Good morning, friends of Sevier County Partners in Progress. I hope most of you are staying at home and protecting yourself and your family. If you are a student at WSCC, go to www.ws.edu/news/current/campus-alerts.aspx?story=21703 or if you are an ETSU student, visit etsu.edu/coronavirus. Students should be keeping up with your classes on line.
Sevier County and the three cities have relaunched the website www.mountaintough.org. It is a great source to keep up to date on what is going on and help you find resources that might be helpful to you.
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Please share - I regret to inform you that with all that is happening right now, we have made a decision to POSTPONE the Pasta Dinner & Auction scheduled on March 26th. We have some amazing auction items so as soon as we feel like it is safe to congregate, we will reschedule. Watch this page for additional information.
Thank you to all our businesses that have donated to our auction. We have some amazing items. Here are a few more. Tickets are still available but going fast. Call 428-2212 to get your ticket.
Stainless steel portable propane gas grill for tailgating, camping boating, etc.
Gift basket from Swaggerty's with a gift card to be used at their retail store for sausage, hamburger, steaks!
More auction items for the Pasta Dinner & Live Auction. Beautiful Rebekah pitcher from Pigeon River Pottery. All money raised will be used for scholarships for our young people here in Sevier County. Thank you to everyone that is supporting us. We still have tickets. Call 428-2212 to purchase a ticket.
Great article in the Mountain Press on Wednesday. Thank you for supporting Partners in Progress. We still have tickets available. Call me 428-2212 if you want a good meal and a chance to bid on some of our awesome auction items.
How Awesome is This? We received this donation today from Blalock Ready Mix for our Pasta Dinner & Auction on March 26th. THANK YOU BLALOCK!! Call 428-2212 to purchase a ticket so you won't miss out on this!
👏Congratulations to all the following students that made the ETSU Dean's List for Fall 2019. We have some amazing young people here in Sevier County. They work hard and they deserve to be recognized. All these students were recipients of the ETSU Partners in Progress scholarship.
Alexia Brooks, Monica Carr, Megan Crump, Courtney Gibson, Haley Graves, Nathan Harner, Hunter Harrison, Megan Headrick, Mikayla Hutchinson, Jacob Lee, Rachel Loveday, Amanda Lucey, Lauren Mann, Doug Maples, James Morgan, Rebekah Newman, Taylor Penny, Hannah Quilliams, Payton Rochester, Misty Roe, Hannah Schrimpsher, Olivia Sickle, Brian Smith, Emily Smith, Benjamin Stephens, Korrey Thornton, Hannah Watson, Cameron Watts, Emily Williford, Seth Workman.
Can you imagine this beautiful Robert Tino framed print hanging in your home? Join us at 5:30 pm on March 26th at the Pasta Dinner & Live Auction at River Plantation and bid on this print. Thank you to Mary John & Robert Tino for donating this special auction item.
All proceeds from this event will help fund scholarships for young people in Sevier County.
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We are getting so excited about our Pasta Dinner & Live Auction on Thursday, March 26th to benefit Partners in Progress Scholarships. We have some great auction items. A huge "thank you" to Ripley's for this gift basket valued at $475! Hope you are planning to be there.
Ronnie Mackin, this is a great event that raises money to help young people in Sevier County go to college.
We were honored to receive a check last week from NOC in Gatlinburg. NOC is an outdoor sports store located in Gatlinburg. They did Round Up for Partners in Progress during the month of December. A huge "thank you" to Bill Morrissey and his staff for making this happen. We look forward to working with you again in 2020. We could not do what we do without the support of our community partners.
Awesome work!
Way to go Janice!
Happy New Year from Sevier County Partners in Progress. In 2020, we are looking forward to awarding more scholarships, helping more students and seeing more of our scholarship students graduate and begin their careers. Won't you join us on this journey? seviercountypip.com/
To all of our students - both current and those that have graduated - to our donors & supporters, we wish you & yours a very Merry Christmas.
Here's another easy way you can help by giving to Sevier County Partners in Progress. Thank you in advance for linking us to your ordering information.
Support Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation by shopping at AmazonSmile.
