Stories

Tara is a middle school student who struggled academically and was very shy in class. She felt very isolated, and her social skills and grades were steadily decreasing. Tara was referred for the United Way of Greater Knoxville’s funded tutoring intervention at Northwest Middle Community School, and she began attending regularly. As the year went […]

The quote below is from Andrew, a Knox County high school graduate from the class of 2012. Andrew reflects on the impact that the mentoring component of the tnAchieves program had on his experience. “The opportunity to be in the tnAchieves program and have a mentor who you could ask questions, call, text and just […]

Following is a story from the mother of a child at The Children’s Center of Knoxville… “My name is Melissa and my daughter, Olivia, has been a student at CCK for several years now.  Olivia, who is now 4, started in the Toddler 1 class. Since her first days at CCK, I have watched my […]

Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley shared with United Way of Greater Knoxville this success story, following a young man named Dorian: Dorian, a member of the Boys & Girls Clubs BE GREAT: Graduate! program, was dealing with significant challenges academically when he joined BE GREAT: Graduate! in the Fall of 2015. He […]

Linda was born with Cerebral Palsy, and as a result has lived with a severe seizure disorder and intellectual disabilities for her entire life. Due to these conditions, Linda had a difficult time with mobility and access to healthy food and eventually developed obesity. Her physical and mental disabilities caused Linda to suffer from several […]