Tue13Oct
Kitchen
Tuesday supper crew
4:30–7:00 PMFirehouse kitchen
Chili for eighty. Aprons provided.
2 of 6 left
Walk alongside
Most of this runs on volunteers and cornbread.
Three paid staff, ninety volunteers and three churches that cook on rotation. Here is where you could fit.
Every volunteer is background-checked. Peer-line shifts need two years of recovery.
Shifts this month
Pick a shift that fits your week
Every shift has a lead who will meet you at the door and show you where things are.
Tue13Oct
Kids
Tuesday childcare
6:00–8:45 PMOld dispatch office
Crafts, snacks, a lot of Uno.
1 of 3 left
Wed14Oct
Drivers
Rides to detox and court
On call, 8 AM – 5 PMYour car, anywhere in Knox County
Lorena texts you a pickup. Mileage paid.
3 of 4 left
Thu15Oct
Peer line
Second phone, overnight
11 PM – 7 AMFrom home
Backup to the mentor on shift. Two years in recovery required.
1 of 2 left
Sat17Oct
House
Gilgal House yard day
9:00 AM – Noon410 Jessamine St
Leaves, gutters and a porch rail that needs paint.
5 of 8 left
Fri30Oct
Kitchen
Chip night set-up
5:30–7:00 PMFirehouse basement
Chairs, sheet cake, the good tablecloths.
0 of 5 left
No shifts match. Try another team.
Demo board: tapping Sign up claims a spot on this page only.
Gilgal House wish list
What the house needs this month
Counts are updated every Monday after Reggie checks the closet.
Updated Monday, Oct 5
- Urgent
Steel-toe work boots, sizes 10–12
New or nearly new. Jobs start before paychecks do.
5 pairs still needed
3 of 8
- Urgent
Gas cards, $25
For volunteer drivers on detox and court runs.
19 cards still needed
11 of 30
- This month
KAT 31-day bus passes
For men without a license yet.
5 passes still needed
7 of 12
- This month
Twin XL sheet sets
Plain colors. New only, please.
4 sets still needed
8 of 12
- Always welcome
Cornbread mix and dried pinto beans
Tuesday supper goes through a lot.
14 bags still needed
26 of 40
Not on the list right now, but call Reggie: he may still need it.
Give monthly
Choose what your gift keeps going
Monthly gifts are what let us promise a call back within the hour. Pause or stop any time.
$25/month
Two Narcan kits
Two kits handed to a family at Family Circle every month.
- Two naloxone kits
- Training for the family
Most chosen$60/month
Keep the line ringing
A month of phones, minutes and gas for mentors meeting callers.
- Phone and minutes
- Gas for coffee meetings
- Mentor training
$150/month
Sponsor a bed
Covers a man's free first month at Gilgal House, spread over a year.
- A bed for the first month
- Food and toiletries
- A note from the man you helped
Twelve Stones Recovery is a 501(c)(3). Receipts arrive by email each January.
Alongside us
We don't do this alone
Recovery takes more than a meeting. These are the people we send folks to, and who send folks to us.
- Holston Valley Family MedicineMAT prescribers
Sees our referrals within a week, TennCare or not.
- Second Mile Legal ClinicFree on Thursdays
Helps with fines, licenses and expungement.
- East Knox Job LinkSince 2017
Places Gilgal House men with employers who hire people with records.
- Bertrand Street BaptistSupper schedule
Cooks Tuesday supper on the first and third weeks.
- Old North BarbersFridays
Free haircuts the day before a job interview.
Not sure where you'd fit?
Lorena will buy you a coffee and talk it through. Most volunteers start with one Tuesday supper.