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Community Partner – UT Extension Cooking Class “Eating Smart”

If you are a graduate of any of our programs or a current guest this class is for you! Join us for a 6-week Cooking class SAVE MONEY – MEAL PLAN – HAVE FUN! Bring the kids and cook together! Receive cool kitchen tools at each class! Attend all 6 classes and receive a gift […]

Seeking Volunteers – Meals for Shelter

We are so grateful to our congregations and volunteers who prepare meals for our shelter families each week. Today we are asking for help. We have several “Open Weeks” in our schedule.  That means no congregation has signed up to provide meals for that week. So we are looking for new partners – like Maryville […]

Volunteer Training Opportunities

Healing from Homelessness: A Conversation on Loss, Grief, and Resilience Wednesday, January 26, 2022 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM ET ??Register Now?? Family Promise Volunteers are invited to join us for this opportunity to understand the complex emotions surrounding the experience of homelessness. Learn about the ways that experiencing homelessness can manifest itself as loss, grief, […]

Volunteers – Here are some things you can do to help:

Have you moved or changed your phone number?  Want to change your volunteer preferences?  Update your information here:?? VOLUNTEER?? (new volunteers can use this same form!) Want to get on our email list? ?? Sign up for Newsletter (Mailchimp)?? Did you know we need to report volunteer hours for grants?  We know there are so many of […]

VIP Knoxville Magazine

Thank you VIP Knoxville Magazine for including our amazing Executive Director in the Blount County “Unsung Heroes.” Read the whole magazine here: Current Issue by Sherri Gardner Howell Photo credit: Tassi Williams Photography  

University of Tennessee Learning Through Giving – Fall Semester 2021

Proud to announce Family Promise of Blount County and Family Promise of Roane County have been chosen to receive the University to Tennessee Learning Through Giving Grant (for a second year!)  This capacity-building grant requires a team of agencies to collaborate on a proposal.  Both agencies must be a member of the Alliance for Better […]

Wanted: Blount County Landlords

Family Promise of Blount County is looking to partner with Blount County Landlords We have guests looking for permanent housing. We work with our guests through two programs that help prepare them for renting- 1. Future Begins at Home: This is a grant program where we can pay the initial deposit and background check the […]

Thanksgiving Boxes

? If you want to provide a food box (or donate any amount towards one) we will be providing a Thanksgiving Box, Dessert Box, and a Grocery Box to families in our program.  (Transitional Housing, Going Home Staying Home families.) ?click here?

Holiday Happenings ? ???⛄❄

Every year we get calls asking how you can help a family in our program during the holidays.  Here are ways you can get involved: ⛄ We would like to provide new coats for the children in our program.  If you would like to donate we can shop for you, or you can choose a […]