SEVIERVILLE â A program launched in 2020 by former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy, brought college students to youth organizations statewide for a summer tutoring program geared to youngsters in grades K-6.
The Tennessee Tutoring Corps returns this year, and all five branches of the Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains will again serve as local tutoring sites.
âWe partnered with them last year and saw firsthand how beneficial the program was to our club members,â said Karen Robinette, BGCSMâs director of resource development and marketing. âThe TTC program is offered free of charge to club members at all club sites who are eligible for the program. For the program to be a success, we do need tutors in our area.â
PIGEON FORGE â A $60,000 donation was given Tuesday to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by Ole Smoky Distillery.
The money was raised during a recent fundraising effort at the retail locations in Sevier County and included donations from customers and contributions from the business. A check presentation for a like amount was also recently given to the Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains as part of the same fundraising event.
âIt helps immensely locally with patient services, providing emergency grants, travel assistance, research â we have two researchers in the state, it goes toward that â and education,â said Lori Friel, campaign development manager with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Knoxville. âWhat we raise here stays here. Itâll be for all of East Tennessee.â
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SEVIERVILLE Sevier County residents will not be able to get Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine for COVID-19 for an undetermined amount of time after the federal government recommended a “pause” in distribution of the vaccine.
The Tennessee Department of Health announced Tuesday that it would follow federal recommendations to hold off on administering the vaccine while federal officials review reports of rare but dangerous blood clots in a handful of patients who have received the vaccine.
State officials said they expect to be able to continue providing vaccinations in Tennessee on schedule, although patients will need to take the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, both of which require two doses to be fully effective.
Those who wish to submit written comments should send them to Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1000 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30309-4470. For assistance, contact assistant vice president Kathryn Haney at 404-498-7298.
Any person who wishes to protest the application or make comments can do so with the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Tennessee Tower, 26th Floor, 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave., Nashville, TN 37243. Those comments can also be made by phone at 615-741-5018 or emailed to debra.grissom@tn.gov or William.cook@tn.gov.
Comments can also be mailed before April 22 to Regional Director, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 6060 Primary Parkway, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38119.