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Free Physicals Offered in January

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Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic is offering free physicals for uninsured Sevier County residents and workers on Wednesday, January 10 and Thursday, January 11.

Sevierville, TN- December 12, 2017 – Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic will again offer free physical exams for members of the community who either live or work in Sevier County and are without health insurance.  The physicals are made possible through a partnership with the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and will be conducted by a group of medical students and overseen by medical school faculty.  The exams will also include basic laboratory screenings. Some charges may apply for certain laboratory tests.

“We are so excited about our partnership with ETSU and about this opportunity to offer free physicals for the community,” said Mary Vance, Executive Director of Mountain Hope Clinic. “This is also a great opportunity for new patients to become established at Mountain Hope now, while they are well, so that they will be able to get appointments more quickly should they experience illness.”

There are a limited number of appointments available. Please call 774-7684 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday to make an appointment.

Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic provides primary medical care for the uninsured men, women and children who live or work in Sevier County.

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You Can Help with Winter Warmth

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It’s a tradition at Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic to decorate our Christmas tree in the front lobby with winter warmth. Mittens, hats, gloves, scarves and socks of all sizes, shapes and colors decorate our tree. Just before Christmas, our patients take what they need to stay warm from the tree as our gift to them.

Christmas may not be on your horizon yet, but it’s on ours. We would love donations of those winter items. If you can knit, crochet or sew, home-made articles are always a big hit with our patients. Be creative with patterns and colors. If you prefer shopping to knitting, maybe you could find a bargain on a scarf, hat or socks.

You can bring your donation to the Clinic and leave them with our front office staff, or you can contact Ashley Burnette at 865-774-7684 or aburnette@mountainhope.org for pickup.

 

Thanks! And Merry Christmas!

 

Attendees of the Titanic Event, photographed by Angie Carriere.

Team 22 Helps with Titanic Event

by EventsFriends of Mountain Hope
Attendees of the Titanic Event, photographed by Angie Carriere.

Team 22 Studios husband-wife owners went the extra mile to make Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic’s fundraiser at the Titanic Museum truly memorable for the participants.

Not only did Ken and Angie Carriere donate a superhero photo shoot for a youngster as an auction item, they also took stunning 8-by-10-inch black-and-white portraits of everyone in attendance at the Roaring Twenties-themed event on July 15. Sensible Concrete sponsored the photos. Angie Carriere also took a beautiful photo of the guests gathered on the Grand Staircase of the Titanic Museum.

“Angie is really the talent,” Ken said. “I’m just the bragger.” She’s a wiz at photo editing and other technical work the couple produce, but she has a strong artistic streak too. “Angie is one of the most talented people on the planet,” her husband said. Apart from her work with the studio, she performs at the Hatfield and McCoy dinner show. She sings, writes, arranges and produces music and plays nine instruments.

It was her theater work that drew them to Sevier County three years ago. However, it was Ken’s past history that got them involved in the Titanic fundraiser. As a seven-year-old boy, he had Hodgkins Disease, a very serious form of cancer, especially in 1962. His family could not afford treatment for him, so a local organization paid the bills and provided him with the health care that allowed him to survive without dire financial consequences to the family.

Many years later, when the couple heard about the Titanic fundraiser, the Carrieres decided to help as a way of paying back. “Mountain Hope provides services that would not be available otherwise to people with no health insurance,” Ken said.

Team 22 provides all kinds of photographic services, from the traditional to the innovative. As you might expect, the Carrieres shoot weddings, senior portraits and family reunions, etc. and also produce videos. In more offbeat work, they also create superhero or princess packages for children. Using creative technology, they transform the photos they take of boys and girls into large pictures starring the children as superheroes or princesses against an appropriate background. The resulting pictures are available on 16- by 20-inch framed canvases or as large movie-style posters.

Another innovation is the Carrieres’ use of “gray-screen technology,” with which “you can make things look three-dimensional,” Ken said. “It’s pretty amazing what can be done using this technology.” Angie can also take a photo and, using a digital painting technique, make it look like a real painting.

