Festival & Event Guide 2018 Edition
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Child & Youth Education
Civic & Community
Environment
Family Service
Health & Wellness
Senior Services
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April-May Volunteer Opportunities Click the links to learn more and sign up to volunteer!
April
April 19, 21, 25 & 27-28
Bowl For Kids’ Sake
May 4
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Music in the Mountains Spring Parade
Codestock 2018
May 4-5
April 19-21
Visit Knoxville
April 27
Cinco Fest - Benefiting RAM Remote Area Medical - RAM
April 27-28
KIVA Volleyball Tournament Visit Knoxville
April 27-29
2018 Dogwood Arts Festival on Market Square Dogwood Arts
April 28
Sound the Alarm, Save a Life. American Red Cross
April 28
Hard Knox Pizza Dogwood Classic 5k Run/Walk
Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events
JDRF One Walk Knoxville JDRF - East Tennessee
May 5
CHFF Spring Open House
Century Harvest Farms Foundation
May 9
Knoxville Jazz Youth Orchestra concert at Ijams Ijams Nature Center
May 12
Mudder’s Day Madness Harmony Family Center
May 12
Mechanicsville Cleanup Keep Knoxville Beautiful
May 13
Knoxville Track Club
Seventy Thirty Creatives performance at Ijams
May
May 19
May 3-4
National Street Rod Association Visit Knoxville
May 4
Scenic City Sporting Clays Tournament Helen Ross McNabb Center
Ijams Nature Center
Farragut Creek Cleanup Keep Knoxville Beautiful
May 19
CHFF Revel for Roots Event Century Harvest Farms Foundation
May 19
YMCA Community Garden Workday YMCA of East Tennessee
May-June Volunteer Opportunities Click the links to learn more and sign up to volunteer!
May
May 20
Open Streets: South Knoxville Visit Knoxville
May 21
2018 Bob Kesling & Bert Bertelkamp Golf Tournament Helen Ross McNabb Center
May 26
June 14-16
2018 Big Kahuna Wing Festival Big Kahuna Wing Festival
June 20-24
2018 USA Cycling
Visit Knoxville Volunteers
June 22-23
2018 Big BBQ Bash
Helen Ross McNabb Center
The It Company Expo 10k & 5k
June 23
June
YMCA of East Tennessee
Knoxville Track Club
YMCA Community Garden Workday
June 1
June 24-26
Friends of the Tennessee’s Babies with Special Needs
Visit Knoxville
First Friday Date Night
American Dairy Science Conference
June 2
Bike Boat Brew & Bark Visit Knoxville Volutneers
June 9
Returning Hearts Celebration Carnival Experinece FOCUS Ministries
June 9
June Outdoor Service Day The MUSE Knoxville
Featured Upcoming Event:
Mudder’s Day Madness Harmony Family Center
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Past Volunteer Opportunities Opportunities on this page have passed.
March
April
Pitch Hit & Run
Sugarlands + ASP Homebuild
March 14
Boys & Girls Clubs of the TN Valley
March 16 & 17
Knox Shamrock Festival
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
March 17
Lucky Kidney Run Volunteer East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
March 17
2018 South Knoxville Cleanup Keep Knoxville Beautiful
March 17 & 24
Bed Whetter’s Garden Design Series
East TN Permaculture Research Institute
March 17
Outdoor Service Day The Muse Knoxville
March 20-24
A Mountain Quiltfest
Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events
March 20-22 & 24-25
Knoxville Marathon Knoxville Track Club
March 24
Knoxville Marathon: Information Visit Knoxville Volunteers
April 2-6
ASP + Sugarlands Distilling Co.
April 5
Boys’ Night Out
Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley
April 5-8
Rhythm N’ Blooms Dogwood Arts
April 7
Softball Tournament to End Homelessness
Tennessee Coalition for the Homeless
April 7
Farragut Book Fest Town of Farragut
April 7
Tennessee Fury AAU Basketball Visit Knoxville
April 12
Girls’ Night Out
Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley
April 14
Rossini Festival
Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival
April 14
Spring Fling Basketball Visit Knoxville
April 15
JDRF One Walk Chattanooga JDRF - East Tennessee
Photo Credits Date Dogwood Arts
Arts & Culture March
March 20-24
A Mountain Quiltfest
Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events
April
April 5-8
Rhythm N’ Blooms Dogwood Arts
April 7
Dogwood Arts Rhythm N’Blooms Festival
Town of Farragut
May
Farragut Book Fest April 14
Rossini Festival
Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival
April 27-29
2018 Dogwood Arts Festival on Market Square
May 4
Music in the Mountains Spring Parade Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events
Dogwood Arts
March
Environment
March 17
2018 South Knoxville Cleanup Keep Knoxville Beautiful
March 17 & 24 Keep Sevier Beautiful
Bed Whetter’s Garden Design Series
East Tennessee Permaculture Research Institute
Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events
Civic & Community
Pigeon Forget Office of Special Events
March
March 14
Pitch Hit & Run
Boys & Girls Clubs of the TN Valley
March 17
Outdoor Service Day The MUSE
April 5
Boys’ Night Out
Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley
April 12
Girls’ Night Out
Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley
March 20-24
May
Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events
National Street Rod Association
A Mountain Quiltfest
March 24
Knoxville Marathon: Information Visit Knoxville Volunteers
April April 7
Tennessee Fury AAU Basketball Visit Knoxville
April 14
May 3-4
Visit Knoxville
May 4
Music in the Mountains Spring Parade
Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events
May 20
Open Streets: South Knoxville Visit Knoxville
Spring Fling Basketball
June
April 19-21
2018 Big Kahuna Wing Festival
Visit Knoxville
Codestock 2018 Visit Knoxville
April 27-28
KIVA Volleyball Tournament Visit Knoxville
June 14-16
Big Kahuna Wing Festival
June 24-26
American Dairy Science Conference Visit Knoxville
March
Senior Services
March 16 & 17
Knox Shamrock Festival Volunteer
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
March 17
Lucky Kidney Run Volunteer
East Tennessee Kidney Society
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
Family Service June Helen Ross McNabb
April
June 9
Returning Hearts Celebration Carnival Experinece FOCUS Ministries
April 28
June 22-23
American Red Cross
Helen Ross McNabb Center
Sound the Alarm, Save a Life.
