Day of Service 2010

Stake: knoxville Cumberland

Community Partners: Trentville United Methodist Church
Religious Partners:Trentville United Methodist Church Organization Served: St. Mary's Holston Villas
Influencers: None listed
Total people involved: 85
Total volunteer hours: 230

Raised bed gardens were constructed to be used by senior residents of a senior housing development. The beds were filled with wood chips, mulch and top soil.

Contact Person: Dan Parker

Name of Organization:

Dante Baptist Missionary Church

Location and Time:

Dante Baptist Missionary Church
319 Brown Rd.
Knoxville, TN 37918

8:00—12:00

Activity/responsibility:

Assisting elderly and disadvantaged on home repair and yard work;
Assisting the Love Kitchen (for homeless);
Visiting local nursing homes.

Tools or skills required:

Some light carpentry skills and use of yard tools

work gloves, shovels, wheelbarrows, mowers, leaf blowers, weedeaters

Ages:

12 + (under 12, if serving, must be supervised by parent; daycare will be provided for children of all ages.

Additional Notes:

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Contact Person: Alice Gold; 865-687-3764

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Name: Email: Phone: Ward/Organization: Event Name: Enter this value: Here:

Name of Organization:

Salvation Army

Location and Time:

Salvation Army Child Care Facility, Fountain City, Tennessee

9:00 —1:00

Activity/responsibility:

Taking down an old fence and erecting a new one at a child care facility as well as landscaping

Tools or skills required:

Gloves

Ages:

12+

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Contact Person: Valerie Ader

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Name: Email: Phone: Ward/Organization: Event Name: Enter this value: Here:

Name of Organization:

United Methodist Church

Location and Time:

Fountain City

9:00—1:00

Activity/responsibility:

Putting together basic hygiene kits for the people of Haiti.

Tools or skills required:

None

Ages:

8+

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Contact Person: Valerie Ader

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Name: Email: Phone: Ward/Organization: Event Name: Enter this value: Here:

Name of Organization:

Methodist Church of Maryville

Location and Time:

Methodist Church of Maryville

10:00 — 2:00

Activity/responsibility:

Assist in preparing and distributing food and other items.

Tools or skills required:

None

Ages:

12+

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Contact Person: Ray Wolfe

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Name: Email: Phone: Ward/Organization: Event Name: Enter this value: Here:

Name of Organization:

Family Readiness Group

Location and Time:

West Hills Chapel

10:00—2:00

Activity/responsibility:

A craft day will be organized for children toddler to twelve years old so parents can have a break to do things they want or need to do. Various crafts will be made available for the children to participate in according to their age appropriateness.

Tools or skills required:

Knowledge of crafts suitable for children from toddler to twelve years old.

Ages:

16+

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Contact Person: Terry Williams

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Name: Email: Phone: Ward/Organization: Event Name: Enter this value: Here:

Name of Organization:

Emory Valley Corporation

Location and Time:

Eight different homes—addresses to follow

9:00 — 2:00

Activity/responsibility:

The homes of these special needs people are in need of basic maintenance and repair. Eight different homes will be improved.

Tools or skills required:

Basic carpentry skills; electrical knowledge and skills; plumbing knowledge and skills.

Ages:

16+

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Contact Person: Eric Tobler

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Name: Email: Phone: Ward/Organization: Event Name: Enter this value: Here:

Name of Organization:

Red Cross

Location and Time:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
11837 Grigsby Chapel Road
Farragut, TN 37922

9:00 — 12:00

Activity/responsibility:

Assembly of “comfort kits” which are used to assist those who have lost residences due to fire or other natural disasters. The Red Cross uses hundreds of these per year and their inventory is currently very low.

Tools or skills required:

None

Ages:

12=

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Contact Person: David Sexton

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Name of Organization:

Ball Camp Sports Fields

Location and Time:

Ball Camp Sports Fields

9:00 — 2:00

Activity/responsibility:

Weeding, painting, basic maintenance.

Tools or skills required:

Gardening tools; basic carpentry tools and skills.

Ages:

12+

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Contact Person: Stuart Clark

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Name: Email: Phone: Ward/Organization: Event Name: Enter this value: Here:

Name of Organization:

St. Mary’s Holston Villas

Location and Time:

St. Mary’s Holston Villas

9:00 — 12:00

Activity/responsibility:

Construction of a raised bed (wheelchair) garden for patrons of a senior housing community. This will enable them to enjoy gardening without having to get to the ground.

Tools or skills required:

Basic carpentry skills and tools.

Ages:

14+

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Contact Person: John Lewis

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Name of Organization:

Sevier County Health Care Center

Location and Time:

Sevier County Health Care Center

11:00 —3:00

Activity/responsibility:

Basic items of possible need and want in a nursing home will be made available for patrons to purchase.

Tools or skills required:

None

Ages:

18+

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Contact Person: Dan Parker

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Name of Organization:

Sevier County Health Care Center

Location and Time:

Sevier County Health Care Center
Partnering with St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church and First United Methodist Church of Sevierville

11:00 — 3:00

Activity/responsibility:

Some exterior painting and cleaning; window cleaning

Tools or skills required:

Painting skills

Ages:

12 +

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Contact Person: Dan Parker

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