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When you shop at AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate to Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation. Support us every time you shop.Partners in Progress (PIP) just received our quarterly report from the Kroger Community Awards program. This is such an easy way to give to PIP. If you shop at Kroger and have a Kroger's reward card, all you have to do is go on-line to kroger.com and link your card to Sevier County Partners in Progress either by name or by using MT328. If you do not have a Kroger rewards card, you can pick one up at the customer service desk. All that is required is to have a valid email address and a rewards card. When you shop, the bottom of your receipt will show that a donation is being made to PIP through your shopping there. It doesn't cost you anything. It has not impact on your gas rewards. Please help us out! This report shows we have 10 households participating. Help us double that. Thank you.
Thank you to everyone that signed up to serve as a mentor for TnAchieves for 2020. Sevier County has met their goal!! WooHoo! This would not have been possible without you. You are appreciated!
Meet Hunter Harrison - Hunter will be graduating from ETSU this Saturday. He received the Partners in Progress Scholarship to pay for his tuition at ETSU. Take a minute to listen to Hunter talk about the importance of the scholarship.
If you are considering making a donation to a non-profit, we hope you will make a donation to Sevier County Partners in Progress. www.paypal.me/seviercountypip or you can mail a check to Sevier County Partners in Progress, 321 Court Avenue, Sevierville 37862. We are a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
Thank you and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!
CONGRATULATIONS to these three guys that will be graduating from ETSU on Saturday, December 14th. Nathan Harner, Doug Maples, and Hunter Harrison. Ben Stephens was not able to be with us. By being eligible for the Partners in Progress scholarships, they were able to graduate from ETSU debt free. We are so proud of our graduates. For additional information about Partners, visit our website at www.seviercountypip.com
These are all great guys!! Congratulations and best wishes!!
Congratulations to each of them, and thank you Partners in Progress for what you do!!❤️👏🏻
What a wonderful thing
If you have 12 hours to donate (for the whole year), please consider serving as a mentor for tnAchieves and helping our students.
Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for all of you that have supported Partners in Progress by donating, serving on our board, attending our events and encouraging us as make a difference for the young people in Sevier County.
Partners in Progress would like to say thank you to Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup for choosing us as one of the non-profits to receive a donation from their recent event. The event is held at Dollywood Splash Country each year the first weekend in August. This event has approximately 2300 registered participants, consisting of antiques, classics, custom muscle cars and hot rods. Over 10,000 spectators attend the event to look at the cars and buy parts in the vendor area. Many cars entered have won top awards at major automotive shows throughout the country. Shades of the Past is the home for the Street Rodder Magazine Triple Crown Award presentation in which one car is chosen as the "best in the country" categories of Best Street Rod, Best Street Machine, and Best Street Cruiser. We are grateful that they chose to recognize our organization among many that receive donations from proceeds received at this event.
I had the privilege of speaking to Ms Samantha Satterfield's SCHS class when they visited the ETSU campus this morning. I shared information about Partners in Progress and the guidelines required for dual enrollment classes while they are still in high school. We also talked about the opportunity to attend Walters State Community College with the assistance of Tennessee Promise and then complete their 4-year degree at East Tennessee State University here in Sevierville with Partners in Progress scholarships.
Official Ground Breaking
WHAT: Food City Ground Breaking Ceremony
WHEN: Monday, November 18, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Food City #665
3064 Teaster Lane & Jake Thomas Blvd.
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
Food City officials will be breaking ground on the new Food City at 3064 Teaster Lane & Jake Thomas Blvd. on Monday, November 18, 2019. The ceremonies will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the construction site.
Sevier County and the three cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg have formed a committee which will focus on the upcoming 2020 Census. We are learning so much along the way and our job is to share information with our community!
Do you need some holiday cash? Census is hiring. There are several positions available, make your own schedule, work from home, pay is $13.50 per hour plus mileage, and get paid weekly. Go to www.2020census.gov/jobs
TnAchieves needs 149 volunteers to serve as mentors in Sevier County. Currently 87 people have committed to be mentors. 62 more are needed. This is a very rewarding experience and doesn't take a lot of time. Because of the mentoring component of the program, TN Promise students are graduating at a rate 21 percentage points higher than their non-TN Promise peers at the same institutions! Visit here
tnachieves.org/mentors/ to learn more about being a mentor. You can also sign up to participate.
