Use Your Experience and Start Volunteering
A Message from Our Executive Director
Use Your Experience to Make a Difference:
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Welcome, and thank you for visiting Grow Partnership Tennessee (GPT). I’m De Ossie Dingus, Executive Director of this community-rooted organization. My journey with GPT didn’t start in a boardroom, it started in the neighborhoods we serve, as a Community Health Worker (CHW). For over a decade, I’ve walked alongside residents navigating barriers to health, safety, and opportunity. Those experiences, combined with formal training in management, leadership, and community development, have shaped the work we do today.
At GPT, we believe real change comes from within our communities, and we know that you have something to offer.
We invite you to volunteer as a peer-leader in one of our service programs. GPT provides the funding; you bring your experience, time, passion, and leadership to shape the program so it meets the real needs of your community.
Whether your strengths lie in health, wellness, education, advocacy, or simply caring for others, your contributions create lasting impact.
From economic wellness to community empowerment, our programs are built by the people, for the people.
Your experience matters. Your leadership matters. Together, we can build stronger, healthier, more resilient communities.