We are serving together all over the city every Wednesday from March 23 - May 18, 2022. We need about 20 volunteers to join us every week, for service opportunities at Maynard Elementary, Thrive Papermill, and Love Kitchen. Service opportunities will range from 1 - 3 hours, depending on location. Please consider joining us as we move out into our city to reflect the love of Jesus to our friends and neighbors here in Urban and University Knoxville!
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Please send all of your questions to cityserve@redeemerknoxville.org.
Maynard Elementary
What? Volunteers will read with elementary-age students individually and in small groups in 15 minute blocks.
When? 9:30AM - 10:15AM
How Often? We will send volunteers to Maynard every week for 9 weeks. For this service opportunity, we would like to provide volunteers to serve regularly enough during these 9 weeks to begin establishing trust and friendship with staff and students. To that end, please consider signing up for this opportunity if you are able to commit to at least 5 weeks. If you are not able to serve that frequently, please consider serving in one of our other locations.
How Many? Maynard would like to receive up to 5 volunteers. Per Maynard’s needs, male volunteers are especially encouraged to sign up for this service opportunity.
Love Kitchen
What? Love Kitchen delivers and serves over 3000 meals each week. Volunteers will help pack and organize lunches to be distributed. They will also help serve lunch on site.
When? 10:00AM - 1:00PM
How Often? Flexible! Please help us fill up this opportunity by serving as much as you can, but even if you can only serve once, we would love to have you serve with us.
How Many? We need 5 volunteers each week. Help us fill up all of our slots by recruiting some friends to serve with you.
Thrive Papermill - Tutoring
What? Thrive Papermill has 36 elementary-age students from Pond Gap and West Hills Elementary. Volunteers will be helping students during homework time and setting up for dinner.
When? 4:00PM - 5:30PM
How Often? This is an opportunity to work directly with students, so the more frequently you can serve, the better. Please consider signing up even if you can only come a handful of times.
How Many? We need 5 volunteers to serve at Thrive. Please sign up, and recruit your friends to join you!
Thrive Papermill - Dinner
Description: Thrive Papermill provides dinner for 36 students everyday. We will be providing one meal per week. Redeemer will provide the shopping list, and the funds for the meal. We need teams of 3-5 volunteers to prepare and deliver a meal on Tuesdays. Teams can sign up for 1 or multiple weeks.
When? This opportunity is flexible with respect to time. We want to deliver one meal, Tuesday dinner, a week to Thrive Papermill. Meals can be prepped in the Redeemer kitchen on Tuesdays and delivered by your team, or the meal’s components can be delivered to Redeemer by the Sunday before and Redeemer staff will deliver the meal to Thrive. This is a great opportunity for Community Groups, or a group of friends, to serve together.
How Often? We need teams of 3-5 people to cover a week or two (or more!) out of the 9 weeks that we’re serving. Sign up for as many slots as you want to help us get all 9 weeks covered.