Service

As part of the mission of Engineers in Medicine, members are encouraged to volunteer and participate in service opportunities throughout their undergraduate experience. Not only is this important for a professional school application, volunteering can be a life changing event. Below, we've collected a list of websites and contact information for local volunteer opportunities, both clinical and community based.

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Volunteering opportunities in September - October (Updated 9/6/21):

Kitchen Garden Workdays (Wed. September 15 / 9:00am-12:00pm)

3 volunteers still needed contact: Alice Clark alice@utk.edu / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1896

- Description: Assist horticulture staff member Holly Jones with a variety of tasks depending on what needs to be accomplished that day. Duties include working out in the gardens (weeding, mulching, light pruning, planting, watering).

Knox CHOP Food Truck ( Wed. September 15 / 12:00pm-3:00pm)

2 volunteers still needed / contact: Ryan McCrillis rmccrill@utk.edu / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1918

-Description: Volunteers will help with setup and teardown at the beginning and end of each shift. During the event, volunteers will help patrons with their grocery choices.

Norris Lake Project-Island Invasion (Sat. September 18 / 9:00am-1:00pm)

16 volunteers still needed / contact: Julie Graham 9lakes.easttn@gmail.com / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1700

-Description: Assisting with bagging trash left behind from campers- islands and shorelines. Assistance with off loading trash from barges into the dumpster.

UT Gardens Plant Sale (Sat. September 25 / 8:30am-11:30am)

4 volunteers still needed / contact: Alice Clark alice@utk.edu / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1941

- Description: Volunteers will be helping us with a variety of tasks such as taking plants to customer's cars, directing foot traffic and more.

Knoxville Walk to End Alzheimer’s (Sat. October 2 / 5:00am-10:45am)

39 volunteers still needed / contact: Sara Dickson sdickson@alz.org / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1850

-Description: Event set-up/break-down, event floater, greeters, registration, etc… Located at Knoxville Zoo

Grow Lab Vol Day (Sat. October 2 / 9:00am-11:00am)

10 volunteers still needed /contact: Deborah Bethel dbethel1@utk.edu / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1919

-Description: Join us at the Grow Lab ready to dig into this regular volunteer opportunity. We will gratefully lead your helping hands in weeding, sowing, watering, harvesting, and more to benefit folks in our community.

Building A Butterfly Garden (Sat. October 2 / 10:00am-1:30pm)

7 volunteers still needed / contact: Riley Douglas rdouglas@kcdc.org / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1856

-Description: Planting native pollinator plants for a butterfly garden landing station.

Grow Lab Vol Day (Sat. October 9 / 9:00am-11:00am)

6 volunteers still needed / contact: Deborah Bethel dbethel1@utk.edu / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1920

-Description: Join us at the Grow Lab ready to dig into this regular volunteer opportunity. We will gratefully lead your helping hands in weeding, sowing, watering, harvesting, and more to benefit folks in our community.

Haunted Car Wash with the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department (Fri. October 22 / 7:00pm-11:00pm)

contact: John Linsenbigler JLinsen@SeymourVFD.com / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1872

-Description: Folks will dress up and scare people as they drive through the car wash. Also interact outside.

VolHacks V (Fri. October 29 / 4:45pm-11:59pm)

contact: Maraya Reaves mreaves2@vols.utk.edu / sign-up: https://lsa.utk.edu/event_signup.php?id=1863

-Description: Volunteers will have the option to choose from the following responsibilities: Set up, Registration, Meals, Hardware lab, and Cleanup.