Keep Sevier Beautiful needs volunteers for the Extreme Household Waste and Medication Collection Event on Saturday, April 9 at the Sevierville Municipal Center. KSB also needs volunt
eers for their first ever “Preserving the Mountain in Me” 5K Race on Saturday, April 16 at the Pigeon Forge Greenway. Volunteers are asked to sign up in advance by calling KSB Executive Director Elizabeth Reed at (865) 774-6677 or (865) 712-9282.
Help out with some of the wonderful Special Events hosted by the City of Gatlinburg by becoming a “Trailblazer!” Trailblazer Socials, informal meetings at area restaurants, will be held monthly for Trailblazers to socialize and briefly discuss upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. Regular volunteers will receive special recognition, so get started today! To become a Trailblazer, send your e-mail address or your mailing address to: Jon Elder, Special Events Coordinator at jone@ci.gatlinburg.tn.us or 303 Reagan Drive!
Volunteers gather each Thursday morning at First Baptist Church of Gatlinburg as back packs are prepared and loaded up for delivery to the Gatlinburg area schools, including: Pi Beta Phi, Jones Cove and Pittman Center Elementary Schools. Each week they fill 180 packs for kids who would otherwise be without on the weekends. They welcome all people to volunteer to help, just call Jennifer Myrick at (865) 654-6160.
The Chamber Adopt-A-Spur effort is back with the warmer weather, so join Chamber staff one morning a month to clean the portion of the Spur from the Gatlinburg Welcome Center to the entrance of town. We ask a Member business to send two to four volunteers for a two-hour shift from 8:30-10:30am on a morning that works for their staff schedule. This is a one-time volunteer opportunity available to a different business each month, and we have openings from April until November. Please email Erin Moran if you are interested in participating in the Chamber’s Adopt a Spur effort. If you would like to volunteer on your own schedule to pick up litter along the Spur and other areas of the Park, please contact GSMNP Volunteer Coordinator Dana Soehn at Dana_Soehn@nps.gov or 865-436-1265.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is looking for more wonderful local volunteers. Click here to read all of the opportunities available! If you have any questions, please contact GSMNP Volunteer Coordinator Dana Soehn at Dana_Soehn@nps.gov or 865-436-1265.
United Way of Sevier County is looking for volunteers on Friday, April 15 th and Saturday, 16th for the Grand Rod Run parking fundraiser in Pigeon Forge in the lot located at Jake Thomas Blvd and Teaster Lane. Contact LauraBoling@uwosc.org to sign up.
The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation is always looking for volunteers for our fundraising and community events. A few we have coming up are: Earth Day Festival on Tuesday, April 19 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm at Mynatt Park, the Cinco de Mayo festival at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies from 11:00am-2:00pm and again from 4:00pm-9:00pm on Thursday, May 5, and the Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 12 at the Gatlinburg Golf Course. For more information about how to volunteer for these and other Chamber events, please contact Events Director Sherry Holtzclaw at (865) 436-4178 or sherry@gatlinburg.com.
