Volunteer East Tennessee Holiday Guide to Volunteering

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Winter Edition 2018 | Issue 04

Volunteer for the holidays

Volunteer in Learn how to your office use the guide

HolidaytoGuide volunteering

Photo courtesy of Helen Ross McNabb Center.

How to use this guide Step 1: Choose your favorite way to volunteer.

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Choose by date.

Choose by impact.

Step 2: Sign up to spread holiday cheer!

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Holiday Volunteer Opportunities Click the volunteer opportunity below to learn more.

Supplies needed through 12/18

School Supplies needed for Mentor 2.0 Program Big Brothers Big Sisters of East TN Supplies needed through 12/18

YWCA Donation Wishlist for Keys of Hope Housing Program and After-School Enrichment YWCA

Bring on the holiday cheer for youth December 31

Cheer in the New Year at Noon!

The Muse Knoxville

Volunteers needed through 12/18

Become a “Grannie” or “Grandpa” CAC Office on Aging

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Holiday Volunteer Opportunities Click the volunteer opportunity below to learn more.

Paws for the holidays December 14-16

Santa’s Village at Zoo Knoxville Zoo Knoxville

Volunteers needed through 1/19

Foster a homeless pet!

Young-Williams Animal Center Volunteers needed through 1/19

Humane Society volunteer

Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley

Brighten the season for a senior

Volunteers needed through 1/19

Work with horses

Horse Haven of Tennessee, Inc.

Volunteers needed through 1/19

2018 Holiday Mobile Meals Delivery CAC Mobile Meals

Volunteers needed through 1/19

Check on a Senior Contact Care Line, Inc.

Volunteers needed through 1/19

Provide companionship to Hospice Patients Caris Healthcare

Volunteers needed through 3/19

Give the Gift of a Lift CAC Office on Aging

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Holiday Volunteer Opportunities Click the volunteer opportunity below to learn more.

Volunteers needed through 12/31

Provide coats for the cold Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries

Volunteers needed through 12/31

Organize and Host a Drive Volunteer Ministry Center January 1

Help ring in the New Year with Knoxville Track Club

Give the gift of time

KTC

November 23 - December 23

Wrap Gifts for The Angel Tree The Angel Tree, Inc. December 12-14

Cookies for a Cause

A Step Ahead East Tennessee December 12-22

Red Kettle Bell Ringing Broadway The Salvation Army December 12-22

Red Kettle Bell Ringing Chapman Hwy

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Volunteer Opportunities by Date Click the volunteer opportunity below to learn more.

November Starts 11/1 - Holiday Mobile Meals Delivery Starts 11/1 - Check on a Senior Starts 11/1 - Companionship to Patients Starts 11/1 - Foster a homeless pet!

Starts 11/1 - Humane Society volunteer Starts 11/1 - Work with horses Starts 11/1 - Become an Animal Advocate!

Starts 11/1 - Provide coats for the cold Starts 11/1 - Organize + Host a Drive for VMC!

December 12/12-14 - Cookies for a Cause 12/12-22 - Kettle Bell Rining Broadway 12/12-22 - Kettle Bell Ringing Chapman Hwy 12/14 - Santa’s Village at Zoo Knoxville 12/31 - Cheer in the New Year at Noon!

1/1 - Help ring in the New Year with KTC Ends 12/1 - Camping for Cans Ends 12/23 - Wrap Gifts for The Angel Tree Ends 1/8 - Holiday Mobile Meals Delivery Ends 2019 - Give the Gift of a Lift Ends 2019 - Check on a Senior Ends 2019 - Companionship to Patients Ends 2019 - Foster a homeless pet!

Ends 2019 - Humane Society volunteer Ends 2019 - Work with horses Ends 2019 - Become an Animal Advocate!

Ends 2019 - Provide coats for the cold Ends 2019 - Be a “Grannie” or “Grandpa”

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You gave your time,

the most thoughtful gift of all.

Thank you for spreading holiday cheer!

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Holiday Volunteer @ the Office Wish you could give back at work?

You can!

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Become a volunteer today.

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2018 VETN Partners by Impact Visit volunteerETN.org to learn more about our nonprofit partners!

Adult Education

Pellissippi State Community College

Animals

Horse Haven of Tennessee Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley Young-Williams Animal Center Zoo Knoxville

Arts & Culture

Dogwood Arts Joy of Music School Knox County Museum of Education Knoxville Museum of Art Knoxville Opera Tennessee Valley Fair

Children & Youth Education

Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley Emerald Youth Foundation Girl Talk, Inc. Girls Inc of the Tennessee Valley Great Schools Partnership HALT - Humans & Animals Learning Together Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Project GRAD Knoxville SHADES of Development The Children’s Center of Knoxville The Muse Knoxville

Civic & Community

Alliance for Better Nonprofits Big Kahuna Wing Festival Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Knoxville Chamber Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Knoxville Leadership Foundation Leadership Knoxville Legacy Housing Foundation Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Town of Farragut United Way of Greater Knoxville United Way of Sevier County Visit Knoxville Volunteers

Disaster & Emergency

American Red Cross Seymour Volunteer Fire Department

Environment

Ijams Nature Center Keep Knoxville Beautiful Keep Sevier Beautiful Seven Islands State Birding Park

Faith-Based Services

Catholic Charities of East Tennessee FOCUS Ministries The Salvation Army

Family Services

Friends of Tennessee’s Babies with Special Needs Harmony Family Center The Restoration House

Health & Wellness

A Step Ahead Caris Healthcare Contact Care Line, Inc. East Tennessee Kidney Foundation East Tennessee Permaculture Research Institute Helen Ross McNabb Center JDRF Knoxville Track Club Random Acts of Flowers Remote Area Medical Sertoma Center Smoky Mountain Hospice STAR YMCA of East Tennessee

Hunger & Homelessness

CAC Beardsley Farm Century Harvest Farms Foundation Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries & KARM Stores Ladies of Charity Second Harvest Food Bank Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries, Inc. Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless Volunteer Ministry Center

Justice & Legal Services CASA of East Tennessee

Senior Services CAC Mobile Meals CAC Office on Aging CAC Project LIVE ETHRA

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