Our Mission & Vision
To create a community that is a healthier place to live, work, learn and play by fostering an environment for individuals to actively embrace healthy living by utilizing resources within our three areas of focus:
Healthy Schools | Healthy Community | Healthy Workplaces
HOW DID HEALTHY KINGSPORT BEGIN?
Healthy Kingsport began several years ago with a group of committed community members who saw the urgency associated with the adverse health trends in our community. The trends showed our community was moving in the wrong direction when it came to obesity, physical activity, and tobacco use. Therefore, the group dedicated themselves to changing our community’s direction. The group, led by the Greater Kingsport Family YMCA, applied for a Pioneering Healthier Communities grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aimed to promote policy, systems, and environmental changes to prevent obesity.
Upon being awarded the grant in 2010, several folks representing different organizations traveled to Washington D.C. to attend a training seminar. The seminar spurred the folks to create a community action plan around health and wellness in Greater Kingsport. In 2011, this group and the action plan formed the foundation for Healthy Kingsport.
DESTENY CLEMONS
Healthy Kingsport Director
Kingsport Chamber
dclemons@healthykingsport.org
VANESSA BENNETT
Chief Operations Officer
Kingsport Chamber
vbennett@kingsportchamber.org
Victoria Blanken
Highlands Physicians
Syndi Dennison
Bank of Tennessee
Kelli Fletcher
Ballad Health
Gary Mayes
City of Kingsport BMA Liaison
Cara Schoettes
Sims Venture Capital
Hannah Taylor
Sullivan Co. Regional Health Department
Mike Vicars
Biostaxx
Amanda Ward
Ballad Health