International Peace Day – 1,000 Cranes

Join CISV Smoky Mountain and Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) as we celebrate International Peace Day by folding 1,000 origami cranes in honor of the day. If you don’t know how to fold cranes, someone will teach you! Stop by to fold 1, 10, 20, 30.. or more cranes! Free t-shirt if you make…

CISV USA Photo Contest

Help win money for our chapter by participating in this year's photo contest! Submit your best pictures from 2022 programs for a chance to win up to $100 for the Smoky Mountain Chapter. This will also help build a library of photos that can be used by CISV USA and CISV Chapters to promote CISV…

CISV in Motion

CISV USA is inviting chapters to attend the annual CISV In Motion Conference. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency near Pittsburgh International Airport located at 1111 Airport Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15231 October 14 - 16.  Travel for 1 adult and 1 LJR covered by national. Hotel cost will be covered by chapter. Chapters…

October Board Meeting

Join us for our chapter's October Board Meeting via Zoom. You can find the information to join below. The agenda can be found here. Topic: CISV Smoky Mtn Board Meetings Time: Oct 20, 2022 07:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every month on the Third Thu, 2 occurrence(s) Oct 20, 2022 07:30 AM Nov…

Southern Regional Mini Camp

CISV Atlanta is hosting the SRMC this year! This is a perfect opportunity for youth ages 10+ from chapters in the south east region to engage in a fun-filled weekend together! Mini Camps build Junior Branch community. Campers develop friendships, engage in open-minded discussions that inspire deeper thinking, participate in CISV activities that focus on…

Website Training

Janet Reynolds with National IT will be leading chapter website training for new website chapter administrators on October 26th 7:30pm - 9:00pm EST. Here is a link to register: https://cisvusa.org/event/cisv-chapter-web-admin-training/

Fall Chapter Meeting

*UPDATE* We are now primarily seeking a Risk Manager and President Elect! All are invited to join the Fall Chapter Meeting at Ijams Nature Center! We are hopeful to have programs for 2023 announced at this meeting. We’ll have the membership vote in the 2022-23 Board and bylaw change. So this is an important one to…

Programs Football Pool

The program football pool is how CISV USA decides which chapters will participate in which programs around the world. Our chapter earns "points" to help us claim programs our chapter prefers for the upcoming year. This process will occur virtually on November 9th. Stay tuned for more news! Please help us determine which programs interest…

November Board Meeting

Join us for our monthly board meeting via Zoom! The Zoom information to join each month will be the same. Below are the details to join via phone or computer: Topic: CISV Smoky Mtn Board Meetings Time: Nov 17, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)         Nov 17, 2022 07:30…

November Fun Day

Come join our Fun Days to learn more about CISV, 2023 programs, have fun and make friends! Fun Days are for all ages, including JC's and leaders. Be sure to bring your friends along as well!