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Fall Newsletter

Click below to read our fall newsletter. Fall Newsletter 2020 (1)

Welcome Home!

We have a celebration to share with you! Chrissy and her daughter Jaden are moving into their own apartment this week, just in time for the holiday season. Congratulations and welcome home!

Job Posting – Second Chance, A Family Promise Thrift Store

Thrift Store Manager – Posted 10/7/19 Position: Thrift Store Manager Status: Part-time (20 hours per week), Hourly rate depends on experience Reports to: Executive Director Location: Second Chance, A Family Promise Thrift Store, 705 E. Lincoln Rd. in Alcoa, TN Position Summary: The Thrift Store manager will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of […]

Caroline Lamar to Lead Family Promise of Blount County

The Board of Directors of Family Promise of Blount County is pleased to share that Caroline Maynard Lamar is now the full-time Executive Director of the agency, effective January 1, 2020.  Family Promise provides shelter and long-term assistance for families experiencing homelessness in Blount County. Lamar has served as interim Executive Director since August 2019.  […]

How You Can Help

Friends, it is a time of great uncertainty. Like you, we have been monitoring the COVID-19 crisis for several weeks. Despite all that is going on, we are still called to serve the most vulnerable families in our community. The services Family Promise of Blount County provides will be needed even more in the months […]

Introducing our Interim Executive Director

As was announced this week, I have been named Interim Director of Family Promise of Blount County. I am excited about getting to know more of our volunteers and supporters in the coming months. Family Promise of Blount County has the most amazing volunteers who truly live up to the mission of creating a community […]

Thank you Daily Times!

Lamar takes over as interim executive director of Family Promise Family Promise of Blount County has named an interim executive director, former board member Caroline Maynard Lamar, who replaces Kathi Parkins. “After nine years as executive director of Family Promise of Blount County, Kathi Parkins has resigned,” the written statement from the board reads. “Under […]

Grand Opening of our New Day Center! Special Parking Available!

Please join us on Thursday, April 27, 2017, for the GRAND OPENING of our new Family Promise Day Center!  Thanks to the amazing community support here in Blount County, we will have a new central center that will allow us to serve our families, expand our programs, and continue to end family homelessness!   Click […]