The Opioid Crisis: ALL4KNOX Takeaways By Dr. H. Lee Martin, President Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee Friday, August 2, the City and County Mayors hosted a gathering to consider how our region can address the issues associated with substance abuse. The venue was the new University Center on the campus of the University of Tennessee, a beautiful…
The Opioid Crisis: Too Close to Home By Dr. H. Lee Martin, President Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee Last November, Trinity Foundation in cooperation with Leadership Tennessee, sponsored a community roundtable with Sam Quinones, the author of the book Dreamland. Over 400 hundred concerned citizens and area leaders came together to learn and discuss how Knoxville could address the…
Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee hosted the 2018 Silver Lamp Awards on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at The Foundry. This year, Trinity recognized 26 healthcare professionals who received a Silver Lamp Award for continuing education during the 2018 calendar year. Each of the 13 hospitals in our area selects up to two individuals who exemplify outstanding leadership and dedication…
On November 14, 2018, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee in collaboration with Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN and Leadership TN held a community event at Hotel Knoxville to address the Opioid Epidemic in Knoxville. Sam Quinones, a recognized national expert on the trends that lead to the opioid crisis spoke to the group of over 440 individuals. Mr.…
On Thursday, October 25, 2018, the Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee awarded over $923,000 in grants to 10 nonprofit organizations. These grants are the result of a year-long effort to stimulate projects related to Trinity’s mission of improving the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of East Tennessee. In March, 53 proposals were submitted and from those, 11 large and 11 small…
Trinity President, Dr. H. Lee Martin, was honored as a 2018 Healthcare Hero in the Community Outreach category at the Foundry on September 8. Dr. Martin played a critical role in developing Trinity Foundation’s unique two-phase grant process that has awarded over $5.5 million to organizations throughout our community. Click here to read more about Dr. Martin and Trinity’s grant…
Congratulations to the 2018 Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee Phase I grant winners! Twenty-two organizations were awarded over $200,000 in Phase I grant awards this year.
In 2017, Trinity Health Foundation awarded a Phase II grant to the Jefferson Rural Clinic (JRC) in Jefferson County, TN. The clinic has provided medical services for some time but wished to expand to provide free and/or low-cost dental care to residents at or below the Federal Poverty Level in Jefferson and Grainger Counties. JRC submitted a grant request “Bringing…
Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee hosted the 2017 Silver Lamp Awards on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at The Foundry. This year, Trinity recognized 25 healthcare professionals who received a Silver Lamp Award for continuing education during the 2017 calendar year. Each of the 14 hospitals in our area selects up to two individuals who exemplify outstanding leadership and dedication…
Trinity is pleased to announce the addition of three new board members for 2018: Robert C. DeNovo, III, Benét Theiss, and Twuanna Munroe Ward. Robert is Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor at Pinnacle Asset Management. Benét is an attorney at Young Williams Law Firm. Twuanna is Vice President of Transaction Accounting at Scripps Networks. We are excited about the…
