VETN Festival + Event Guide to Volunteering 2023-Vol. 1

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2023 FESTIVAL + EVENT GUIDE to volunteering

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.

How to Put Your Co in Community

When you invest volunteers, expertise, and financial resources, your company can strengthen communities and impact social change. Partnering with United Way of Greater Knoxville makes company-wide community engagement as easy as possible.

To help find ways for your company to volunteer, contact us.

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Page 2 Helpful Icons: Table of Contents: About Volunteer East Tennessee How to Put Co in Community Category Icons Projects by Month Projects by Impact Area Our Nonprofit Partners 1 1 2 3-5 6-7 9-11 Health & Wellness Hunger & Homelessness Senior Services Child & Youth Services Animal & Enviornment Art & Culture Serve with Good for Groups Family Friendly

Ways to Volunteer by Date

March Opportunities

March 23rd

Bassmaster Classic Kickoff Party

Team Knoxville Volunteers

March 29th

Information Table Assistant - OHRP

Team Knoxville Volunteers

March 31st

Pancake Fest

CAC Retured and Senior Volunteer Program

March 31st

Knoxville Placing East Eggs

Around the Zoo

Zoo Knoxville

Ongoing Event

Volunteer at the Birthplace of Tennessee

Gov William Blount Mansion Association

April Opportunities

April 1st-29th

Product Recovery April

Second Harvest Food Pantry

April 15th

Spring Cleanup

Appalachian Arts

April 17th - 18th

Track and Field Volunteers

Special Olympics

April 21st

The Knox County

Museum of Education: Sock Hop

CAC Retired and Senior Volunteer

April 27th - 30th

Art Festival

Dogwood Arts

April 29th

5th Annual Veterans

Heritage Ridge Run

Veteran Heritage Site Foundation

Ongoing Event

Volunteer at the Birthplace of Tennessee

Gov William Blount Mansion Association

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Ways to Volunteer by Date

May Opportunities

May 2nd - 31st

Product Recovery

Second Harvest Food Bank

May 3rd

Welome Bags Preparaion

Street Rod Nationals South

May 6th

Volunteer and

Clean-up Louisville Keep Blount Beautiful

May 15th - 20th

Visit Knoxville Open

CAC Retured and Senior Volunteer Program

May 19th

CAC Recognition Event

CAC Retured and Senior Volunteer Program

May 19th-21st

Southern Skies Festival

Dogwood Arts

May 27th

Little Owl House Festival

Audubon Acres

Ongoing Event

Volunteer at the Birthplace of Tennessee

Gov William Blount Mansion Association

June Opportunities

June 5th - July 28th

Summer Art Acedemy

Knoxville Museum of Art’s Summer

Art Academy

Ongoing Event

Volunteer at the Birthplace of Tennessee

Gov William Blount Mansion Association

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Projects by Impact Area

Arts & Culture

March 23rd

Bassmaster Classic Kickoff Party

Team Knoxville Volunteers

March 29th

Information Table Assistant - OHRP

Team Knoxville Volunteers

April 12th

Spring Cleanup

Appalachian Arts

April 15th

Spring Cleanup

Appalachian Arts

April 27th - 30th

Art Festival

Dogwood Arts

Senior Services

March 31st

Pancake Fest

CAC Retured and Senior Volunteer Program

April 21st

The Knox County Museum of Education: Sock Hop

CAC Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

May 3rd

Welome Bags Preparaion

Street Rod Nationals South

May 19th-21st

Southern Skies Festival

Dogwood Arts

May 27th

Little Owl House Festival

Audubon Acres

April 29th

5th Annual Veterans

Heritage Ridge Run

Veteran Heritage Site Foundation

Ongoing Event Volunteer at the Birthplace of Tennessee Gov William Blount Mansion Association

May 15th - 20th

Visit Knoxville Open CAC Retured and Senior Volunteer Program

May 19th

CAC Recognition Event

CAC Retured and Senior Volunteer Program

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Projects by Impact Area

Hunger & Homelessness

April 1st-29th

Product Recovery April

Second Harvest Food Pantry

May 2nd - 31st

Product Recovery

Second Harvest Food Bank

Animals & Enviornment

May 6th

Volunteer and Clean-up Louisville Keep Blount Beautiful

Health and Wellness

April 17th - 18th

Track and Field Volunteers

Special Olympics

Child & Youth Services

March 31st

Knoxville Placing East

Eggs Around the Zoo

Zoo Knoxville

June 5th - July 28th

Summer Art Acedemy

Knoxville Museum of Art’s Summer

Art Academy

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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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