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Story of Impact

Jun 04 2020

President & CEO Matt Ryerson’s Statement on George Floyd’s Murder and the Black Lives Matter Movement

With the backdrop of weeks of an anxiety-inducing global pandemic, stay-at-home orders, business closures, and a virus that is twice as likely to be fatal for black Americans, our world watched in horror as George Floyd was murdered by a police officer. This followed the shooting deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, and many […]

Written by Anna Moseley · Categorized: Story of Impact

Nov 12 2019

Lisa’s Story

“I’ve known since I was 16 years old that I wanted to work with survivors who had experienced trafficking; I’ve just known that and felt called to that. So finding the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking was amazing – the Coalition serves both adults and kids, and I work directly with kids. The Department of […]

Written by Anna Moseley · Categorized: Story of Impact

Oct 29 2019

Ray’s Story

“I’ve had seizures since I was 12 years old, and over the past few years they had been getting worse. My doctor put me on the seizure medication Dilantin to help me get things under control, but then over a period of time I found out that when you take that medication if affects your […]

Written by Anna Moseley · Categorized: Story of Impact

Oct 22 2019

Austin’s Story

“I first started getting involved with and volunteering with Second Harvest around the time of the Gatlinburg fires. Living in Knoxville I didn’t know how awful it really was and how much it affected the community until I went up there to pass out food. We had a tractor trailer and we were passing out […]

Written by Anna Moseley · Categorized: Story of Impact

Oct 08 2019

Drema’s Story

“I had always seen the Red Cross on TV, you know. The red vests, helping out communities all over the world after disasters. But I was introduced to them personally Father’s Day morning in 2018, when our apartment complex caught on fire. My eldest son ran in and said, “Mom, mom, you’ve got to get […]

Written by Anna Moseley · Categorized: Story of Impact

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