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Knoxville Chamber Ambassadors to hold Ribbon Cutting

Knoxville Chamber Ambassadors to hold Ribbon Cutting

Posted By: Jon Mohwinkle

The Weiler Foundation recently donated $1,000 to the Knoxville Police Department to help with the department’s annual Helmets & Hotdogs event. Foundation President Megan Green says the organization’s mission is to donate to local causes that will help make the community a better place to live. “The Weiler Foundation is about 15 years old now. We’re primarily interested in helping the communities where our employees live and work, particularly educational pursuits. We do a number of scholarships, those types of things, just trying to support the community that’s given a lot to us. We...

The Knoxville Police Department received a $1,000 donation from Weiler Foundation Tuesday morning for the annual Helmets & Hotdogs event. School Resource Officer Kyle Keller says he’s grateful for this major donation. “This is amazing. This is the biggest donation we’ve ever had for this event. This is the sixth year we’ve done it, and we haven’t really put it out there much to try to get donations until this year. Every year, we’ve run out of helmets. Last year, we had a few donated after the fact that we were able to get to people who didn’t get one at the event. This year, th...