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Get involved

The Foundation ran on about 40 core volunteers in 2025 and a lot of local businesses. Here's how you can stand with them.

Quick answer

You can help East Tennessee veterans five ways: take the free QPR training and join FIRE-TEAM Tennessee, volunteer at events, host a Rally Point at your business, make your business a Veteran Safe Place, or sponsor and donate.

Learn QPR

QPR training graduates holding certificates

Three free hours that teach you to spot a veteran in crisis and connect them to help. Open to anyone.

Join FIRE-TEAM Tennessee

Volunteer

Volunteers and veterans at a picnic

Help at Rally Points, the veteran picnic, Wreaths Across America, assisted-living visits and our fundraisers.

Tell us you'd like to help

Host a Rally Point

Rally Point Location patch

Breweries, restaurants, churches and VFW posts across the region host free evening socials for local veterans.

Offer your venue

Become a Safe Place

Veteran Safe Place certificate presentation

Free QPR training for your staff, a window decal and a listing on our site.

Apply now

Donate

A visit with veterans in assisted living

No one is paid, so your gift goes to veteran programs: about 96% of 2025 spending.

Ways to give

How volunteering works

  1. Send us a message or call (865) 659-1001 and tell us what you'd like to do and which towns you can get to.
  2. Join the Facebook Group, where we post the weekly event roundup and calls for help.
  3. Show up when you can. There's no minimum, and veterans and non-veterans volunteer side by side.

Where help is needed most

  • Greeting veterans and helping set up at Rally Points
  • Setup and wreath-laying with Wreaths Across America each December
  • Christmas shopping and visits for veterans in assisted living
  • The CELEBRATE YOU! Veteran Picnic, PINS with Patriots and other family events
  • The Bourbon & Bowties Gala and Casino Night: auctions, check-in and cleanup
  • Spreading the word about free QPR training at your church, school, club or workplace

“We are a boots on the ground organization and we know our veterans with our face-to-face interactions and we stay in touch with them. It's a calling.”

Chris Bryant, Founder, in Knox TN Today, May 2025

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Questions people ask

Do I need to be a veteran to volunteer?

No. Our board and volunteers include veterans and non-veterans.

How do I hear about volunteer needs?

We post calls for help, like Wreaths Across America setup, in the Facebook Group.