Family Appreciation Week Leaderboard
This year, you and your family can earn prizes as you participate in Family Appreciation Week!
Families are encouraged to show off their participation in events and activities throughout the week! Our FAW Leaderboard will be updated daily to see who is our most participatory family. Bragging rights are not the only thing on the line; engaging in daily social media challenges, activities, and playing lunch break trivia earns your family points to be considered for prizes. Our grand prize winner will receive free Fall Family Weekend registration for their family (up to 8 people – football game tickets not included). Trivia and activity challenge winners will be eligible to receive a mystery prize pack.
Event information is subject to change, and new events are being added periodically. Please check back often for new events and information.
Monday, April 10
Family Appreciation Week Kick-Off, 8:30 a.m.
Notification via Email
Check your email inbox as we kick-off Family Appreciation Week. The email will also include a copy of the schedule for the week and Zoom links for all virtual engagement opportunities.
Social Media Challenge: Meaningful Monday, All Day
Join In on the UTK Family Engagement Facebook Page
We all need a little something to jumpstart our Monday. Visit our Facebook page, @UTKFamily, during today’s social media challenge to tell us what UT means to you and your family!
Participating in the social media challenge increases your leaderboard points and gets your family closer to the grand prize.
Lunch Break SINGO, 1 p.m. EST
via Zoom | Register for Zoom Link
Take a break and join us for a round of virtual SINGO, musical bingo, to earn points towards the leaderboard. Our first place winners will receive a mystery prize pack.
Tuesday, April 11
Social Media Challenge: Tradition Tuesday, All Day
Join In on Social Media
Visit our Facebook page, @UTKFamily, during today’s social media challenge to share your family’s favorite UT tradition! Learn more about UT Traditions.
Participating in the social media challenge increases your leaderboard points and gets your family closer to the grand prize.
Service Project: Hygiene and Pet Items Drive for BOP, All Day
Help us collect hygiene and pet items for the Big Orange Pantry, which provides basic needs assistance for students, faculty, and staff! Take a look at our Amazon wish list.
Donations can be purchased online straight from the wish list, or can be collected at any of our in-person engagement events throughout the week.
Big Orange Thank You! Garden Party, 5-7 p.m. EST
UT Gardens | 2518 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996
Join the Family Engagement team and Office of the Dean of Students for a sweet treat at the UT Gardens! Students and families will have the opportunity to propagate their own plant from the Gardens and take it home. Plants will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
Students can also complete “Thank You” postcards to be mailed to loved ones. Postage will be covered by Family Engagement.
Wednesday, April 12
Social Media Challenge: Wisdom Wednesday, All Day
Join In on Social Media
If there’s one thing all families have in common, it is that they all want the best for their students. Visit our Facebook page, @UTKFamily, during today’s social media challenge to share your best piece of wisdom or advice for your student!
Participating in the social media challenge increases your leaderboard points and gets your family closer to the grand prize.
Lunch Break SINGO, 1 p.m. EST
via Zoom | Register for Zoom Link
Take a break and join us for a round of virtual SINGO, musical bingo, to earn points towards the leaderboard. Our first place winners will receive a mystery prize pack.
Thursday, April 13
Social Media Challenge: Thankful Thursday, All Day
Join In on Social Media
We cannot give enough thanks for our Volunteer Families. Visit our Facebook page, @UTKFamily, during today’s social media challenge to tell us who or what your family is thankful for!
Participating in the social media challenge increases your leaderboard points and gets your family closer to the grand prize.
Coffee on Us!
Notification via Email
Enjoy a cup of coffee on the Family Engagement team! Participants in the top 20 on the leaderboard will receive a Starbucks gift card in their email inbox.
Friday, April 10
Social Media Challenge: Big Orange Friday, All Day
Join In on Social Media
Big Orange Friday is a UT tradition on campus, improving student morale by encouraging school spirit. Visit our Facebook page, @UTKFamily, during today’s social media challenge to show off your school spirit by posting a pic of you and your family in your favorite Big Orange gear!
Participating in the social media challenge increases your leaderboard points and gets your family closer to the grand prize.
Service Project: Hygiene and Pet Items Drive, All Day
Help us collect hygiene and pet items for the Big Orange Pantry, which provides basic needs assistance for students, faculty, and staff! Take a look at our Amazon wish list.
Donations can be purchased online straight from the wish list, or can be collected at any of our in-person engagement events throughout the week.
Lunch Break SINGO, 1 p.m. EST
via Zoom | Register for Zoom Link
Take a break and join us for a round of virtual SINGO, musical bingo, to earn points towards the leaderboard. Our first place winners will receive a mystery prize pack.
Vol Families Social & Watch Party, 7-10 p.m. EST
Saloon 16 (Graduate Knoxville) | 1706 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916
Registration Required
Join Family Engagement and the Office of the Dean of Students for a social and watch party as we cheer on Vols Baseball against the University of Arkansas.
Registration is required and space is limited.
Register on Tennessee Family Hub
Saturday, April 15
Vol Family Tailgate Party, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. EST
Frieson Black Cultural Center | 1800 Melrose Ave, Knoxville, TN 3791
Join us before the Vols suit up for the Orange & White game, UT’s annual spring scrimmage game! Enjoy a bite to eat from a local food truck and connect with other Volunteer families.
Tickets are $10 per person and space is limited.
Register on Tennessee Family Hub
Service Project: Hygiene and Pet Items Drive, All Day
Help us collect hygiene and pet items for the Big Orange Pantry, which provides basic needs assistance for students, faculty, and staff! Take a look at our Amazon wish list.
Donations can be purchased online straight from the wish list, or can be collected at any of our in-person engagement events throughout the week.