United Way of Blount County

QPR Training
2025-10-08 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-06-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
This Training will be facilitated by Scott Payne, Manager of Outreach and Support for Contact Care Line. Contact Care line runs the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for our area.
QPR (Question Persuade Refer) is a suicide intervention model in which participants learn warning signs of suicide crisis and how to respond using listening skills and knowledge of community resources. The training begins with a short discussion of suicide risks and a description of what is occurring when someone experiences suicide crisis. Goals of this training are to deepen our understanding of suicide crisis, and to develop skills to offer support with confidence.
Register here

October Helpline Meeting
2025-10-02 08:30 - 09:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Join organizations serving Blount County to network and learn about available services. Meeting is held in person at the United Way of Blount County Office.

United Way Dine Out Day @ Amici
2025-09-24 17:00 - 21:00 | Private: Amici, 1420 E Broadway Ave, Maryville, 37804, United States

Evaluation 101
2025-09-24 09:30 - 14:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Your nonprofit is doing impactful work…but how do you utilize evaluation tools and data to communicate your organization’s impact to the community? Jessica Gibbons, Chief Practice Officer & Co-Founder of Elevate Consulting, will explore how evaluation integrates into your organization’s work. All experience levels welcome! In-depth data collection, data analysis, or reporting/communications expertise not needed.
Lunch provided.
Cost: $10.00 per participant

United Way Gas Day
2025-09-19 07:00 - 18:00 | Participating Gas Stations in Blount County, TN, United States
Join us for a great day of volunteering, and help us give hope and change lives of those who need services for their health, education and self-sufficiency. One in five people in Blount County receive the services they need to thrive from United Way and our partner agencies.
Look for the United Way signs and banners at participating gas stations in Blount County, where you’ll find volunteers washing windshields and pumping gas for tips! Big thanks to Clayton for being the presenting sponsor of this event, and to Calloway and Downey Oil for supporting it!
To tip your favorite team, click here.

Stewards of Children Training
2025-09-16 13:00 - 15:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Offered by New Hope Children’s Advocacy Center, Stewards of Children by Darkness to Light is a free 2.5-hour training program developed by Darkness to Light that teaches all adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
The program is designed for organizations that serve youth and for individuals (over 18 years old) who are concerned about the safety of children. It is the only nationally distributed, evidence-informed program proven to increase knowledge, improve attitudes, and change child protective behaviors.

ALICE & Community Conversation (Brown Bag Lunch)
2025-09-10 11:30 - 13:00 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Bring your lunch and join Sarah Jurinsky, UWBC’s Director of Community Impact, to learn more about ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and what challenges low-to-moderate income households face in Blount County. There will be plenty of time for questions and conversation about how you can help! No cost and open to all.

Questions? Reach out to Sarah at sjurinsky@unitedwayblount.org

September Helpline Meeting
2025-09-04 08:30 - 09:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804

Understanding Burnout
2025-08-26 09:00 - 10:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Naomi Asher is a dynamic nonprofit leader, consultant, and PhD researcher specializing in organizational health and executive burnout. With over a decade of experience in nonprofit leadership and fundraising, Naomi brings both lived experience and evidence-based strategies to the table. Her engaging style, humor, and practical insights make complex topics relatable and actionable. You will learn to recognize, prevent, and manage burnout.
Grab a coffee, fuel up, and learn how to protect your passion while leading with purpose.
Light breakfast and coffee provided.

2025 United Way of Blount County Campaign Kickoff Breakfast
2025-08-22 08:00 - 09:00 | Hilton Knoxville Airport, 2001 Alcoa Hwy., Alcoa, TN, 37701, United States
You’re invited to the 2025 United Way of Blount County Campaign Kickoff Breakfast, presented by Pinnacle Financial Partners. We hope you’ll join us as we introduce our campaign chair, share what we’ve been up to so far, and discuss what we hope to accomplish over the next 12 weeks! Breakfast is provided by our Meeting Sponsors. Submit your RSVP below.

Sporting Clays Tournament
2025-08-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Iron Mountain Sporting Clays, 410 Hardin Road, Kodak, TN, 37764, United States
United Way of Blount County’s Sporting Clays Tournament
Presented by ICC International
Join us for an exciting tournament, where sharpshooters come together to support United Way of Blount County! Test your skills, enjoy friendly competition, and help make a difference in our community!
Read more about sponsorship levels here.

