Nov 7, 2024 | Club Meeting
Sam Albritton, who serves as treasurer of the East Tennessee Foundation Board of Directors, introduced the program, noting that the East Tennessee Foundation was founded in 1986 and serves 25 counties in Northeast Tennessee and manages more than $600 million. He then...
Oct 11, 2024 | Club Meeting
Kim Isenberg introduced our speaker, Becky Hancock, Executive Director of the Tennessee Theater. Becky began with some history. The theater is 96 years old, opened 01-01-1928. In the old days, they would run two movies a week, one Monday, Tuesday,...
Oct 7, 2024 | Club Meeting
April Timko, Executive Director from Street Hope TN spoke to the club on her organizations work to eliminate the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children. She made the following points… Every two minutes, a child is sold, many sold over and over. EVERY County...
Sep 26, 2024 | Club Meeting
Matthew Kellogg, executive director of Appalachian Mountain Bike Club (AMBC), was introduced to the club by Rotarian Doug Lawyer. Kellogg moved from his hometown of Chattanooga to attain a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Tennessee. After...
Sep 19, 2024 | Club Meeting
This week’s speaker was Dr. Theotis Robinson, Jr. Dr. Robinson was the first African American undergraduate student admitted to the University of Tennessee in 1961. Eight years later, he made history again as the first African American elected to the Knoxville City...
Sep 5, 2024 | Club Meeting
The Rotary Club of Knoxville turned 109 years old on September 1, 2024, so we celebrated at today’s meeting with the traditional birthday cake served by past presidents along with the introduction of Paul Harris fellows and a preview of the 2025 Rotary International...
