The Friends of Roan Mountain fosters greater awareness and understanding of the natural, historical, and cultural significance of Roan Mountain. Friends of Roan offers naturalists rallies throughout the year and works with Roan Mountain State Park and the Forest Service on numerous projects.

We are a disaster relief non-profit that walks alongside with communities to create resilience and ultimately revival.

Our mission is to feed the hungry in Northeast Tennessee by securing and distributing food and engaging the community in the fight to end hunger through regional partnerships, programs, and education.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee has led the effort to end hunger in Northeast Tennessee since 1986. An affiliate of the Feeding America Network of Food Banks, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee is the only food bank serving the eight county region incorporating Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties. The food bank is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization located in Kingsport, Tennessee, and is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest food bank network.

In fiscal year 2023, the food bank provided 10.8 million meals (12.9 million pounds of food) to people in need in the eight-county region. Over 40,000 individuals each month are served through the food bank’s partner agencies and direct service programs.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee staff and Board of Directors are dedicated to helping provide food assistance and help stabilize lives in the eight-county region for years to come. The food bank seeks innovative ways to improve the operation and nutritional content of the food distributed.

United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in our community. We win by living United. By forging unlikely partnerships. By finding new solutions to old problems. By mobilizing our best resources. And by inspiring individuals to join the fight against our region’s most daunting social crises.