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 …
Pantry for Feeding Pets provides pet food for those in need
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 …
Starlight Farm Animal Sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates “extreme risk” equines
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 …
Centro Hispano serves East Tennessee’s Latino community as an educational and social resource
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 …
Rescuing Health provides financial assistance to patients falling through health care gaps
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 …