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Knoxville, TN 37917
One of our roles as Knoxville's only refugee resettlement agency is to find affordable housing for our arriving refugee families. This task comes with unique challenges. One of these unique challenges is the rental agreements and city ordinances that require our refugee families to take care of the yard of their rental property. We receive a lot of refugee families--many of whom are single mother with young children--who: Have no cultural knowledge of how to use a lawn mower or do yard work, Do not have the necessary equipment to do yard work, and Have young children and cannot leave these children alone to get out in the yard for an hour or so to do the yard work. There are opportunities in the Spring, Summer, and early Fall months for volunteers to help us meet the yard work needs of our refugee families and single mothers. This is also a great opportunity for groups that can serve refugee families through cutting grass, pulling weeds, raking leaves, and general yard clean-up. Special Requirement: The volunteer would need to be able to provide their own lawn equipment and get it to and from the property, since the families do not own any equipment. If this is an opportunity you or a group you are associated with are interested in helping us with, please reach out to me at pgreen@bridgerefugees.org!
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
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Knoxville, TN 37902
Come help us teach refugees how to sew and how to market that new skill on their path to self-sufficiency! The three pillars of success for refugees in the United States are learning English, employment, and community engagement. With our new G.R.O.W. program, we hope to provide our refugees a path to accomplish all three. G.R.O.W. stands for Growing Refugee Opportunities and Wealth, and it is a community-driven Bridge Refugee Services initiative centered on fostering sustained self-sufficiency through culturally informed vocational training, wellness education, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Right now, the program is centered around teaching sewing as a marketable skill, ESL, and the entrepreneurial instruction to use this new skill to bring in a steady income. We are looking for volunteers to help us as floaters/assistants, with transportation, with set-up and tear-down, and with childcare. No sewing experience, foreign language skills, or experience working with refugee populations needed! This opportunity is on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 9:30am-12:30pm at First Presbyterian Church. Volunteer Requirements: Complete Bridge Volunteer Paperwork Attend Bridge Volunteer Orientation (about 1hr via Zoom) Background Check through Sterling Volunteers ($17.50 paid to Sterling Volunteers) If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Peter Green, our Volunteer & Co-Sponsorship Manager, via email at pgreen@bridgerefugees.org.
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
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Alcoa, TN 37701
Join us, and stand at Knoxville's front door to welcome new refugee families to our community! Our mission is to provide opportunities for refugees to rebuild their lives after suffering persecution so that they may become productive, contributing members of the community. Bridge Refugee Services is expecting to welcome a record number of refugees to Knoxville this year, and we cannot do this without community support. We would love to have volunteers help us welcome new refugee families at the McGhee Tyson Airport as they arrive. Volunteers will help us provide an enthusiastic welcome for our new families, help families with their baggage, and help us transport families and their baggage to the place they will be staying for their first night in Knoxville. You are welcome to make Welcome signs and bring balloons, but this is not required! This volunteer opportunity is very flexible with busy schedules. We have families that arrive in the mornings, during the day, in the evenings, and late at night. You can sign up for whatever arrival works best with your personal schedule. Be the first person to welcome a refugee family to our community! Volunteer Requirements: Complete Bridge Volunteer Paperwork Attend Bridge Volunteer Orientation (about 1hr via Zoom) Background Check through Sterling Volunteers ($17.50 per person paid to Sterling Volunteers) Foreign language skills or experience working with refugee populations not required. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Peter Green, our Volunteer & Co-Sponsorship Manager, via email at pgreen@bridgerefugees.org.
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
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Knoxville, TN 37917
Are you looking for a fulfilling and engaging volunteer experience? If so, join Bridge Refugee Services Knoxville in this opportunity to serve as a mentor providing guidance to refugee youth and young adults for goal ahcievement and self-sufficiency. As a mentor, you may help your mentee with things like ESL/tutoring, learning more about college and/or completing college applications and the FAFSA, studying for the Driver's Test, getting connected to the community and learning more about the Knoxville area, and more! Each match lasts for up to 6 months, and we ask that all mentors meet with their mentees for at least 4 hours each month. Requirements: 21+ Complete volunteer paperwork, background check, volunteer orientation, mentor training, and phone call with Program Coordinator to discuss skills/interests following program guidelines and participating in brief monthly check-ins with Program Coordinator being a positive role model and having the willingness to learn about other cultures Population We Serve: Clients of Bridge Youth aged 15-24 years old Foreign language skills or experience working with refugee populations and/or youth are not required, but encouraged. If you have additional questions please reach out to Peyton Theisen our Program Coordinator via email youthmentor@bridgerefugees.org
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
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Knoxville, TN 37917
Do you have the gift of hospitality? Help us welcome our newest refugee neighbors to Knoxville! Volunteers help us set-up a new home and create a welcoming space for an arriving refugee family seeking safety and peace in Knoxville. Our volunteers will help us move and place furniture, put linens on beds, hang shower curtains, put dishes in cabinets, and make an empty apartment or house look like a welcoming home for our weary travelers. If you have a truck or a trailer and can help us move furniture from our storage unit to the new home, we would love to have your assistance! However, a truck or a trailer is not required to volunteer for this role. Apartment set-ups generally happen on an as-needed basis usually during Bridge office hours, 8:30-5:30 M-F. Volunteer Requirements: Complete Bridge Volunteer Paperwork Attend Bridge Volunteer Orientation (about 1hr via Zoom) Background Check through Sterling Volunteers ($17.50 per person paid to Sterling Volunteers) Foreign language skills or experience working with refugee populations not required. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Peter Green, our Volunteer & Co-Sponsorship Manager, via email at pgreen@bridgerefugees.org.
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
