About
About Volunteer East Tennessee:
We believe that the most powerful force is the individual who has realized their power to do good. Volunteer East Tennessee serves the nine-county region of Anderson, Blount, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier and Union Counties with the goal of promoting ways to serve and improve the communities of East Tennessee.
Our Mission
Volunteer East Tennessee, a program of the United Way of Greater Knoxville, inspires service by equipping organizations and mobilizing volunteers to connect with one another and strengthen communities.
Plan a VOLiday Party
Plan a VOLiday party with an onsite service project for your entire team. Volunteer East Tennessee offers full-service planning and management of projects in your office or at your offsite event. Best part? No crafting or art experience required.
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To plan your VOLiday party, contact: 865.582.4085 | info@volunteertn.org
Table of Contents:
Volunteer East Tennessee Plan a VOLiday Party Category Icons Projects by Month Projects by Impact Area Our Nonprofit Partners 1 1 2 3-4 5-6 7-9
Page 2 Health & Wellness Hunger & Homelessness Senior Services Child & Youth Services Animal & Enviornment Art & Culture Good for Groups Family Friendly Helpful
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Ways to Volunteer by Date
December Opportunities (1 of 2)
December 15-16th Angel Tree Distribution for Children
The Salvation Army
December 16-18th Holiday Helpers & Gift Wrappers H.A.L.T Humans and Animals Learning Together
December 22-30th Winter Wonderlabs Volunteer Muse Knoxville December 31st Cheer in the New Year Event Volunteer Muse Knoxville
Ongoing Opportunity Alive After Five at the Knoxville Museum of Art Knoxville Museum of Art
Ongoing Opportunity Red Kettle Drivers The Salvation Army
Ongoing Opportunity Red Kettle Drivers: Morning Shift The Salvation Army
Ongoing Opportunity - Dec. 24th Volunteer Bell Ringer The Salvation Army Ongoing Opportunity Serving Dinner in the Kitchen The Salvation Army
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Page 4 December Opportunities (2 of 2) Ongoing Opportunity Paws for Reading Young Williams Animal Shelter Ongoing Opportunity Canine Caretaker Young-Williams Animal Center Ongoing Opportunity Gift Your Passenger Seat to a Senior CAC Volunteer Assisted Transportation Ongoing Opportunity Product Recovery Second Harvest Food Bank Ongoing Opportunity Holiday Gift Wrappers Thrive Ongoing Opportunity Give a Child the Gift of Mentorship Big Brothers Big Sisters of East TN Ongoing Opportunity Red Kettle Money Sorters The Salvation Army Ongoing Opportunity Provide Companionship to Hospice Patients Caris Healthcare Ways to Volunteer by Date G G G G F F F
Projects by Impact Area
Page 5 Ongoing Opportunity Alive After Five at the Knoxville Museum of Art Knoxville Museum of Art
& Youth Services Arts & Culture December 15-16th Angel Tree Distribution for Children The Salvation Army December 22-30th Winter Wonderlabs Volunteer Muse Knoxville December 31st Cheer in the New Year Event Volunteer Muse Knoxville Ongoing Opportunity Holiday Gift Wrappers Thrive Ongoing Opportunity Give a Child the Gift of Mentorship Big Brothers Big Sisters of East TN Senior Services Ongoing Opportunity Gift Your Passenger Seat to a Senior CAC Volunteer - Assisted Transportation Ongoing Opportunity Provide Companionship to Hospice Patients Caris Healthcare 55+ G G G G G
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Projects by Impact Area
Hunger & Homelessness
Ongoing Opportunity - Dec. 24th Volunteer Bell Ringer
The Salvation Army Ongoing Opportunity Serving Dinner in the Kitchen
The Salvation Army
Animals & Enviornment
Ongoing Opportunity Product Recovery Second Harvest Food Bank
Ongoing Opportunity Red Kettle Drivers The Salvation Army
Ongoing Opportunity Red Kettle Drivers: Morning Shift The Salvation Army
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing Opportunity Red Kettle Money Sorters The Salvation Army
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Gift Wrappers
December 16-18th Holiday Helpers &
H.A.L.T Humans and Animals Learning Together
Opportunity Canine Caretaker
Young-Williams Animal Center
Opportunity Paws for Reading
Young Williams Animal Shelter
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List of Nonprofit Partners
A Place at the Table
A Step Ahead Foundation of East Tennessee ALLCares
Alliance for Better Nonprofits
Alliance House Community Coalition AHCC
Amedisys Hospice of Knoxville
Amedisys Hospice of Morristown/Lakeway Area, TN
Amedisys Hospice of Sweetwater
American Cancer Society
American Museum of Science and Energy and the K-25 History Center
American Red Cross Angel Wings Memory Gowns
Appalachian Arts Craft Center
Asian Culture Center of TN
Audubon Acres
Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville
Beyond the Cover Academy
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee
Big Kahuna Wing Festival
Blount Partnership
Boy Scouts of America- Great Smoky Mountain Council
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dumplin Valley Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley Bridge Refugee Services
BrightPath Tutors
CAC Beardsley Community Farm
CAC Mobile Meals
CAC Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
CAC Volunteer Assisted Transportation Camp in the Community - Holston Conference of the UMC Camp Quest Smoky Mountains
Canvas Can Do Miracles
Caris Healthcare
CASA of East Tennessee
CASA of the Tennessee Heartland
Casting for Recovery, East Tennessee Program
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee (CCETN)
Center for English and Integration Services Centro Hispano de East Tennessee Century Harvest Farms Foundation
Cherished Mom Child Advocacy Center of the 9th Judicial District
Childhelp TN
Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge Clarence Brown Theatre / University of Tennessee
Coalition for Kids Inc Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Community Shares
CONTACT Care Line
Covenant Health Office of Philanthropy Cumberland Communities Communication Corporation (WDVX) disABILITY Resource Center
Dogwood Arts
Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc.
