Health Festival October 5, 2024

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who made our Health Festival a success!  From our amazing volunteers to the incredible vendors who came out—your support means everything. With over 80 vendors joining us, the day was filled with health screenings, resources, fun activities, and community connections. We couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you!

Check out the pictures below to see the impact we made together!

Vendors

Vendor Sign-Ups are now closed.
Thank you to the 50 vendors who registered early!

Registration/Central Information Table
– New Direction Health Care Solutions

Cancer & Men’s Health Prostate
– Cancer Support East TN

Breast Cancer
– UTMCK Mammography Education & Scheduling

Mobile Units
– Knox County Health Dept
– Knox County Health Dept (Women’s Health)
– Cherokee Health Systems

Arts, Crafts & Children’s Services
– Audrey Wallace (Crafts for Kids)
– The Muse
– Friends of Library (Free Books)
– Child Help TN Foster Family Services

Caregiving, Sitters, Alzheimer’s & Senior Care
– AARP
– AROSACARE-inhome personal care

Diabetes Screenings & Kidney Disease Education
– Dr. Caroline Cooley
– The Links

Drug/Addiction/Opioid
– Metro Drug Coalition
– Covenant Counseling: Drug/Addiction/ Opioid, Mental Health-Resiliency, Emotional Support, and Mediation

Entertainment
– WJBE live remote 10am-12noon

Exercise, Movement/Walking
– Divine Creation – Healthy Exercise/Yoga Demonstration

Exercise, Movement/Walking
– Divine Creation – Healthy Exercise/Yoga Demonstration

Health Careers, Jobs/Human Resources
– TN Wesleyan University – Nursing Dept
– University of TN Human Resources – Jobs at UTMC job application center

Faith Ministries & Churches
– Centro Hispano
– Foster Chapel Baptist Church Ministries
– Vivian Gwinn Trinity COGIC

Food Insecurities (Pantries, Healthy Foods, Food Trucks)
– Dennis Johnson – Shaved Ice
– Second Harvest Food Bank of East TN – Fresh Produce
– Liston’s BBQ & Catering

Health Information
– UT Medical Center Information Only (Outside):
– General Cancer Education & Mammography Scheduling
– Heart Health Education
– Trauma Services Information
– Stroke Education
– Rural Health Association
– Knoxville Area Project Access

Hospitals
– Tennova (CPR & Prostate Cancer)

Heart & Cardiovascular
– American Heart Association

Housing/Social Services Organizations
– Connect Ministries
– KCDC
– CAC: Eric Johnson & Office on Aging

Insurance
– Humana

Mental Health
– Helen Ross McNabb
– TN Suicide Prevention Network
– Dr. Sharon Drummond-Meloncan
– Mental Health Association
– Center for Behavioral Medicine

Medical Clinics
– East Knox Free Medical Clinic

Vaccines
– Cherokee Health Systems

Specialty
– Meharry Medical College
– NFL Alumni Association

Screenings
– UTMC – Carotid Ultrasound
– Oral/Head/Neck Cancer

Volunteer Service Organizations
– 100 Black Men
– Greek Organizations
– Iota Phi Lambda
– NAACP
– Veterans – Voter Registration
– S.E.E.E.D
– DeOssie Dingus

Public Services & Government
– City of Knoxville – Office of Neighborhood Empowerment

Elected Officials
– Kim Frazier, Knox County Commission
– Domonica Bryant, State Senate Candidate, District 6