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CareCuts bolsters Knoxville’s homeless with free haircuts and caring

In Press Forward by JoAnna BrookerAugust 1, 2017leave a COMMENT

Q&A: Marti Baker, founder Plus: Archie Baker, Penny Troutt, Richard Grossbard, and Connie Killingsworth, volunteers As a barber for 35 years and a volunteer at Lost Sheep Ministry,MartiBaker was touched by …

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Pantry for Feeding Pets provides pet food for those in need

In Press Forward by JoAnna BrookerJuly 26, 2017leave a COMMENT

Q&A: Ted Hembree, founder For the past 25 years, Ted Hembree has been volunteering at the FISH food pantry. FISH has grown from feeding 20 families a week in 1986 to …

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Starlight Farm Animal Sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates “extreme risk” equines

In Press Forward by Carol Z. ShaneJuly 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

Q&A: Esther Roberts, founder & director In 2003, freshly graduated from the University of Tennessee’s College of Law, Esther Roberts bought 6 acres of farmland off Strawberry Plains Pike. Over the next …

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Centro Hispano serves East Tennessee’s Latino community as an educational and social resource

In Press Forward by Carol Z. ShaneJuly 5, 2017leave a COMMENT

Q&A: Claudia Caballero, executive director With a part-time staff of three, a full-time executive director, and lots of willing volunteers, Centro Hispano de East Tennessee attempts to meet the educational, informational, and …

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Rescuing Health provides financial assistance to patients falling through health care gaps

In Press Forward by Hayley BrundigeJune 21, 2017leave a COMMENT

Q&A: Ana Goncalves, founder As the repeal of the Affordable Care Act is at issue nationally, one Knoxvillian is taking access to health care into her own hands. In 2012, Ana …

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