August Helpline Meeting
2025-08-07 08:30 - 09:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804

Red Sands Day
2025-07-30 11:00 - 12:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Join us for a community event to raise awareness of human trafficking in Tennessee. Red Sands Day is an event that sheds light on the presence of human trafficking, modern day slavery and exploitation through the use of sand as art. Environmentally friendly red sand will be poured into sidewalk cracks to symbolize victims of human trafficking who “fall through the cracks” every day.

ALICE & Community Conversation
2025-07-23 07:30 - 09:00 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Have a cup of coffee and join Sarah Jurinsky, UWBC’s Director of Community Impact, to learn more about ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and what challenges low-to-moderate income households face in Blount County. There will be plenty of time for questions and conversation about how you can help! No cost and open to all. Coffee provided.

Questions? Reach out to Sarah at sjurinsky@unitedwayblount.org

Grant Writing Fundamentals (4 Part Series): Session 4: Review of Your Grant Application and Goals
2025-07-22 09:00 - 11:00 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Looking for guidance to produce competitive grant applications? Join our four-session cohort on grant writing! Come with a program in mind that you would like to be grant-funded, and we will help guide you through the process of building a winning application!

Understand the key components of a winning grant application.
Create a draft of a winning application, obtaining support to improve your approach.
Set goals to execute a grant strategy for your organization.

Four, 2-hour sessions include:
June 10th-Session 1: Grant Fundamentals, the Basic Formula for Success
June 24th- Session 2: Building your Grant Framework & Grant Pipeline
July 8th- Session 3: Data, Budgets, Program Design & Evaluation
July 22nd- Session 4: Review of Your Grant Application and Goals
About the Facilitator: Margaret Dillon has 23 years of experience in nonprofit growth. As the owner of Sherpa Consulting, she supports individuals, nonprofits, and businesses in fully executing a higher vision for themselves. She has raised $30+ million for over 30 nonprofits across the country, including funding from MacKenzie Scott, HUD, the Dept of Education, the EPA, USDA, and corporate and family foundations.

$25.00 per person. Register for the entire cohort series here.

Grant Writing Fundamentals (4 Part Series): Session 3: Data, Budgets, Program Design, and Evaluation
2025-07-08 09:00 - 11:00 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Looking for guidance to produce competitive grant applications? Join our four-session cohort on grant writing! Come with a program in mind that you would like to be grant-funded, and we will help guide you through the process of building a winning application!

Understand the key components of a winning grant application.
Create a draft of a winning application, obtaining support to improve your approach.
Set goals to execute a grant strategy for your organization.

Four, 2-hour sessions include:
June 10th-Session 1: Grant Fundamentals, the Basic Formula for Success
June 24th- Session 2: Building your Grant Framework & Grant Pipeline
July 8th- Session 3: Data, Budgets, Program Design & Evaluation
July 22nd- Session 4: Review of Your Grant Application and Goals
About the Facilitator: Margaret Dillon has 23 years of experience in nonprofit growth. As the owner of Sherpa Consulting, she supports individuals, nonprofits, and businesses in fully executing a higher vision for themselves. She has raised $30+ million for over 30 nonprofits across the country, including funding from MacKenzie Scott, HUD, the Dept of Education, the EPA, USDA, and corporate and family foundations.

$25.00 per person. Register for entire cohort series here.

July Helpline Meeting
2025-07-03 08:30 - 09:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804

2 Day Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop
2025-06-26 14:00 - 16:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
We’re so excited to be offering a Community Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop on June 25 & 26 , 2025 at the United Way of Blount County office (1615 E. Broadway Ave.) from 2:00-4:30pm!
In this five-hour interactive training, you will gain a deeper understanding of socioeconomic class and how to work with people living as ALICE® or in poverty. This training is $10 and open to anyone who’d like to attend. You can help make our community a better place!
The training is split into two 2.5 hour sessions. You must attend both sessions to complete the workshop.
Registration is for both days. You can register up to 10 attendees at a time.
Register here
Contact Raeann Reihl at 865-982-2251 ext 118 or rreihl@unitedwayblount.org with any questions or to find out when the next workshop will be scheduled.

