Ways to Help:
Retired? Volunteer!
The Office on Aging supports over 500 seniors who volunteer to improve other seniors’ lives. Explore the wide variety of community needs our senior volunteers solve.
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Deliver Meals
Just two hours of your day can help deliver a meal and a smile to a homebound senior. Whether you’re available once a month or once a week, we need your help!
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Give A Ride
Volunteer drivers needed! Drivers use CAC vehicles to help individuals who may otherwise not be able to leave their homes.
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Grow Community
Do you love to garden? CAC’s Beardsley Farm is a 4-acre farm located in center-city and includes community gardens throughout Knox County. We have year-round volunteer opportunities available.
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Foster Civic Engagement
Make a lasting difference with AmeriCorps! Service members are focused on addressing a variety of needs through activities like education, community assessments, and land improvement.
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Call A Senior
Did you know making just one call a week could make a difference in the life of an isolated older adult? Senior Care Calls is looking for volunteers age 55+ to call a senior to alleviate loneliness.
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Prepare Taxes
Our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program needs volunteers to help low-to-moderate income residents prepare and file their taxes. Volunteers will be provided with IRS certified training.
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Donate Essential Items
You or a group can help individuals and families achieve housing stability by providing basic essentials and housewares that many of us take for granted (like hygiene, luggage, cleaning supplies, cookware, and bedding). If you are interested in donating items or hosting a supply drive, contact us!
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Repair & Restore
Individuals or groups are invited to help perform minor home repairs, house cleaning and decluttering, yard clean up and maintenance, and similar tasks for local residents in need. We offer flexible schedules, including weeknights and weekends, and a rewarding experience for volunteers.
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Special Opportunities
We're busy and could use your help! Seasonal and unique service work is always in need. If you or your group are looking for a rewarding way to give back to the community, contact us for our current volunteer opportunities.
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Repair & Restore
Individuals or groups are invited to help perform minor home repairs, house cleaning and decluttering, yard clean up and maintenance, and similar tasks for local residents in need. We offer flexible schedules, including weeknights and weekends, and a rewarding experience for volunteers.
Learn More >
Special Opportunities
We're busy and could use your help! Seasonal and unique service work is always in need. If you or your group are looking for a rewarding way to give back to the community, contact us for our current volunteer opportunities.
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We're wearing our blue today to honor the lives of the 1.6 million Tennesseans with disabilities. #DisabilityAdvocacyDayTN
Knox County Mobile Meals needs your help during Spring Break (March 17-21) to help provide meals and safety checks to homebound seniors in Knox County. If you’re available any weekday morning that week, we’d love to have you join us! Routes take less than 2 hours to complete, and children are ...welcome to join.
Email: mobilemealsvols@cacnutrition.org
Call: (865) 524-2786
Text: (865) 680-2594
CAC Beardsley Farm has been honored with the Be More Award, presented by Home Federal Bank and East Tennessee PBS. This award recognizes individuals and organizations that contribute significantly to enhancing community well-being. CAC Beardsley Farm was acknowledged for its dedicated efforts in ...providing fresh food access, delivering educational programs, and offering a variety of gardening and community building resources aimed at addressing the diverse needs of marginalized groups in Knoxville.
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Important announcement about our CAC services!
Due to weather conditions, CAC will observe a 2 hour delay in opening for general operations this morning, Thursday, February 20.
The LT Ross Building at 2247 Western Avenue will be open and general service delivery will begin at ...10:00 am.
O'Connor Senior Center and the Daily Living Center will be closed all day.
Knox County CAC Transit transportation routes and Knox County Mobile Meals meal deliveries will run as scheduled.
Join CAC Beardsley Farm for our annual SNOW DAY! We're so excited to sip soup with you TONIGHT! Read on for a list of things to remember in preparation for the party:
-TICKETS: Please have your QR code handy to scan at the front door. You should have received an email when you ...purchased tickets. Search for "Snow Day" in your email to help you find it (don't forget to check your spam folder). Online ticket sales will closed on Friday(2/7) at 12pm, but tickets will be for sale at the door through 8:30pm (at $5 more per ticket).
-SNOWFLAKE SUPPORTERS: If you purchased the "Snowflake Supporter" level ticket, please visit the Merch and Information table to pick up your special gift!
-BYOBOWL: Bring your own bowl (and spoon)! Help us cut back on waste by bringing a mug and spoon for soup tasting fun. If you forget, we've got you. Hand made ceramic bowls will be for sale by local makers Vanessa Hartman and Kendra Barth.
-ALLERGY INFO: We will have an allergy information station located at our Merch and Information table (to the left of the bathrooms). Here you will find details about allergens and ingredients in the breads, soups, and baked good served at Snow Day. We will also show an abbreviated version of this on the Snow Day Info Card (make sure to grab one on your way in!). A portion of the gluten fee cornbread will be staged at our allergy info table for those who cannot tolerate gluten contamination.
-SILENT AUCTION: The auction is LIVE online here, and will continue until 9pm on 2/7. Make sure to create your bidding account now so you don't waste party time later: https://givebutter.com/c/snowday2025/auction
-PARKING: is located under the bridge in the old city. Detailed info and can be found here: https://themillandmine.com/about/
CAC remains open for services across all programs and locations. Please visit our website for contact information and to learn more about our many programs. www.knoxcac.org
FREE flu & COVID vaccine clinic for the uninsured.
Monday, February 3 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the CAC Ross Building, 2247 Western Avenue.
Are you a grandparent or relative caregiver "parenting again"? The CAC Knoxville-Knox County CAC Office on Aging Grandparents as Parents Program was one of the first in Tennessee to recognize the caregiver’s need for information, support, and resources. Check out this powerful video ...that showcases a bit of what we offer.
By “parenting again,” grandparents and relative caregivers keep families together, provide safe homes, and avoid foster home placement of the children.
The Grandparents as Parents Program provides educational support meetings, peer support, community outreach, and information and referrals to benefits, guardianship rights, resources for legal services, housing, health and mental health services for adults and children and more.
If you are interested in more information, call the CAC Office on Aging at 865-524-2786.
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Many grandparent caregivers describe feeling alone in their child-raising efforts. Programs like Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Knoxville,...
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Due to inclement weather, CAC offices are closing early on January 10th at 12:00 pm. We will reopen on Monday, January 13th at 8:00 am.