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
East Tennessee Freedom Schools East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
East TN Valley Crime Stoppers Emerald Youth Foundation
EnCorps STEM Teachers Program
ETHRA / East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability
Faith N Friends
Family Promise of Blount County Family Promise of Knoxville Fig Tree (Cokesbury Church)
FISH Hospitality Pantries
Friends of the Knox County Public Library
Friends of TN’s Babies with Special Needs Gateway To Independence Girl Talk, Inc.
Girls Gays and Theys Girls Inc. of Tennessee Valley
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GIVESMART
Goodwill Industries-Knoxville, Inc.
Gov William Blount Mansion Association
Great Smoky Mountains National Park H.A.L.T.: Humans and Animals Learning Together
Harbours Gate
Historic Ramsey House Horse Haven of Tennessee, Inc. Humane Society, Tennessee Valley Ijams Nature Center
InterFaith Health Clinic
Isaiah 117 House
Isaiah 117 House - Anderson County
Isaiah 117 House - Blount County
Isaiah 117 House - Jefferson County
Isaiah 117 House - Knox County
Isaiah House 117 - Sevier County
James White Fort Junior Achievement of East TN Junior League of Knoxville KARM Stores
Keep Sevier Beautiful Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful KickStand Community Bike Shop Know Your Lemons Foundation
Knox County Museum of Education Knox County Rescue
KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOTHING CENTER PTA
Knox County Schools Teacher Supply Depot PTA
Knox Education Foundation
Knox Heritage
Knoxville Area Korean Association
Knoxville Area Urban league
Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum
Knoxville Family Justice Center
Knoxville Habitat for Humanity
Knoxville Heat Equity Coalition
Knoxville Jewish Alliance / Sharing the Dream Community Garden
Knoxville Leadership Foundation
Knoxville Museum of Art Knoxville Opera Knoxville Pays It Forward Inc
Knoxville’s Community Development
Ladies of Charity Knoxville Lakeshore Park Conservancy Leadership Knoxville Legacy Housing Foundation
LIVE-IT
Loudon County Habitat for Humanity Mabry-Hazen House Make-A-Wish East Tennessee Marble Springs State Historic Site (Governor John Sevier Memorial Association)
McNabb Center
MEDIC Regional Blood Center Mental Health Association of East Tennessee Michael Dunn Center
Monroe County Friends of Animals Motherly Love Muse Knoxville Museum of Appalachia NAMI Knoxville (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
National MS Society Net’s Nest Shelter Nourish Knoxville Nurture The Next Oak Ridge Computer Science Girls Operation Inasmuch ORNL Team UT-Battelle
Our Place Art Organization Incorporated Our PLACE Company Outreach360
Parkinson’s Foundation TNKY Chapter Pellissippi State Community College
Pigeon Forge Veterans Military Honor Guard Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi
Positively Living, Inc.
PROJECT FOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILYS
Random Acts of Flowers
Remote Area Medical Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services
RISE: Healthy for Life River and Rail Theatre Company
Sacred Ground Hospice House Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center of the Smokies
Second Harvest Food Bank Secret City Half Marathon
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SEEED (Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development)
SEEED Knox
Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service (SCHAS)
Sertoma Center, Inc.
Seven Islands State Birding Park
SHADES of Development
Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding Shora Foundation
Smoky Mountain Service Dogs
Southern Alliance For Clean Energy (SACE)
Spark Sustainable Future Center
Team Knoxville Volunteers
Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning
Tennessee Immigrant Empowerment Solutions
Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless
Tennessee Valley Fair
The Arc Knox County
The Bottom
The Camp Koinonia Foundation
The Children’s Center of Knoxville
The Family Center
The Florence Crittenton Agency
The Free Medical Clinic
The Joy of Music School
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Restoration House
The Salvation Army
The University Blood Initiative
Thrive
Town of Farragut Travel Unity
United Way of Greater Knoxville United Way of Roane County University of Tennessee Gardens UT Medical Center
Veteran Heritage Site Foundation
Volunteer East Tennessee Volunteer Ministry Center
Wesley House Community Center
Widowed Parent Relief Project
Wolf PAWS Inc. ‘Positive Awareness Wolf-dog Sanctuary’
YMCA of East Tennessee Young-Williams Animal Center Youth Outreach in STEM YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley Zoo Knoxville
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