We received our second check from Kroger for participating in the Kroger Community Reward program. Yeah! Thank you to all that have linked their Kroger Reward card to Sevier County Partners in Progress. If you have not done so and are not currently linked to another non-profit, please help us out by linking your Kroger Plus Shopper's card to our organization. That is all you do. It does not affect your fuel rewards or anything else. Go to www.kroger.com. You can link by our name or by typing in MT328. Thank you for helping us make a difference.
THANK YOU! to Dolly Parton's Stampede for investing in local education by their donation of $6,356.69 to Sevier County Partners in Progress. This money was raised by the Stampede's participation in Round Up for Education this summer. Jim Rule, CEO of World Choice Investments said, "As a company, we are proud to support programs that encourage further learning and education of our young people in Sevier County". Partners in Progress appreciates the Stampede and their donation to scholarships for our young people. For more information about Partners in Progress, visit www.sevierountypip.com.
Thank you to Alcatraz East for raising $3,418.75 for Partners in Progress by asking their customers to Round Up. This will be such a big help for our students. Pictured with the check: Candice Cook, Alcatraz East Director of Operations, Janice Bettis, Executive Director of PIP, and Jennifer Evans, Alcatraz East Retail Operations Manager. 👏
Way to go!
Awesome!!
A huge thank you to the following for helping raise $101,750 for scholarships for Sevier County Partners in Progress!! AT&T, Barnes Insurance, The Blalock Companies, Citadel Construction, Citizens National Bank, Mike Comer, Dollywood, Emily Kile, First Tennessee Bank, Five Oaks Development, Jack Funderburk, Home Federal Bank, The Island in Pigeon Forge, LeConte Medical Center, Jack Miller & Greystone Lodge, OberGatlinburg, Betty & Ron Ogle, Linda Ogle, Parker Trutec, Pro Therapy Services of East TN, Reinhart Foodservice, Ripley's, Rocky Top Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Sevier County Electric System, Sevier County Utility District Homestore, SmartBank, Swaggerty's, The Titanic in Pigeon Forge, Beth Urquhart, Volunteer Chevrolet, Vulcan Materials.
It has been said that "earning a degree is a major milestone that opens career paths and leads to new opportunities" Thank you for helping us provide these opportunities and make dreams come true.
Pictured left to right - Dr. Tony Miksa, President of Walters State Community College, Monica Carr, Bryan Atchley Scholarship recipient, Hunter Harrison, senior at ETSU in Seviervierville/scholarship recipient, Linda Ogle, President PIP Board & Annie, Janice Bettis, Executive Director, PIP and Dr. Brian Noland, President of ETSU. Partners in Progress lunch at Walters State Community College on September 12th.
Just a few photos from the Mayors' Lunch to benefit Sevier County Partners in Progress last week at Walters State Community College. Thanks to Walters State Community College Culinary Arts and Food City, the $101,750 raised at this event will all go to scholarships to support our students taking dual enrollment classes at Walters State and junior & senior college students at East Tennessee State University here in Sevierville! Thank you to all that made this possible.
Congratulations on a great event for a wonderful cause!!
What an honor to be able to award the first Bryan Atchley scholarship today to ETSU student, Monica Carr. Monica will receive $500 in her ETSU student account to use for books, fees and incidentals. We miss Mayor Atchley and are so happy to honor him in this special way.
Photo: Janice Bettis, Partners in Progress Executive Director, Monica Carr, scholarship recipient, Ann Marie & Bryan Atchley, children of Mayor Atchley.
Congratulations Monica!
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Congratulations Monica!!
Yay!! Monica Carr❤️❤️
Congratulations Monica!!
Awesome!!!
Congrats Monica Carr
This is awesome!!
Way to go Monica!!!!!
Way to go,Moni! Love ya!
Outstanding! Congrats!
So wonderful!
Way to go Monica!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Awesome!! This is great!!
Another great result from Round Up for Education. Anakeesta Outdoor Family Theme Park supported Partners in Progress during the month of July by participating in the Round Up program. On August 9th, Janice Bettis, Executive Director of Partners in Progress, was presented a check by Karen Bentz, one of the owners of Anakeesta, in the amount of $1,193. Thank you Anakeesta!!
Wonderful!
We are beginning to receive money from our Round Up initiative. Last week, we received $2,165.45 from NASCAR Speedpark/PARC Foundation. Thank you to all their employees for helping make this possible!!
Congratulations! And Thank you NASCAR Speed Park!
This is wonderful!
