News & Updates

By Liz Thacker, Strong Women Strong Futures Navigator One early Monday morning in June, I walked into the Children’s Center of the Cumberlands for my initial visit with the organization. As I sat in their conference room talking and getting to know their executive...

Language barriers in the healthcare setting cause major disparities in care and can have profound consequences for people’s health. A new medical interpreting program at Knoxville-based (and Strong Women Strong Futures Network member) Centro Hispano is helping address...

Why does WFET believe in Advocacy? Advocacy seeks to ensure that all people in society are able to have their voice heard. When we advocate for someone, we serve to promote and protect their rights, ensuring their views and wishes are genuinely considered when...

Veenita Bisaria is a results-driven investment and finance professional with over 20 years of experience and a proven track record of developing and successfully implementing a $10 billion investment portfolio - including asset allocation, section of investments,...

Angela Howard brings 33 years of broad business experience in for-profit and not-for-profit business management and entrepreneurship. Angela’s prior experiences include Regional Account Executive for Coca-Cola USA, Portfolio manager for Atlanta Financial Group,...

On the evening of Monday, May 2nd, Co-Chairs Todd & Andrea Flanders, Laura Cole (Women’s Fund Board Member), and Chef Joseph Lenn hosted a Spring Soirée to benefit the Women’s Fund of East Tennessee. The J.C. Holdway event, presented by KaTom and Axiom Wealth...

How YOU Make the Difference Despite the trying nature of the past couple of years, the Women’s Fund of East Tennessee (WFET) has come out okay. Beyond okay - and we can only thank YOU for it! Our fundraising has continued to surpass expectations, due to our committed...

In late fall of '21, the Women's Fund announced that four new grantees would be joining our Network in 2022-2023. This month we would like to introduce you to Safe Harbor Child and Advocacy Center of the Smokies in Sevierville. Established in 2005, this organization...

Rarely do we have the opportunity to share, from one’s own point of view, an individual’s life history. What we are about to share is from Carol’s own hand. We couldn’t be more proud that she was our Founder, leader, teacher, and, most of all, visionary and friend....

The Women’s Fund of East Tennessee (WFET) is announcing $490,000 in new grant support to provide new services and expansion of the Strong Women Strong Futures (SWSF) Network. The SWSF Network’s Vision is to change the current pervasive and discouraging narrative that...