Location of Service: 3545 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921
About Family Promise of Knoxville:
Family Promise of Knoxville utilizes community-wide resources, donations, congregational spaces, and volunteers to meet the needs of folks experiencing the trauma of homelessness. Through a 90-day stay in an emergency shelter anchored by more than 1700 local volunteers, families receive food, shelter, and a communal response to their hardest season. Together, our volunteers, board members, clergy, and staff offer a dynamic setting for families to move from survival to thriving. We are committed to providing trauma-informed care and keeping families together. We believe that families piecing their lives together after losing the stability of housing deserve – at the very least – to be sheltered together.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The goal of this project would be to expand support within the Faith Community and implement a fundraising program within local businesses. This would be accomplished by leveraging existing relationships from our current support churches and by attending districtwide meetings held by various denominations within Knoxville. Additionally, the VISTA will attend Chamber of Commerce meetings and various networking events, to make Family Promise known as a community expert as it relates to the county’s homelessness issues. By accomplishing these objectives, Family Promise will be able to increase our emergency housing programs and homeless prevention efforts and will enable Family Promise of Knoxville to significantly increase our emergency housing programs and homeless prevention efforts.
Member activities include:
- Outreach
- Fundraising/Grant writing
- Volunteer management
- Expanding partnerships and strengthening existing relationships
The member(s) in this position will have the opportunity to gain the following skills/credentials:
- Communications
- Volunteer recruitment/Management
- Fundraising/Grant writing
- Partnership Development
- Planning and hosting events
SITE PREFERENCES/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Dedicated to helping the community
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Have solid written and verbal communication skills
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Willing to work in a faith-based environment
- Flexible
Equity and Inclusion: The Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will take action to ensure that members and employees are treated equally without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, gender, romantic/sexual orientation, age, handicap, cultural or religious convictions. CAC AmeriCorps provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees. Applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation at any point in the recruitment / employment process.