2 Day Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop
2025-06-25 14:00 - 16:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
We’re so excited to be offering a Community Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop on June 25 & 26 , 2025 at the United Way of Blount County office (1615 E. Broadway Ave.) from 2:00-4:30pm!
In this five-hour interactive training, you will gain a deeper understanding of socioeconomic class and how to work with people living as ALICE® or in poverty. This training is $10 and open to anyone who’d like to attend. You can help make our community a better place!
The training is split into two 2.5 hour sessions. You must attend both sessions to complete the workshop.
Registration is for both days. You can register up to 10 attendees at a time.
Register below
Contact Raeann Reihl at 865-982-2251 ext 118 or rreihl@unitedwayblount.org with any questions or to find out when the next workshop will be scheduled.

Grant Writing Fundamentals (4 Part Series): Session 2: Building Your Grant Framework & Grant Pipeline
2025-06-24 09:00 - 11:00 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804

Grant Writing Fundamentals (4 Part Series): Session 1: Grant Fundamentals, the Basic Formula for Success
2025-06-10 09:00 - 11:00 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Looking for guidance to produce competitive grant applications? Join our four-session cohort on grant writing! Come with a program in mind that you would like to be grant-funded, and we will help guide you through the process of building a winning application!

Understand the key components of a winning grant application.
Create a draft of a winning application, obtaining support to improve your approach.
Set goals to execute a grant strategy for your organization.

Four, 2-hour sessions include:
June 10th-Session 1: Grant Fundamentals, the Basic Formula for Success
June 24th- Session 2: Building your Grant Framework & Grant Pipeline
July 8th- Session 3: Data, Budgets, Program Design & Evaluation
July 22nd- Session 4: Review of Your Grant Application and Goals
About the Facilitator: Margaret Dillon has 23 years of experience in nonprofit growth. As the owner of Sherpa Consulting, she supports individuals, nonprofits, and businesses in fully executing a higher vision for themselves. She has raised $30+ million for over 30 nonprofits across the country, including funding from MacKenzie Scott, HUD, the Dept of Education, the EPA, USDA, and corporate and family foundations.
Register below for the entire cohort series

June Helpline Meeting
2025-06-05 08:30 - 09:30 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804

32nd Annual Golf Tournament
2025-06-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Green Meadow Country Club, 1700 Louisville Rd, Alcoa, TN, 37701, United States
Enjoy a morning or afternoon round of golf at Green Meadow Country Club,
all to benefit United Way of Blount County!
Click here to register!

Affordable Housing Initiative Meeting
2025-05-20 09:00 - 10:00 | United Way of Blount County, 1615 East Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN, 37804
Affordable Housing Meetings are open to everyone. These meetings address issues affecting housing and housing access here in Blount County.

Power of the Purse
2025-04-03 18:00 - 21:00 | The Showroom at Five Points, 1529 E Broadway Ave, Maryville, TN, 37804, United States
Bring your friends and join 200 women for this fun night out! During the evening you will enjoy a fashion show, bid on live and silent auctions, and find your next designer purse in our Twice New shopping area.
Presented by Clayton, Power of the Purse will be on Thursday, April 3, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at The Showroom at Five Points.
To purchase tickets, please click here (sale begins February 7 at 8:00 am). To sponsor this event, find more information by clicking here.
Have purses to donate? We are collecting gently used purses in great condition for this event. Please contact Emily Mantooth for more information.

2025 Annual Meeting
2025-01-31 12:00 - 13:00 | New Providence Presbyterian Church, 703 W Broadway Ave, Maryville, TN, 37801
The RSVP window for this event has ended.

Dine out Day at Aubrey's
2024-11-16 11:00 - 22:00 | Aubrey’s Restaurant, 909 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN, 37801, United States
Please come out to join our United Way Dine Out Day at Aubrey’s on November 16th, where a portion of proceeds will benefit the United Way of Blount County to help those in need in areas of health, education, and self-sufficiency.

City of Alcoa Chili Lunch
2024-11-01 11:00 - 13:30 | Alcoa Fire Department, 2010 N Wright Rd, Alcoa, TN, 37701, United States
Come and Join us for this great event to support our 2024 Campaign. We would like to express a huge thank you to the City of Alcoa for all their efforts with this delicious meal for a cause!

Dine out Day at the Soup Kitchen
2024-10-30 11:00 - 19:00 | The Soup Kitchen, 245 S Calderwood St, Alcoa, TN, 37701, United States
Please come out to join our United Way Dine Out Day at The Soup Kitchen on October 30th where a portion of proceeds will benefit the United Way of Blount County to help those in need in areas of health, education, and self-sufficiency.
