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Ways to Help

The Helen Ross McNabb Center is successful because of support from the community. You can help by making a non-designated donation to the Center or to a specific program or campaign including: 

The Housing 1st and Pharmacy Campaign will raise $3,700,000 to build 40 homeless housing units in three Knoxville locations and a pharmacy at the adult center on Springdale Avenue. 

The Walk of Hope Brick Project allows individuals to purchase an engraved brick with a person's name or personal message to be placed on the walkway outside the Children and Youth Center in Knoxville.

The Christmas for the Children program allows individuals, groups and businessess to adopt a needy child from one of our programs by providing gifts of clothes and toys for the holiday season. Your gifts could be the only one received by these children. Christmas for the Children volunteers normally help more 450 children each year.

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For more information on any of Foundation sponsored programs, please e-mail the foundation at hrmcnabbfoundation@mcnabb.org or call 865-541-6684.  

In addition to financial support, we also welcome volunteers and donated goods.

Volunteering

The Helen Ross McNabb Center is seeking volunteers to participate in our special events and with agency programs.

Our special events include:

  • Southern Exposure Card Board Sled Race
  • Annual Pat Summitt Golf Tournament
  • Russell Biven Sporting Clays Tournament
  • Herman Gettelfinger Bass Tournament
  • Bash at the Clash 
  • Spirit Award Dinner
  • Christmas for the Children program

For more information on the McNabb Center's Special Events click here

Volunteers can also assist in agency programs including:

  • Therapeutic Pre-school
  • RIP
  • ReDirections
  • Healthy Families
  • Gateway
  • John Tarleton
  • CenterPointe
  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation
  • Friendship House

Donations

The Helen Ross McNabb Center also welcomes donations of new goods to our programs as well. Many of our clients are the poorest of the poor in the community and have basic needs. Some of our programs have wish lists of items they need for clients. Many of these needs that are met by churches, businesses, community groups and individuals.    

For more information on volunteer opportunities or making a donation of goods, please contact our volunteer coordinator Vicki Catapano at 865.329.3238 or vicki.catapano@mcnabb.org