Volunteer of the Year

The Volunteer of the Year is a rising senior recognized for strength of character and service to the University of Tennessee.

LINDSAY MCCLAIN is the 2008 Volunteer of the Year. A junior College Scholars student from Franklin, Tenn., McClain has taken her volunteer work across the globe. She developed two fundraisers through Knoxville Jazz for Justice that have raised more than $11,000 for girls’ education in Northern Uganda, and she traveled to Uganda to implement a music, dance and drama program at Gulu High School. McClain is currently in Uganda, interning with the country’s parliament, working specifically for the Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs and the Committee on Presidential Affairs. She also gives of her time and talents in Knoxville. This fall, she spent time once a week at Sam E. Hill Preschool working with inner-city children, researching the American school system and producing an essay comparing it with schools in Northern Uganda. McClain is a member of Amnesty International, Rotaract Club, UT Solidarity Movement and Uganda Conflict Action Network, and she serves as the Tennessee chairperson and vice president for the Volunteers for Ethiopian Orphans group.