Volunteer East Tennessee

National Public Lands Volunteer Day

The annual NEEF National Public Lands Day (NPLD), sponsored by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. Bring your family, friends, students, or coworkers to spend the day outdoors giving back to your community by pulling invasive species, maintaining trails, picking up trash, and more. Your work will help ensure our public lands continue to be beautiful places for all to enjoy! Through NPLD, NEEF works to connect people to public lands in their community, inspire environmental stewardship, and encourage use of public lands for education, recreation, and general health. No specific skills are required. Gloves will be provided. There will be a brief informative hike to the work site. We suggest that you wear long sleeves and pants and sturdy shoes. Please bring along water and a snack and a willingness to lend a ha Meet at the Bluebird Barn, at the main parking area at 9:00 am. Sign Up via the link below.

9/28/19 9:00 AM

Volunteer at Over the Edge

The Restoration House needs volunteers for our exciting rappelling fundraiser, Over The Edge! The event will be on Saturday September 28th with set up on Friday September 27th. In honor of single mother families, approximately 100 people will be rappelling off of the historic Trotter Building on Market Street. However, rappelling isn’t the only thing happening on Saturday, September 28th: there’s also a FREE full blown Block Party on the street below! Friends and families will be on site from 8am-4pm to enjoy fun Games for both kids and adults. They’ll enjoy the Kidzone (with sidewalk chalk, bubbles, bouncy house, and Rock Climbing Wall), get some yummy treats in the Foodzone, win great raffle drawings in the Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Coop, and beat the heat in our Coolzone Misting Station. Volunteers will be assigned to one of the following: registration, children’s rock wall, the landing zone, roof patrol or other as needed.

9/28/19 12:00 PM

Leaders for Readers

Remember when you learned how to read? If you’re like most people, you might not. But you probably remember how reading made you feel. The Knox County Mayor’s Office and Knox County Schools, along with Great Schools Partnership are proud to introduce Leaders for Readers: a new volunteer program to help first, second, and third grade students practice and grow their reading skills. Our mission is to raise the number of students in Knox County who can read proficiently by the end of third grade. Studies have shown us time and time again that literacy is best obtained by the end of third grade. Help us give more students the one-on-one support and practice they need in these critical years to better develop strong and deep reading skills. ***Students need reading mentors for the Fall 2019 semester.*** Let us know you're in! Join our Volunteer Interest List by Clicking the "Express Interest" button below. We are in need of volunteers at the following elementary schools: Ball Camp Beaumont Belle Morris Bonny Kate Dogwood East Knox Fountain City Green Inskip Karns Lonsdale Maynard Mount Olive New Hopewell Norwood Pond Gap Ritta Sam E. Hill Sarah Moore Greene South Knox Spring Hill Sunnyview West Haven West Hills West View Once interest has been expressed, volunteers can expect an email from the program manager with more details on completing their background check. This process takes approx. 1 week. Volunteering will begin at the end of September 2019 and run thru the end of April 2020.

Through 2/1/20

Playhouse Build Team Leader

Like Putting together IKEA furniture? Enjoy working Puzzles? Enjoy leading small groups? Have a flexible work schedule? Knoxville Habitat for Humanity is seeking Playhouse Build Team Leaders for its Project Playhouse Program. Team leaders will provide construction guiidance to sponors assembling playhouses. Minimal constuction experience needed. Playhouse workdays can from 4-8hrs. Minimum of 1 year commitment.

Through 2/28/20