Nonprofit Spotlight

East Tennessee efforts provide hope and support for those with cystic fibrosis School mornings for Tucker Jack begin at 5:30 a.m. At 14 years old, he starts off the day with a sinus rinse and a breathing treatment that lasts about 30…
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Akima celebrates 75 years of relationship building in Knoxville Emma Bea Stallings needs no time to ponder when asked why she’s stuck with the Akima Club for so long. Stallings is the active member with the longest standing in the…
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East Tennessee Children’s Hospital CEO Matt Schaefer leads the charge with passion, drive, and a desire to make an impact It’s 6:30 a.m. and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital CEO Matthew Schaefer—just the third in the hospital’s…
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Empowered leaders keep traditions alive and thriving at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts There is nothing more thrilling to me than hearing the stories of women who have put their boots to the ground and inspired their communities…
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Tennessee Wildlife Federation is on a mission to protect the wildlife, water, and resources of the Volunteer State Knoxville native Bruce Fox’s introduction to the Tennessee Wildlife Federation came to him at the perfect time. An avid…
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“A generation that ignores history has no past and no future.” – Robert Heinlein "My friends,” John Rice Irwin has written, “are the warm, happy, independent folk of these southern mountains. They are my people and the people I love.…
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Wears Valley Ranch provides a safe space for children to grow East Tennessee Pastor Jim Wood began his work serving others when he was just 15. At the time, Wood lived in North Carolina and the state-run Juvenile Evaluation Center (part…
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Restoration House provides support and kinship for single moms It was the summer of 2005 and a small group of adults from an East Tennessee church sat together indulging in an ice breaker. “If you could do anything with no…
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The University of Tennessee Gardens provides knowledge, growth, and serenity for all who enter It’s a Thursday morning in April in Knoxville and inside the University of Tennessee Gardens, volunteers, interns, professors, and gardens…
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The Love Kitchen’s all-volunteer team honors the memory of their founders by feeding their neighbors It was 2001 when Patrick Riggins stepped foot inside the Love Kitchen for the first time. While he lived in Knoxville his entire life,…
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