This is awesome!! Congratulations!!
Great news, Janice Bettis👏🏻👏🏻
Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation recently lost another one of our board members with the passing of Mr. Sid Blalock. Our thoughts & prayers go out to Sid’s wife, family, friends and colleagues. Sid was a valued member of our board and this community. He will be greatly missed. We deeply appreciate the Blalock family for listing Partners in Progress as one of the organizations to receive donations in Sid’s memory.
We have updated our website! Visit www.seviercountypip.com to find out if you are eligible to receive a scholarship, how to receive assistance with your dual enrollment classes, what programs are currently offered at the ETSU Sevierville campus and lots of other information.
We are so excited to share with you that we received our first check from Kroger for our participation in the Kroger Community Rewards program. Thank you to those that have already enrolled with Sevier County Partners in Progress.
If you have a Kroger's reward card, we invite you to joint us.
Please go to www.kroger.com and once you have logged into your Kroger account, search for Sevier County Partners in Progress by name or by the code MT328 and then click "enroll". If you do this, it will increase the amount of our next quarterly check and our scholarship fund. It is so easy and doesn't cost you anything nor does it affect your Kroger gas points.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Thank you to the following businesses who are participating in "Round Up" for Education this summer: Dolly Parton's Stampede, Old Forge Distillery, NASCAR Speedpark, Ripley's, Texas Roadhouse (Sevierville & Pigeon Forge), Anakeesta, Rainforest Adventures, WonderWorks, Courthouse Donuts, Pigeon Forge Snow, Hatcher Cleaners, and Three Bears. If you visit one of these establishments, be sure to "round up" your change. All money raised through this effort goes to scholarships.
If your business would be interested in participating, call Janice Bettis at 865-428-2212 or email janice.bettis@gmail.com.
Local Students - if you are looking for a part-time or even full-time job this summer or during school, here is a great opportunity. Please share with your friends.
If your business is interested in Round Up to help Sevier County Partners in Progress raise money for scholarships, call Janice at 865-428-2212 or email her at janice.bettis@gmail.com.
CONGRATULATIONS to our Sevier County Partners in Progress scholarship students that made the Dean's List at East Tennessee State University for Spring 2019!! We are so proud of you. Keep up the good work!
Monica Carr
Micah Franklin
Nathan Harner
Hunter Harrison
Mikayla Hutchinson
Mitchell Jones
Jacob Lee
Rachel Loveday
Amanda Lucey
Douglas Maples
McKenzie Martin
Kelsey Miller
James Morgan
Rebekah Newman
Thomas Newman
Misty D. Roe
Dakota Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Emma Walker
Joshua Wampler
Hannah Watson
Cameron Watts
We are excited about all the scholarship applications we have received for Fall 2019 - double the number from Fall 2018. This requires us to use all means possible to raise money for scholarships. Here is an easy way you can help.
If you shop at Kroger and have a Kroger rewards card, you can link your Kroger account to Partners in Progress. Each time you shop & scan your card, PIP will receive points and receive a reward. It's easy to do, doesn't cost you anything but would mean a lot to us. Won't you help us? This is how - visit www.kroger.com. Once you are logged into your account, search for Sevier County Partners in Progress Education either by name or MT328, then click enroll. Thank you.
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I had the privilege of attending the Clemmer College of Education Pinning Ceremony last night at ETSU in Sevierville. Tomorrow these students will receive their degrees from East Tennessee State University. Two of our Partners in Progress scholarship students are a part of this group - Rebekah Herring & McKenzie Martin. I am so proud of these girls and our other students that have persevered and will be receiving their degrees: Sean Clarke, Mitchell Jones, Shelby Lindsey, Dakota Taylor, Emma Walker and Thomas Newman. Congratulations! And best of luck!
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Congratulations!!
We are happy to announce that eight Partners in Progress scholarship students will be graduating from East Tennessee State University on May 4th. They have worked hard to make this happen. We are so proud of them! Today we had lunch at the ETSU Sevierville campus to honor them and present each with a small gift. In the first picture - Shelby Lindsey & Dakota Taylor. In the second picture - Thomas Newman, Emma Walker & Mitchell Jones. McKenzie Martin & Rebekah Herring were finishing up their student teaching and were not able to join us. Sean Clarke could not be there either. Congratulations and Best of Luck to each one of these amazing young people.
