Nonprofit Spotlight

“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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Remote Area Medical honors late founder with an innovative approach to serving during the pandemic It’s an early Friday morning in February, and the Jacob Building in Knoxville has transformed inside. The sun has not yet risen, and yet…
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Dolly’s dream of inspiring young readers has put 150 million books—so far—in children’s hands Each month in homes in Knox County, more than 21,000 children receive a book in the mail. The packaging comes off and the children rediscover…
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East Tennessee Children’s Hospital connects with families to help their children This past April, while many were settling in to COVID-19 quarantine, Josie Fellers was practicing for one of her biggest performances yet: auditions for…
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Nonprofit trains workers for jobs while encouraging recycling Everyone has had an experience with Goodwill Industries. Whether you have donated items after spring cleaning or searched for secondhand treasures at one of their many retail…
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Smokies’ center inspires curiosity about the nature that surrounds it The Great Smoky Mountains National Park in our backyard isn’t something to take for granted. Its landmarks and vistas challenge and inspire us. One such landmark is…
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