month. Date, time and location of these events will be announced on the web page and/or calendar and/or via email.
Charity Events: Will be announced on the web page and/or calendar and/or via email.
Charities:
Pennies and Pull Tabs for Patients Collection for Ronald McDonald House
Save your pennies, quarters, dimes, nickles and can pull tabs. Each month the club will be collecting loose change (or bills) and pull tabs to help the families of patients at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. We will be donating the money to the Ronald McDonald House at the end of the year. The Ronald McDonald House Charities provide a “home away from home” environment for families of ill children who are receiving treatment at a hospital that may be far away from their real home. If you would like to know more about the Ronald McDonald House and the work they do please visit http://www.rmhcnashville.com/
Other charities we participate in (but not limited to) include:
- Country Music Marathon
- Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
- Davidson County, TN YMCA children’s after school care program that lost materials due to vandalism
- Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure 5K Run/Fitness Walk supporting breast cancer research
- Forgotten Angels for Salvation Army Angel Tree
- Monroe Harding Children’s Home
- Humane Association of Wilson County, TN
- W. O. Smith Music School for underprivileged kids
Each month at our club Happy Hour we collect spare change and aluminum can pull-tabs for the 
