TOP PHOTO: On Tues., March 28, Mark Cain, CEO of Tennova Healthcare – LaFollette (right) and Sara Lloyd, VP of Operations at Tennova Healthcare – LaFollette (center) presented a check to Brandon Johnson, president Caryville Cares, for this Inclusive Playground Project.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (SPECIAL TO WLAF) – This year, to celebrate National Doctors’ Day, Tennova Healthcare – LaFollette Medical Center found a unique way to thank the providers who serve the community and hospitals. In lieu of gifts, Tennova Healthcare – LaFollette donated money to local charity, Caryville Cares Inclusive Playground Project.

“We are incredibly grateful to all of our providers who serve our community,” said Mark Cain, CEO of Tennova Healthcare – LaFollette Medical Center. “We are fortunate to have them and want to acknowledge their contributions, sacrifices, skills and unwavering care to the thousands of lives we at LaFollette Medical Center touch each year.”

Caryville Cares received a $2,000 donation in honor of Doctors’ Day. Caryville Cares is a group of young professionals who are passionate about building a stronger community through inclusion and kindness. This project will bring Campbell County it’s first inclusive playground built with consideration not only for able-bodied children, but those with disabilities as well.

On Tuesday, March 28, Mark Cain, CEO of Tennova Healthcare – LaFollette and Sara Lloyd, VP of Operations at Tennova Healthcare – LaFollette presented a check to Brandon Johnson, president Caryville Cares, for this Inclusive Playground Project.

Doctors’ Day was first observed in Winder, Ga. Started by Eudora Brown Almond, the wife of a prominent Georgian doctor, the day was meant to recognize and honor doctors for their service. She decided the best way to do that was to mail greeting cards to all the doctors she knew and to place flowers on the graves of deceased doctors. She used red carnations- a flower still used to this day for National Doctors’ Day celebrations. Each year, on March 30, we celebrate National Doctors’ Day to honor the professionals for their dedication and contributions to community and society. Tennova Healthcare – Jefferson Memorial Hospital is sincerely grateful to doctors for all that they do. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 03/31/2023-6AM)

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