KARM VP of Development OP - 2016
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Knox Area Rescue Ministries (<strong>KARM</strong>) is a non-pr<strong>of</strong>it organization founded in December 1960 as the Knoxville<br />
Union Rescue Mission. At that time the organization’s purpose was to provide food and shelter to homeless men.<br />
Today, <strong>KARM</strong> serves nearly 1,000 meals daily and shelters nearly 400 men, women and children each night.<br />
<strong>KARM</strong>’s mission is to rescue the poor and needy in the Knoxville area by providing recovery services in Jesus’<br />
name. Emergency services provided by <strong>KARM</strong> are the essential first step to helping the homeless out <strong>of</strong> their crisis<br />
and introducing them to the One who can bring real restoration.<br />
<strong>KARM</strong> serves a variety <strong>of</strong> people, including the homeless, the working poor, the mentally ill, veterans, persons<br />
dealing with drug or alcohol addictions, and people escaping family violence – men, women and families <strong>of</strong> all<br />
ethnic backgrounds. Indeed, the face <strong>of</strong> homelessness has changed since <strong>KARM</strong> opened the doors in 1960. No<br />
longer is it only the bent, broken older man stumbling down the sidewalk. Rather, it is also the faces <strong>of</strong> hungry,<br />
frightened children and parents overwhelmed by their circumstances, women in crisis, and teens who have aged<br />
out <strong>of</strong> foster care with nowhere else to go. The need is even more critical today because whole generations are in<br />
danger <strong>of</strong> becoming enslaved to poverty and addiction.<br />
While <strong>KARM</strong> is unapologetically a Christian organization, no one seeking help at <strong>KARM</strong> is denied services<br />
for not participating in Christian services or pr<strong>of</strong>essing faith in Jesus Christ. Living out the Christian faith by<br />
fulfilling the biblical mandate to care for “the least <strong>of</strong> these” drives all that <strong>KARM</strong> does each day.<br />
<strong>KARM</strong> is the largest homeless service provider in East Tennessee and the only emergency shelter in the region.<br />
<strong>KARM</strong> strives to work in partnership or collaboratively with other service providers to facilitate optimal service<br />
delivery to those in need. Pr<strong>of</strong>essional affiliations include membership in the Association <strong>of</strong> Gospel Rescue<br />
Missions (AGRM) and the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability (ECFA).<br />
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