2024
Completed single biggest order, 100 Mahogany Charcuterie boards to Carson Newman University. LET’S GO!!!!
2024
Penultimate participant Michael McCord on set doing what he loves!
2023
Penultimate launches its Woodworking Initiative Penultimate Woodworks!
July 2023
Jayden Jenkins enlist in the United State Army National Guard in Fort Seals Oklahoma!
April 2023
Participants gave back to the community by volunteering UUNIK Academy STEAMI Learning Institute and the Mossy Creek Foundation, building raised gardening beds for the kids to start an urban garden with milled East Knoxville lumber!
January 2023
MLK Ski Trip with Jeremy Cook of Southside Snowboarding in North Carolina.
December 2022
Penultimate Awarded $25,000 from the East Tennessee Foundation Jefferson Health Care Foundation Fund!!!!
August 2022
Graduate Jaquez Hill giving his “What Penultimate means to me speech”
What Penultimate means to me
July 2022
Summer Newsletter
June 2022
Andre with his new wife and Jay with his fiancé and two children.
May 2022
New Transitional Housing Facility
Jayden giving his “What is Penultimate to me speech”.
Spring Activities; fishing, bowling, and Putt/Putt
Hanging out with NCAA Champion and Olympian Tony Parilla!
Hanging out with retired Titan’s receiver, high school principal, and author, Dr. Kevin Dyson!
Hanging out with Leroy Thompson, Coach Jones, Cary Langham and Adia!
September 2022
Penultimate received a $5,000.00 grant from the East Tennessee Foundation Hope In Action Opportunity Fund
Woodworking with the men of Penultimate
Church at The Avenue in Morristown and Proverbs with Desmond
Isaiah Story looking sharp!
August 2021
Summer Newsletter
April 2021
Darryl was baptized at The Avenue Church!
Volunteering and Work!
March 2021
Our speakers are amazing!
February 2021
Fellowship, Self Development, and having fun!
January 2021
2nd Class of Penult Leaders start their Leadership Journey “Building their own Table”!
July 2020
Check out the Year 1 in Review Newsletter
June 2020
Last day of the program ended with a fun filled day on Lake Douglas!
March 2020
Penultimate Development Response to COVID-19
We were able to successfully complete our program and achieve some astonishing result even though we didn’t do everything planned as a result of COVID-19. Since the start of COVID-19 we were able to maintain program continuity through
Secured housing
Employment
Safe social distancing activities
January 2020
Visit to Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.
December 2019
October 2019
Great Teaching by Great Men!
August 2019
Move in Weekend!
February 2019
The residential loft for the Penult Leadership program is complete! We are so excited to began recruiting the first class of Penult Leaders.
March 2019
Onsite Podcast with Mike Dorsey founder and creator of Black Father Now!
Founder & CEO Diondre Jackson on Anything is Possible with Hallerin Hilton Hill
Diondre Jackson: "I definitely know that I'm here to impact the lives of young folks. I'm 100% certain of that."