Congratulations!!!❤️❤️❤️ So thankful for Partner's in Progress!!!
Congratulations graduates!! 🎓
I am so proud of each of these students! Best wishes to them and their bright futures.
This is awesome!!
Yay Emma!!!!
To our friends & supporters of Sevier County Partners in Progress, here is an easy way you can help us out. If you shop at Kroger and have a Kroger rewards card, you can link your Kroger account to Partners in Progress. Each time you shop & scan your card, PIP will receive points and receive a reward. It's easy to do, doesn't cost you anything but would mean a lot to us. Won't you help us? This is how - visit www.kroger.com. Once you are logged into your account, search for Sevier County Partners in Progress Education either by name or MT328, then click enroll. Thank you.
Shalea Matthews Martin Trent Kenny Martin
Partners in Progress is so thankful to Food City for donating $1,000 from Food City Race Night to our organization in memory of Mayor Bryan Atchley. Thank you Food City!
So proud of you Janice Bettis💕
Awesome!! Congratulations Janice! You do such an amazing job for this program!
Looking good, Janice!
***chance to win a cake of your choice***
Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. Proceeds go to Partners in Progress to benefit locals pursing their bachelor’s degree.
You choose which cake you’d like from this picture.
Cake may be claimed any day between April 8th-December 31st (2019) providing you give a 72-hour notice.
You may pay via PayPal or by credit/debit card.
Drawing will be Thursday, April 4th at 6:15pm.
***chance to win a cake of your choice***
Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. Proceeds go to Partners in Progress to benefit locals pursing their bachelor’s degree.
You choose which cake you’d like from this picture.
Cake may be claimed any day between April 8th-December 31st (2019) providing you give a 72-hour notice.
You may pay via PayPal or by credit/debit card.
Drawing will be Thursday, April 4th at 6:15pm.
Last night's Pasta Dinner & Auction was a huge success thanks to Walters State Community College, WalMart on the Parkway, Tara Parker & her culinary students at Northview Academy, Bear Land Realty & Auction, everyone that donated auction items, all that attended & bought auction items and especially our scholarship students. They were amazing!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Pasta Dinner & Live Auction! Today! 5-7:00 pm at Walters State Community College. Here are a few more of the auction items. We appreciate everyone that has bought tickets and especially all our businesses that have donated to the auction. Thank you!
We still have a few tickets left for the Pasta Dinner & Live Auction at Walters State Community College next Thursday, March 28, 5-7:00 pm. Call 865-428-2212. Come join us & bid on some great items.
Here are a couple of more auction items.
Hilton Knoxville Basket ($325 value) includes: One night stay, breakfast for two in The Marble City Kitchen (located in the hotel), plush Smoky dog, jam, Nashville Hot Sauce, Gunshot hot sauce, TN cup, water bottle and Hilton Knoxville cup.
Rainforest Adventure Basket (Value $200) - Family Four Pak, 2 stuffed animals, animal cookies, cup, bag, boomerang
Another auction item for the Pasta Dinner & Live Auction on March 28, 2019, 5-7:00 pm - Walters State Community College. Park Vista Basket (Value: $350)
- One night stay
- Dinner for two in The Vista Grill (located in the hotel)
- Plush bear
- Strawberry jam
- Hilton/DoubleTree bags
- Wooden "Stay Awhile" sign
- Squirrel coffee mug
- Taffy
- Candy bars
CONGRATULATIONS to Emily B. Kile and Linda Ogle, for having the new building at Walters State Community College named for them. These two wonderful ladies serve on the Partners in Progress board. What an honor to be able to work with them to make Sevier County a better place to live and work.
Here are a few of the auction items that will be available at the Pasta Dinner & Live Auction on Thursday, March 28th at Walters State Community College. We also have passes to Sevier Air and the Titanic, gift cards from Log Cabin Pancake House, Chop House, Old Mill, Pottery House, Check back as more items will be posted!
We have tickets available for the Pasta Dinner & Live Auction at Walters State on March 28th. Call me 865-428-2212 to purchase tickets. All the money raised will be used for scholarships. Check back next week for a list of items that will be auctioned!
