Halloween is coming up very quickly, and many are starting to make plans on how to celebrate the day! The University of Tennesse Chapter of NAACP is hosting a “BOOfest” at Green Magnet Elementary School on Monday, October 31st, 5pm-8pm. It is a safe and fun alternative to trick or treating. There will be tons of crafts, games, and activities! Also, every child will leave with their own FULL bag of candy! The event if FREE! Please see the flyer below.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee is pleased to name Holly Buchanan as the new Events and Media Manager.
Holly is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Electronic Media. After her undergraduate studies, she was chosen from more than 25,000 applicants to join Teach For America where she taught for two years at one of the lowest performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. She then earned her Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from Vanderbilt University.
“This is such a wonderful opportunity for me to join the Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee team as we work to provide mentors for at-risk children. I have seen first-hand the benefits of having a strong mentor and I am excited to begin work. This is a very exciting time for Big Brothers Big Sisters, as we are on the verge of really making a huge impact on the East Tennessee community,” said Holly Buchanan.
CEO Myra Yeatman stated, “It is very exciting for Big Brothers Big Sisters to welcome a staff member of Holly’s intellect, experience in fund development and commitment to children to our team here in East Tennessee.”
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee is a non-profit organization that provides mentors to hundreds of children in the greater Knoxville and Tri-Cities areas. Children with a Big Brother or Big Sister are less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, skip school and exhibit violent behavior. The organization depends on contributions to help recruit volunteers and reach more children.
Have you gotten your tickets for the Belk Charity Sale Event yet? We can help! All this week Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee will be selling tickets at the entrance of the women’s Belk in West Town Mall. Remember, tickets are only $5 and allows you to shop storewide at 20-70% off on Saturday, November 5. from 6:00-10:00 a.m.
Here are the times that we will be selling the tickets:
Tuesday, Oct.18: 2:30-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct.19: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Thursday, Oct.20: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Come buy your tickets this week so that you can shop one of the best sales of the season!
Please help ADFAC help our community through the 5th Annual Feed the Need event. This is a weeklong event where nearly 20 local restaurants donate a portion of their sales on a particular day(s) to assist ADFAC with our mission of helping those in need throughout our extended community.
I would appreciate your helping us spread the word about this event through email, Facebook, or simply word of mouth . The more people who patronize these generous restaurants – the greater the financial support for ADFAC. All you have to do is pick a restaurant and make plans to eat out next week.
A quick look at the participating restaurants is available on the attached flyer. Many of these restaurants are locally owned and we love that this is a Win Win for our participating restaurants, donors and ultimately the clients ADFAC serves.
If you aren’t familiar with ADFAC, please visit our website: www.adfac.org or the Feed The Need page: http://www.adfac.org/feedtheneed.html
And, we’d love for you to ‘like’ us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/adfac
See the below link for a list of participating restaurants.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee is proud to announce that our organization, on a national level, has earned Philanthropedia’s top ranking on a list of “most recommended, high-impact national non-profits serving at-risk youth.”
A subsidiary of GuideStar, Philanthropedia assembles their rankings through the surveying of foundation professionals, researchers, academics, nonprofit senior staffers and other experts on their views of charities’ impact and organizational strengths. GuideStar is the industry leader in nonprofit data, providing information to donors, partners, governing agencies, and others to enable them to make informed decisions with regard to charitable giving.
Backed by research supporting its efficiency, Big Brothers Big Sisters holds itself accountable for helping children who face adversity achieve positive, measurable outcomes, including educational success, higher aspirations and confidence, improved relationships and risky behavior avoidance. The organization relies on funding to carefully make mentoring matches and provide ongoing support to mentors, mentees and their families, helping sustain the long-term, successful relationships unique to its programs.
“We are honored to be recognized as the leading nonprofit serving the population of young children who face adversity in their daily lives,” said Myra Yateman, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. “Our Staff strives to provide at-risk children with professionally supported mentoring relationships that aim to ultimately change their lives for the better.”
Our first place ranking was the result of recommendations from 88 national at-risk youth experts with an average of 19 years of experience in the field. These experts looked at nonprofit
organizations that worked with children they considered to be “at-risk,” including some involved with the foster care or the juvenile justice system; runaways and homeless youth; kids who have dropped out of school or at risk of not graduating; and teen parents. Big Brothers Big Sisters, which primarily serves children of single, low income or incarcerated parents, ranked first in only nine organizations recommended in the area of at-risk youth.
For more information about Big Brothers Big Sisters or our Volunteer Program, please visit www.bbbsetn.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee is a non-profit organization that provides mentors to hundreds of children in the greater Knoxville and Tri-Cities areas. Children with a Big Brother or Big Sister are less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, skip school and exhibit violent behavior. The organization depends on contributions to help recruit volunteers and reach more children.
Give a little to save a lot! On Saturday, November 5, from 6:00-10:00 a.m., Belk at West Town Mall is holding a charity sale benefiting BBBS of East Tennessee. Rarely discounted brands such as Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs, BCBGeneration, Kate Spade and more will be discounted 20%-70% off. All you have to do to participate is give $5.00 and then are free to shop and save storewide. We hope to see you at the sale!
We have an awesome once in a lifetime opportunity for you and your Littles!! Have you all seen that huge Air Force plane flying over Knoxville lately? Want to see it up close? Thanks to the US Air Force located at McGhee Tyson Airport , you and your Little will have the opportunity to tour several areas of the base including the KC-135 Refueling Aircraft. How cool is that?! Please see details below and let me know if you would like to take advantage of this awesome opportunity!
WHAT: US Air Force Air National Guard Tour
WHEN: Friday, October 14th, 9:00am – 11:30am *This is during the Knox Co. School System’s fall break!
WHERE: McGhee Tyson Airport
Free Footloose Movie Screening TONIGHT!!!
Bring your Littles to see FOOTLOOSE starring Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald.
Thursday, October 6
7:30 PM
Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18 & IMAX
To attend: each member MUST download a pass from Gofodo.com. You will have to create a log-in name before you can download a pass. Please print your pass to attend the screening. E-mail Holly Buchanan at hbuchanan@bbbsetn.org for more information.