Team 22 Studio is at 837 Newport Highway in Sevierville. You can see examples of the Carrieres’ work at team22studios.com or on their team 22 studios Facebook. Their phone number is 865-366-1213.

Attendees of the Titanic Event, photographed by Angie Carriere.

Gala at Sea is a Titanic Success

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The Roaring Twenties came to life again July 15 at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge as guests enjoyed the glittering Gala at Sea, a fundraiser for Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic.

Guests, many of whom got into the spirit of the evening by wearing 1920s dress, were treated to a wonderful meal in the elegant Secret Dining Room. A violinist serenaded them at their tables as they ate. A duo provided music throughout the evening and for dancing.

Auction items were varied, to say the least. They included a three-night stay at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, WVa; a flight in a biplane to be followed by dinner on the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge  Airport terrace; three chairs from the newly refurbished Gatlinburg Skylift, and many other items.

Dr. Doug Guyot spoke about the Clinic’s work. Guests were given beautiful 8 x 10” portraits as mementos. To complete the evening, they took up a toast on the Grand Staircase.

Mountain Hope is especially grateful to Titanic Museum owner Mary Kellogg-Joslyn and to Christopher Massie, who hosted and coordinated the event. Titanic staff Tracy, violinist Officer Bill, Debbie and Ryan made invaluable contributions to the evening’s success. Jon Hamer and Samuel Adams provided music throughout the event.

The Clinic’s thanks also go to the Bullfish Grill for the meal; auctioneer Dale Carr; to photography sponsors Aimee and Jeremy Williams of Sensible Concrete and Team 22 Studios; Eric Bradley of the Navigator; and volunteers Christie Balog, Judy Ann Ellison, Estefany Fernandez, Savannah Fuller and Lucy Fredriksen.

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The Clinic also thanks the sponsors for this event; the following people and businesses supplied auction items for the Gala at Sea:

Alcatraz East, Big Creek Expeditions, Collier Restaurant Group, Country Tonite Theater, Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, the Gatlinburg Sky Lift, Will Godzson of Inov8 Studios, Gepetto’s Italian Restaurant, Greenbrier Resort, Marc Hightower of Sky High Air Tours, Stephen Leach and Barry Phillips, Woods Hippensteal, Ripley’s Attractions, the Spa at Riverstone, Southeastern Dermatology, Smoky Creek Cabin Rentals, Smoky Mountain Outdoors, and Team 22 Studios.

Other sponsors included Brandywine Creek Vineyard, Mill Bridge Winery, Ole Smoky Moonshine, Sevier Glam, and Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson.

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Lions offer second opportunity for eye exams and glasses for fire victims

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Female optician examining senior patient's vision with phoropter

People displaced by the Sevier County wildfires at the end of November have another opportunity for a free eye exam and free eyeglasses, thanks to Smoky Mountain Lions Charities.  Because of the extraordinary amount of interest during a similar event held January 28, 2017 at the Boyd’s Bear facility in Pigeon Forge, organizers have decided to repeat the process.  Fire victims that responded to the January clinic were the recipients of 63 eye exams and 59 pairs of glasses.

The charities’ mobile vision lab will be set up on Saturday, March 11 at First Baptist Church of Gatlinburg where fully trained eye care professionals will conduct eye tests between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. They will draw up new prescriptions and conduct thorough tests including those for glaucoma.  Eyeglasses based on the new prescriptions will be distributed about two weeks later, at times to be set up with patients on March 11.

It will take an estimated 45 minutes to an hour for patients to undergo testing and to choose new frames. No reservations are required, but would be preferred so that patients can be contacted should there be a change of venue or schedule. Please call Jim at 865-556-9091 for an appointment or more information.

First Baptist Church of Gatlinburg is located at 111 Oglewood Lane in Gatlinburg, TN off of Highway 321.

“We’re extremely happy that Smoky Mountain Lions Charities is choosing to provide this service yet again to victims of Sevier County’s fires,” said Mary Vance, executive director of Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, which provides medical and dental care to Sevier County residents who lack health insurance.