We are excited about a fun event we are having on March 28th at Walters State Community College. I big thank you to WalMart, WSCC, Northview Academy Culinary, Bear Land Auction & 711 Alive Printing. We hope we can raise a lot of money for our scholarships. After February 26th, tickets will also be available at the ETSU Sevierville campus. Or call Janice at 865-428-2212. Check back for a list of items that will be auctioned at this event. Help us by sharing on your FB page.
We are SO excited that Food City is bringing Race Night back to Sevier County on April 4th at the Sevierville Convention Center. AND, they have chosen Partners in Progress to receive the proceeds from this event. See the announcement that was posted in the Food City Gatlinburg store this week. Thank you, Food City!
Share this post with all your friends. Help is spread the word.
CONGRATULATIONS to our Sevier County Partners in Progress scholarship students that made the Dean's List at East Tennessee State University for Fall 2018!!! Another step closer to graduation. We are so proud of you.
Monica Carr, Cade Dudley, Nathan Harner, Hunter Harrison, Mikayla Hutchinson, Mitchell Jones, Jacob Lee, Rachel Loveday, Amanda Lucey, Douglas Maples, McKenzie Martin, Rebekah Newman, Dakota Taylor, Emma Walker, Hannah Watson.
Congratulations to one of our Partners in Progress graduates, Kelly Lucey. Kelly graduated from ETSU and is working at Food City in Gatlinburg as their human relations coordinator. Food City recognizes outstanding volunteerism among their associates through their Claude P. Varney Volunteer Recognition Program. Kelly received this recognition for the Food City store in Gatlinburg. She volunteers for events with Partners in Progress and serves as a mentor for TnAchieves. As a store winner, Kelly will compete on a district level. Good luck, Kelly! We love seeing our graduates succeed.
Congratulations Kelly!!
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Happy New Year to all that have supported us in 2018. We look forward to being able to serve more students in 2019 because you have donated to Partners in Progress! We are excited for what the future holds. Happy New Year also to all of our students!
Merry Christmas to all our students, our donors and our colleagues that help make Partners in Progress possible.
Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation lost one of our board members last week with the passing of Mayor Bryan Atchley. Our thoughts & prayers go out to Bryan's Ann Marie and Bryan, Jr., his family, friends and colleagues. He was a special man and will be deeply missed. To honor Bryan, our Board members are donating funds to establish the Bryan C. Atchley Scholarship. We felt that this was appropriate way for us to remember him and honor his commitment to this Board and our mission.
Good luck to all of our students that are taking finals this week. Study hard - then take a break and enjoy the holidays!
A huge thank you to everyone that signed up to be a mentor for tnAchieves. I received a phone call Friday afternoon telling me we had met the goal for Sevier County. I was so excited. If you are new to the mentoring program, welcome! If you are a returning mentor, thank you for continuing to support our students.
Please consider serving as a mentor in Sevier County and help provide a student with support in their college going process. Being a mentor takes less than 1 hour/month reminding students of important deadlines and serving as a resource. The deadline to sign up is November 30th - just 2 weeks away. We still need 42 mentors to meet the goal for Sevier County. You can apply by going to www.tnachieves.org/mentors/apply.
TnAchieves is two weeks away from the 2019 mentor recruitment deadline and 42 more mentors are needed to to meet the goal of 143 mentors for Sevier County.
To grow awareness, tnAchieves is hosting a Twitter Chat tonight at 6PM CT/7PM ET focused on the tnAchieves mentor program and its impact on students and communities! To participate, follow on Twitter and use the hashtag #tnpromisementor!
Please share this information. We need to make sure Sevier County meets their goal. Thank you.
We are making progress. Sevier County still needs 44 mentors to reach our goal. Please consider doing this? It could really make a difference in the life of a young person and it doesn't take a lot of time.
Go to tnachieves.org/mentors/requirements to complete your application. You will be glad that you did.
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Our mentors play a critical role in the success of students across the state of Tennessee as they serve as a resource, share their own experiences and offer encouragement and support.We still need 54 mentors in Sevier County. Won't you please consider doing this? It could really make a difference in the life of a young person.
Please consider being a mentor to a few of our Sevier County students. We still need 60 mentors.Our 2019 mentor recruitment map has been updated! This makes it easy to see where your county stands!