2018 Big BBQ Bash
May
May 4
Scenic City Sporting Clays Tournament Helen Ross McNabb Center
May 12
Mudder’s Day Madness Harmony Family Center
American Red Cross
Ladies of Charity
March
March 16 & 17
May
May 4-5
JDRF One Walk Knoxville JDRF - East Tennessee
Knox Shamrock Festival Volunteer
May 5
March 17
May 19
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
Bed Whetter’s Garden Design Series
East Tennessee Permaculture Institute
Health & Wellness
CHFF Spring Open House Event Century Harvest Farms Foundation
CHFF Revel for Roots Event Century Harvest Farms Foundation
May 21
Lucky Kidney Run Volunteer
2018 Bob Kesling & Bert Bertelkamp Golf Tournament
March 20-22 & 24-25
May 26
Knoxville Track Club
Knoxville Track Club
March 17
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
Knoxville Marathon
Helen Ross McNabb Center
The It Company Expo 10k & 5k
April
April 2-6
Sugarlands + ASP Homebuild ASP + Sugarlands Distilling Co.
April 15
JDRF One Walk Chattanooga JDRF - East Tennessee
April 28
Sound the Alarm, Save a Life. American Red Cross
April 28
Hard Knox Pizza Dogwood Classic 5k Run/Walk Knoxville Track Club
East Tennessee Kidney Foundation
Child & Youth Education April 12
Girls’ Night Out
May
Boys & Girls Club of the Ten- May 26 The It Company nessee Valley
April 19: Sevierville
Bowl For Kids’ Sake Big Brothers Big Sisters
April 21: Maryville Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival
March
March 17
Outdoor Service Day The Muse Knoxville
April April 5
Boys’ Night Out
Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley
Bowl For Kids’ Sake Big Brothers Big Sisters
April 25: Knoxville
Bowl For Kids’ Sake Big Brothers Big Sisters
April 27-28: Knoxville
Knoxville Track Club
June June 9
Returning Hearts Celebration - Carnival Experinece FOCUS Ministries
Bowl For Kids’ Sake Big Brothers Big Sisters
April 28
Hard Knox Pizza Dogwood Classic 5k Run/Walk Knoxville Track Club
Other Categories April
10k & 5k
Expo
Remote Area Medical
April 2-6
April 7
April 27
ASP + Sugarlands Distilling Co.
Tennessee Coalition for the Homeless
Remote Area Medical - RAM
Sugarlands + ASP Homebuild
Softball Tournament Cinco Fest to End Homelessness Benefiting RAM
Index of Partners
2018 Volunteer East Tennessee Partners A Step Ahead Alliance for Better Nonprofits American Red Cross of East Tennessee Big Brothers Big Sisters Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley CAC Office on Aging CAC Mobile Meals CAC Project LIVE CAC Beardsley Community Farm Caris Healthcare CASA of East Tennessee Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Century Harvest Farms Foundation Dogwood Arts East Tennessee Kidney Foundation East Tennessee Permaculture Research Institute Emerald Youth Foundation ETHRA FOCUS Ministries Friends of TN Babies with Special Needs Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation Girl Talk Girls Inc. of the TN Valley Great Schools Partnership Habitat for Humanity Harmony Family Center Helen Ross McNabb Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley Humans and Animals Learning Together (HALT) Ijams JDRF Joy of Music School Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Keep Knoxville Beautiful Keep Sevier Beautiful
Knox Area Rescue Ministries & KARM Stores Knox County Museum of Education Knoxville Leadership Foundation Knoxville Museum of Art Knoxville Opera Knoxville Track & Field Club Ladies of Charity Legacy Housing Foundation Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events Project GRAD Knoxville Random Acts of Flowers Remote Area Medical Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee Sertoma Center of Knoxville Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Seymour Volunteer Fire Department SHADES of Development Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries, Inc. Smoky Mountain Hospice STAR Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless Tennessee Valley Fair The Children’s Center of Knoxville The Muse Knoxville The Restoration House The Salvation Army Town of Farragut United Way of Greater Knoxville United Way of Sevier County Visit Knoxville Volunteers Volunteer Ministry Center YMCA Young-Williams YWCA Zoo Knoxville
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it easy for your company to address local community needs.