The Emerald Youth Foundation will hold its annual dinner, now in its 16th year, to honor a community leader who is making a difference in the lives of city children. The 2024 event will recognize Mary Slack, a lifelong Knoxville resident who has been connected with Emerald Youth for nearly 30 years, including serving as board chair and leading a season of significant growth for the ministry in the early 2000s. She is a mother, grandmother and community leader, who,…

Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) will hold its annual Hope Rising dinner in the fall – Hope Rising, Hope Renewed … Lives Restored – with keynote guest Chris Blue. The event will feature fun and inspiring entertainment, dinner, silent auction, KARM guests sharing their remarkable stories of restoration and a few surprises. For more information, email Kylie Clark at [email protected]. KARM serves the homeless, hungry and poor in the community and in the last year provided more than 180,000 meals…

Carry the Torch Knoxville is an annual event that features speakers who have an impact on the issues of homelessness, mental health and families. The 2024 event will feature Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize Winner and best-selling author of "Rough Sleepers," and Dr. Jim O’Connell, president and founding physician of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Carry the Torch features a mission fair starting at 10 a.m. with agencies that provide…