Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc.
Connecting People with Purpose., Community., Resources., Service., Opportunities.
Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc. (BVI) is a nonprofit organization that oversees two affiliated nonprofits: National Emergency Assistance (NEA) and Retiree Resources Corporation (RRC). Together, these organizations offer Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) retirees and former employees opportunities to engage in volunteer service, support FEMA disaster recovery efforts, and participate in TVA contract work.
Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc.
BVI offers an opportunity to volunteer at the Visitor Centers at Fontana Dam, Kentucky Dam, Norris Dam, and Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Facility along with a variety of other volunteer opportunities.
National Emergency Assistance, Inc.
FEMA relies on NEA employees to augment their disaster assistance endeavors all over the United States.
Retiree Resources Corporation
Many TVA retirees and former employees are working through RRC to provide temporary staff augmentation to TVA.
We seek to make an impact in our Tennessee Valley community through the following efforts each year
STEM grants given to Tennessee Valley teachers
Visitors to the TVA Visitor Centers
Tennessee Valley Robotics Teams entered into competitions
RRC employees supporting TVA through staff augmentation
NEA employees deployed to disaster areas
Retirees doing projects to help improve their communities
What’s New?
TVA Continues Coal Operations to Help Drive U.S. Energy Dominance
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors voted Wednesday to take steps toward continued operation of the Kingston and Cumberland Fossil Plants beyond previously scheduled retirement dates, aligning with the Administration’s energy...
Loyalty unleashed
Imagine being asked to smell a pie and then identify every ingredient. Then, imagine that pie being in a sealed box on the other side of the room. Impossible right? Dogs, on the other hand, were built for this. Equipped with a staggering 125 million to 300 million...
Ready and reliable
Inside a hilltop building overlooking Chickamauga Dam, a group of Reliability Coordinators sits quietly at desks facing a large, semicircular screen. On the screen is an image that resembles an arcade game from the ’80s – a vibrant maze of pathways representing the...
What yesterday built
A reflection of the video screens at the System Operations Center glimmered in his eyes, glassy with tears. “I just – I'm overwhelmed,” TVA retiree Hugh Gardner, 93, said. “I may just break out in tears.” In the ’60s, Hugh was a Power Supply Manager – a position...
Mural on the mountain
Given its unique location on a mountaintop, Raccoon Mountain has always been seen as an engineering marvel. In operation since 1978, it can store and release water to generate up to 1,700 megawatts for periods of high demand. But to TVA and the people of the Valley...
Fusion demonstration project at Bull Run moves forward
State regulators, Type One Energy and TVA announced today the initial submission of a “byproduct material license” application in preparation for Tennessee’s first commercial fusion project. Type One Energy and TVA worked closely with the Tennessee Department of...