Come To The Water

03/25/2026

Join us on May 2 for Embers of Impact, Come to the Water’s Annual Banquet, an evening of purpose, celebration, and fun as we come together to help send kids to camp.

Friday, May 2 at 5:30 p.m.
Rothchild’s Catering

Tickets are on sale now: https://givebutter.com/cttw-banquet-2026-qjbpj1

02/04/2026

What does a week of camp do for a young person? It gives a student space to breathe, belong, try new things, and come home with confidence.

Come to the Water sends East Tennessee middle schoolers to a week of summer camp each year through community support and nominations from adults who see their potential.

Learn more: https://cometothewater.us

12/02/2025

🎁 This Giving Tuesday, give the gift of camp. Come to the Water raises funds to send children to summer camp—kids who wouldn’t have the opportunity otherwise. Campers are nominated by individuals, schools, and community organizations.

Your support helps create life-changing moments in nature, friendship, and faith.

🌊 Donate or learn more: https://cometothewater.us/

06/23/2025

Paddling forward...together. 🚣‍♀️ Our campers returned from CAMP REBOUND full of stories, smiles, and sun-soaked memories. Canoeing, team building, problem-solving, and simply being kids...this is what healing through connection looks like. 💛

w/ Lutheridge

07/26/2024

You've probably heard the old adage "Teamwork makes the dream work," and this is definitely true at camp! Check out some scenes from this summer's session, where campers sharpened their skills at working together and overcoming obstacles as part of a team!

03/19/2024

Mark your calendar for this year's CTTW banquet and auction fundraiser at Rothchild Catering in Knoxville: Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 5:30pm-8:45pm. It promises to be an evening of delight and purpose!

02/09/2024

Summer camps aren't just fun—they're transformative experiences! For kids, they offer a chance to explore, learn, and grow in a supportive environment. Let's ensure every child gets to experience the magic of camp. 🌟

Visit https://cometothewater.us/ to support our efforts to send 80 kids to camp this summer!

06/23/2023

This Sunday, 60+ Come To The Water campers (+ chaperones) will head to camp! Please join us in lifting them up in your prayers over the next week while they experience all that camp has to offer.

04/15/2023

Still need to get tickets for the Come To The Water banquet later this month? Here's the info to get yours today!

12/06/2022

We're so proud of our own Larry Moeller and all the incredible work he does in our community! We

There are those who toil and struggle for decades with the goal of writing a book that is both captivating and publishable, and then there are people like Larry Moeller

08/05/2022

Come To The Water is honored to be the recipient of this fundraiser with Alcoa Kiwanis 3-2-1 Club!! Please make plans to attend if you can! 🥧🥧🥧

w/ Food City Larry Moeller Deanna Lynn Moeller Messiah Lutheran Church First United Methodist Church Alcoa Tenn.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!!!! When will you get another chance like this?? Who gets bragging rights? For $5 you can throw a pie in the face of:

Ed Mitchell - Blount County Mayor
Jeff Headrick - BC Highway Superintendent
Linda Webb - BC Commissioner
Jerome Moon - TN House of Representatives District 8
Todd Orr - BC Property Assessor
Brian Nix - Alcoa Football Coach (10-10:30am ONLY)
Dr. Caleb Tipton - Alcoa High School Principal
Richard Gamble - Alcoa Middle School Asst. Principal
(The individual that raises the most funds with pies to their face get to throw a pie in the face of their choice from the panel)

This fundraiser, on August 20th, 9am-11am at 1st United Methodist Church Alcoa, has been created in order to provide a way for children to have the opportunity to attend a safe week caring summer camp through the Come to the Water ministry. The camp gives the kids in our area an amazing chance to experience and learn about essential life skills such as being self-confident and improving their approach to self-esteem.

The scholarship for one child at the cost of $550 gives one child a full week of camp, six days, and three meals a day. The Come to the Water Camp is essentially another way that we can minister and support children in our community to experience something good in life that they can keep in their memories and hearts for the rest of their life. We have seen and heard testimonies of children that have been able to attend this camp and it is so heartwarming to hear that they were able to be kids just a little while longer with the stress of life being relieved for fun and excitement. Please go to the website for testimonials.

WWW.COMETOTHEWATER.US

03/28/2022

We are grateful to friends of Come to the Water for their generous support through the March 2022 banquet fundraiser. 'An Evening of Purpose and Fun', punctuated by a moving keynote from Amanda Hara, anchor of WVLT news, proved to be just that. Donations from the event will send 22 middle school youth to camp this summer. We've a ways to go to fund the goal of 75 campers. To make a gift and sponsor a day or a week of camp, visit https://ComeToTheWater.us