VETN Festival + Event Guide to Volunteering 2023-Vol. 6

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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 6-8 10-12 Health & Wellness Hunger & Homelessness Senior Services Child & Youth Services Environment & Animals Art & Culture Serve with Good for Groups Family Friendly

Ways to Volunteer by Date

June Opportunities (1 of 2)

June 1st

Friends & Donors Breakfast

Wesley House Community Center

Runs Until June 2nd

MCFA Annual Bark in the Park Volunteers Monroe County Friends of Animals

June 1st - June 29th

Product Recovery: June

Second Harvest of East Tennessee

June 3rd

Annual Statehood Day Festival

Marble Springs State Historic Site

June 3rd

National Trails Day Work on North Ridge Trail

Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning

June 3rd

Information Table Assistant - Bike

Boat Brew & Bark

Team Knoxville Volunteers

June 5th

Volunteer at Yoga in Adair Park

The Camp Koinonia Foundation

June 5th - July 21st

Daily Discovery Activity Table Volunteer

MUSE Knoxville

June 5th - July 28th

Summer Art Academy

Knoxville Museum of Art

June 6th - July 18th

Steam Sprouts/ Mess Makers Volunteers

MUSE Knoxville

June 7th - July 19th

Read & Play Volunteer

MUSE Knoxville

Runs Until June 8th

Cycle Service X Centro

Bike Assembly Volunteers

Two Bikes

June 8th

Volunteer at Movie Night at the Cinebarre

The Camp Koinonia Foundation

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Ways to Volunteer by Date

June Opportunities (2 of 2)

June 10th

Knoxville’s Largest Kids Party Event

MUSE Knoxville

June 10th

Dia Del Nino Event

MUSE Knoxville

June 10th & 24th

Vintage Baseball

Historic Ramsey House

June 12th

Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp

Golf Tournament Volunteers

McNabb Center

June 17th

Dragon Boat

Festival Volunteers

Knox Area Rescue Ministries

June 22nd-23rd

Information Table Assistant - AAU

World Championship

Team Knoxville Volunteers

June 22nd-24th

Big BBQ Bash Volunteers McNabb Center

June 26th-30th

Summer Camp Volunteer SHADES of Development

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Ways to Volunteer by Date

July Opportunities

June 5th - July 28th

Summer Art Academy

Knoxville Museum of Art

June 5th - July 21st

Daily Discovery Table

MUSE Knoxville

June 6th - July 18th

Steam Sprouts/ Mess Makers Volunteers

MUSE Knoxville

June 7th - July 19th

Read & Play Volunteer

MUSE Knoxville

July 3rd - July 4th

Gatlinburg’s 48th

Annual 4th of July Midnight Parade

Gatlinburg Convention & Visitors Bureau

July 4th

Fourth of July on

Mabry’s Hill Volunteers

Mabry-Hazen House

July 29th

River Clean-Up Paddle

Seven Islands State Birding Park

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

Ongoing Event Volunteer at Beardsley Farm

CAC Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Ongoing Event Volunteer to Serve a Meal

Knox Area Rescue Ministries

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Projects by Impact Area

Child & Youth Services

June 1st

Friends & Donors Breakfast

Wesley House Community Center

June 5th - July 21st

Daily Discovery Activity Table Volunteer

MUSE Knoxville

June 5th - July 28th

Summer Art Academy

Knoxville Museum of Art

June 6th - July 18th

Steam Sprouts/ Mess Makers Volunteers

MUSE Knoxville

June 7th - July 19th

Read & Play Volunteer

MUSE Knoxville

Runs Until June 8th

Cycle Service X Centro

Bike Assembly Volunteers

Two Bikes

June 10th

Knoxville’s Largest Kids Party Event

MUSE Knoxville

June 10th

Dia Del Nino Event

MUSE Knoxville

June 26th-30th

Summer Camp Volunteer

SHADES of Development

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Projects by Impact Area

Arts & Culture

June 3rd

Information Table Assistant - Bike

Boat Brew & Bark

Team Knoxville Volunteers

June 3rd

Annual Statehood Day Festival

Marble Springs State Historic Site

June 3rd

Volunteer at Yoga in Adair Park

The Camp Koinonia Foundation

June 8th

Volunteer at Movie Night at the Cinebarre

The Camp Koinonia Foundation

June 10th & 24th

Vintage Baseball

Historic Ramsey House

June 22nd-23rd

Information Table Assistant -

AAU World Championship Team Knoxville Volunteers

July 4th

Fourth of July on Mabry’s Hill Volunteers

Mabry-Hazen House

July 3rd - July 4th

Gatlinburg’s 48th

Annual 4th of July Midnight Parade

Gatlinburg Convention & Visitors Bureau

Ongoing Event

Volunteer at the Birthplace of Tennessee Gov William Blount Mansion Association

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Projects by Impact Area

Health and Wellness

June 12th

Bob Kesling and Bert Bertelkamp

Golf Tournament Volunteers

McNabb Center

June 22nd-24th

BBQ Bash Volunteers

McNabb Center

Environment & Animals

Runs until June 2nd

MCFA Annual Bark in the Park Volunteers

Monroe County Friends of Animals

June 3rd

National Trails Day Work on North Ridge Trail

Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning

July 29th

River Clean-Up Paddle

Seven Islands State Birding Park

Hunger & Homelessness

June 17th

Dragon Boat Festival Volunteers

Knox Area Rescue Ministries

Ongoing Event Volunteer at Beardsley Farm

CAC Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Ongoing Event Volunteer to Serve a Meal

Knox Area Rescue Ministries

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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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