January 19, 2026

Christmas Village supports hearing and speech programs at Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute

Susie Reaves, Christmas Village Co-chair; Melissa Duff, PhD, chair of Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences; Jeanie du Gan, CV Co-chair; and Ashley Seth, Christmas Village Board Chair, during the Christmas Village check presentation. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

Event organizers and Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center staff gathered recently to celebrate the success of Christmas Village 2025. Christmas Village is one of the oldest charitable events in Nashville and is organized by volunteers from the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club.

This past year’s event raised $539,000. The proceeds support special hearing and speech programs at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and patients recovering from traumatic brain injury at the Vanderbilt Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute. Learn more about Christmas Village here (https://christmasvillage.org/) and save the dates for this year’s event, Nov. 13-15, 2026.

Shoppers enjoy Christmas Village, 2025. (photo by Donn Jones)
From Christmas Village, 2025. (photo by Donn Jones)