Charitable Donations

Blount County Fire Protection

Collecting funds to provide the fire department with new fire-fighting equipment. If you donate $250 or more you will receive a contribution letter for your tax file.

Blount Education Initiative

The Blount Education Initiative’s mission is to make education our community’s top priority by developing a sustained public awareness campaign focusing on the critical issues related to education, by supporting our local schools in their efforts to provide a top-notch education for all students, and by serving as a bridge between the educational community and businesses to develop meaningful collaborations.

Blount United Credit Union

BCCU’s mission is to offer financial services, as a designated low-income credit union, to the Blount County Community with an emphasis on asset development and the achievement of long-term financial security for our members; we will strive to develop relationships with persons who previously have had little or no interaction with existing financial institutions.

The Daily Times Newspapers in Education

The Daily Times’ Newspaper in Education (NIE) program provides teachers with newspapers for specialized, local, interesting, and innovative classroom curriculum.  Teachers receive the newspapers, at no cost to them, thanks to the support of area community and business sponsors.

Empty Pantry Fund

The purpose is to provide food for the needy of Blount County at Christmas time. Money and volunteer time are needed.

Experience Your Smokies

To provide educational experiences to the leadership of Blount County that facilitates an appreciation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and provides opportunities to be engaged in issues of mutual interest.

Fine Arts Blount

Fine Arts Blount (FAB) is a non-profit group of artists, located in Blount County, Tennessee, dedicated to improving the quality of visual arts in our community. Goals are to encourage high standards and excellence in the visual arts, develop exhibit venues for our artists, enrich community life with "Artreach" programs, work mostly with community youth through volunteer art projects, enable and advocate for a cultural arts facility originating in and spotlighting Blount County.

Friends of Camp Montvale

Camp Montvale serves all people in East Tennessee and beyond through programs that develop Christian character, leadership skills, individual caring, honesty, respect for each other and the environment, personal responsibility, and citizenship in an outdoor environment.  

Martin Luther King Celebration

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee exists to plan a yearly celebration  to honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Our goal is not to forget his legacy, the struggles he endured for the Civil Rights Movement and losing his life so others might have freedom. We can contribute to this cause by having dedicated volunteers, sponsorships throught financial gifts, program ads, attending the Business Luncheon and all the other special celebration events that are planned.

Maryville Downtown Association

The primary purpose of the Maryville Downtown Association is to function as a not-for-profit to promote Downtown as a place to work, live, and recreate. The association will use its unified voice to communicate with area agencies and governmental bodies for its membership. The association will assist in identifying needs and improvements, and be a facilitator for downtown.

Maryville Farmer’s Market

Mission of the Maryville Farmers' Market is: to promote the sale of local farm products, improve the freshness, taste, and nutritional value of produce available, encourage more social contact between consumer and farmer, to educate the public as to the agricultural traditions of East Tennessee and to celebrate and help preserve family farms.

One Community

One Community is a program developed by Mountain Challenge in partnership with Leadership Blount, Maryville College, and the three local schools systems, (Alcoa City, Maryville City, and Blount County). The outcome of this program is to foster a sense of community that reaches beyond the public schools and teaches students how to work together regardless of school alliance. This program helps to broaden student participation in the Blount County area and prepares them for today's challenging work environment.

Richard Williams Leadership Academy

The Richard Williams Jr. Leadership Development Academy is a Blount County based non-profit organization established to help address the needs of middle school-aged children. Through an initiative sponsored by the New Trinity Tabernacle and Life Covenant Ministries Church of God in Christ, of Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee, the academy partners with Alcoa/Blount County Schools, Maryville City Schools, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and Knox County Schools to identify and select the participants. Participants are not required to be affiliated with any religious organization or church. The participants in the Leadership component are enrolled in a 20-week course. During the course, incentives are offered to reach a goal of perfect school attendance and honor roll status.

Stanley B. "Skeeter" Shields Scholarship

Wilderwood Service Dogs

Wilderwood Service Dogs is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing multiple opportunities to our surrounding community by rescuing unwanted and homeless puppies and young dogs for their training programs. The rescued dogs are trained as service dogs for individuals with mental health conditions, brain disorders, and the elderly. Some other conditions include autism, dementia, and alzheimers. They also have a teen outreach program for at risk and challenged youths that get local teens involved with training the service dogs for the disabled.

Kingdom Design Ministries

Kingdom Design Ministries create rooms for children who have experienced devastation in their young lives. Through these rooms we are restoring hope in families and sharing our Christian Ministry. The rooms are donated at no charge to the family. All funding is based strictly on monies given by individuals and businesses.

Primary Players Children’s Theatre

The Primary Players Children’s Theatre Group is a drama troupe consisting of students ages 7-14. The main objective of the group is to provide opportunity and instruction in the field of Dramatic Arts and to develop the group in theatrical skills such as dramatic expression, artistic interpretation, technical presentation, etc. The children will develop a heightened appreciation for the arts in their own community and make it a fun and positive experience.