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Wilderness at the Smokies Resort Will Open Indoor Waterpark for FREE to Sevier County Residents

Posted by Rick Laney – December 11, 2011

SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee — Although Wilderness at the Smokies only allows registered resort guests to use its waterpark facilities, on Sunday, Dec. 18 – for only the second time ever – the Wild WaterDome indoor waterpark will be open to all Sevier County residents FREE of charge from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. in exchange for three (3) canned food items for donation to the Sevier County Food Ministries, a Second Harvest Food Bank of Knoxville partner agency.

Wilderness at the Smokies Resort

Guests will enjoy the entire seven-acre indoor waterpark (where it is ALWAYS 85-degrees), four huge water slides, an enormous indoor wave pool, indoor/outdoor hot tubs, and the amazing SurfRider which shoots 19,000 gallons of water per minute to create a six-foot wave to surf on. Don’t miss this opportunity to have an amazing afternoon and evening with your family while helping those in need right here in East Tennessee. **Each donation of three (3) canned food items will get free access for one individual.**

Also, many Wilderness at the Smokies employees – who each receive a holiday turkey from the resort – are donating their turkey to Sevier County Food Ministries this year to help those in need.

Those who attend should take their canned food items to the entrance to the indoor waterpark marked “Wild WaterDome.” For more information about Wilderness at the Smokies resort, visit www.WildernessAtTheSmokies.com.  **Because of maximum capacity requirements, those attending will get access on a first-come-first-served basis (so don’t be late!).**

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B&W Y-12 donates food, money to help increasing demand for Second Harvest Food Bank

Posted by Shane Rhyne – December 8, 2009

Second Harvest logo

Knoxville, TN – B&W Y-12 employees delivered food, a $6,500 corporate contribution and more than $2,100 in employee donations to Second Harvest Food Bank today. The delivery is aimed to draw attention to Second Harvest’s efforts to feed the hungry and to encourage other individuals and businesses to contribute.

“Due to economic hard times, food donations are down this year while demand for food is up,” said Second Harvest Executive Director Elaine Streno. In October 2008, 130,000 people, including many seniors and children, needed food from Second Harvest. This October, the number was 165,000.  “We help 159 schools feed over 7,500 kids in East Tennessee,” Streno added.

From its 21,000-square-foot warehouse in Knoxville, Second Harvest provides food to people in 18 counties – Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union. Second Harvest Food Bank works with a network of agency partners such as church pantries, shelters, group homes, community kitchens, schools and many other organizations that serve the needy.

B&W Y-12 operates the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. President Darrel Kohlhorst and other staff will tour Second Harvest’s facility Tuesday, and Second Harvest officials will be available to discuss their program. If you would like photos after Tuesday’s event, please contact B&W Y-12 Public Affairs:  Ellen Boatner (865-241-4937) or Ryn Etter (865-241-3366).

If you are interested in supporting Second Harvest, or work as part of an agency or food bank and are interested in setting up an interview with a Second Harvest representative, please call Elaine Streno at 865-850-4284.  For more info visit: www.secondharvestknox.org

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Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee, a member of Feeding America, has worked to eliminate hunger since 1982.  In 2009, this organization provided food for more than 9.7 million meals in 18 counties in East Tennessee.  With 6 major programs and 450 Agency/Food Partners, Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee distributes food to more than 145,000 kids, adults and seniors each month.