Our online dashboard is also updated as of today: buff.ly/2SuzFdM
I was privileged to share with the 2018 Leadership Sevier class at ETSU Sevierville. Thank you to Emma Walker for sharing with the group what the scholarship means to her. Emma attended Seymour High School, took dual enrollment classes, attended Walters State and is now a senior at our Sevierville ETSU campus studying radiography. It is reported that the average college loan debt at graduation for 2017 students was $29,900. Emma will have no debt because she received a Partners in Progress Scholarship.
tnAchieves, the partnering organization to Governor Haslam’s TN Promise in 83 counties, is looking for 9,0000 volunteers to serve as mentors. Sevier County needs 143 mentors. Sixty-nine have committed to serving as a mentor. We still need 74. Mentors spend about one hour per month working with a group of students to help eliminate the barriers associated with the transition from high school to college. Mentors remind students of important deadlines, serve as a trusted college resource and, most importantly, encourage students to reach their full potential. The time commitment is small, only about one hour per month, but the impact on the students can be life changing. To learn more and apply you can visit www.tnachieves.org/mentors/apply.
Please consider serving as a tnAchieves mentor in Sevier County!
A special "thank you" to the Culinary Arts Department at Walters State Community College, Sevierville campus for preparing & serving the food at the Mayors' Lunch on September 26th. They do an amazing job. We would also like to recognize and express our appreciation to Sissy Ivy's Culinary class from Sevier County High School and Tara Parker's Culinary class from Northview Academy for helping.
Thank you to the following businesses that contributed to the success of the 2nd Annual Mayors' Lunch to benefit Sevier County Partners in Progress: AT&T, Barnes Insurance, Blalock & Sons, Citizens National Bank, First TN Bank, Five Oaks Development, Greystone Lodge, Home Federal Bank, Emily Kile, LeConte Medical Center, Lisega, Jack Miller, Linda Ogle, Parker Trutec, Pro Therapy Services, Radio Systems Corporation, Reinhart Foodservice, Ripley's, Rocky Top Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge,Sevier County Electric System, SCUD Homestore, SmartBank, Sugarlands Distilling Co., Swaggerty's, The Island in Pigeon Forge, Titanic Museum, Beth Urquhart, Vulcan Materials. A special thank you also to Food City, Walters State Community College staff & Culinary Arts Dept., Northview Academy Culinary and Sevier County High School Culinary. Thank you to our scholarship recipient Shelby Lindsey for serving as our Mistress of Ceremonies and to our graduate Kelly Lucey for sharing her story. We raised $105,700 and every dollar will be used to provide scholarships for our young people in Sevier County. THANK YOU!
In the Photo: Jim Porter, Jason Holliman and Mike Comer (CNB) and students Emma Walker and Amanda Lucey.
Yay, Amanda!!
Thank You!
We are so grateful to all the businesses that participated in our Round Up for Education project:
Anakeesta, BAAK Boutique, Bear Land Auction, Chest & Chair, Country Tonite, Hatcher Cleaners, Forbidden Caverns, Lorilei's, NOC, Old Forge Distillery, PARC Foundation/NASCAR Speedpark, Pilot, Ripley's, Tennessee Smokies Baseball, Spa at Riverstone, Dolly Parton's Stampede, Subway, Texas Roadhouse, Three Bears and Wonderworks!!!
We are thrilled to report that a little over $35,000 was raised in the month of July for Partners in Progress through our "Round Up for Education" campaign. We are so grateful to all the businesses that participated and to their employees for asking their customers to "Round Up"! It was a huge success.
Pictured here is Janice Bettis, Partners in Progress Executive Director, receiving the Round Up check from Karen Bentz and Anakeesta. Thank you, Anakeesta!
That’s fantastic!!
Janice Bettis, Executive Director, Partners in Progress, receiving the Round Up check from Karen Bentz and Anakeesta.
This is it! The last day to vote for our video. Let's give it one last shot! Vote and ask everyone you know to vote.
A great big THANK YOU to everyone that has voted for us.
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Check out Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation in East/Northeast TennesseeWe have 3 more days that we can vote. Please help by casting your vote today, Thursday and Friday!
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Check out Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation in East/Northeast TennesseeCounting today, there are 4 more days to vote! You can increase your vote capability by asking others to vote. It would be awesome if we could receive some of this money but it won't happen without your help.
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Check out Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation in East/Northeast TennesseeDid you see the article in Sunday's Mountain Press about the contest. We really need you to vote. Thank you.
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Check out Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation in East/Northeast Tennessee