The Akima Club of Knoxville
Founded in 1947 as a women’s service club, Akima provides volunteer hours and financial support to Knoxville agencies covering programs for Arts, Culture and Science; Children and Youth; Medical and Social Services; Seniors and a variety of other fields. We are a 501(c)(3) organization. For more information, please contact the President at president@akimaclub.org.
Happy 75th Birthday to The Akima Club of Knoxville!
Pictured first row: Molly Deuschle (Grants Follow Up Chair), Traci Rhea (Grants Assistance Vice Chair), Tyrone Beach (Director of Development for The Muse), Patti West (75th Anniversary Chair). Second row: Wendy Hopper (Grants Assistance Chair), Tricia Lee (Parliamentarian).
For Akima’s 75th birthday, we raised almost $6,000 for our Grants Program. The Muse Knoxville Children's Museum was awarded this amount to be used to recarpet their planetarium.
Pictured right are Molly Deuschle (Grant Follow Up Chair), Rosalind Martin (KMA’s Director of Education), David Butler (KMA’s Executive Director), Traci Rhea (Grants Assistance Vice Chair) and Tricia Lee (Parliamentarian).
Pictured left are Tricia Lee (Parliamentarian), Molly Deuschle (Grant Follow Up Chair), Ann Pierce (Events and Stewardship Manager for Interfaith Health Clinic), Traci Rhea (Grants Assistance Vice Chair) and Wendy Hopper (Grants Assistance Chair).
Akima Grant Program
Thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors and friends for making Cabaret 2022 a tremendous success. Because of your generous support, the Akima Grants Program is able to award another unprecedented total of $94,442.19 in grants for 2023 to local non-profit organizations. For details on our grant recipients, please click below.
