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The Forget Me Not 5k supports the Pat Summitt Clinic fight Alzheimer's Disease. The 9th annual run, walk, bunny hop is a fun loop 5K through Pinnacle Turkey Creek at Parkside Drive on April 20, 2019 - Easter weekend. Founder of the race, Angela Wampler and Sunny Biden,

Director of Public Relations for the Pat Summitt Foundation explain how the race started, how its raised money and helped patients and research at the clinic over the years, why the dates and course moved this year, and how Alzheimer's has touched their lives.  

The race begins at the Belk Store with a Pre- Race party and ends there with a Post Race Celebration with lots of food, drinks, egg hunt, music and lots of awards. Ages 5-100 will participate in the 5K run/ walk. It includes a 1 mile Bunny Fun Run. The goal is to raise awareness and as much money as possible! www.forgetmenot5k.com

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The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum (KBGA) was founded in order to preserve and protect this historic and overgrown property. Amanda Spangler explains how they're now adding a Green Drinks Garden that will be on the agriculture of spirits. It will showcase plants that have been grown around the world to brew, distill, and infuse visitors’ favorite and less-familiar beverages. Attractive interpretive plant labels will provide information about the culture and history of each specimen.  

She also goes over the gardens, how they are free daily, and what you can see! They host many events and even story times for kids.

One of the upcoming events we talk about is the inaugural Brewbilee! This festival will showcase Knoxville’s own breweries and distilleries.   Enjoy refreshing beverages, live music, and delicious food from SoKno Taco Cantina, West Hills Flats and Taps, and Cool Beans Bar and Grill while you explore and experience the gardens. All proceeds benefit the KBGA.

When:

4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 27

Where:

2649 Boyd’s Bridge Pike Knoxville, TN 37914

Parking:

2650 Boyd’s Bridge Pike Knoxville, TN 37914

Cost:

$65 General Public / $55 Garden Members

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Alanna Mckissak with Keep Knoxville Beautiful joins Michele to talk about the spring cleanups they have scheduled and partners they teamed up with to clean the city and waterways. She shares how the February floods littered the city and our waterways. Volunteers needed! Also - who is littering.. what is the most common items being littered, it's not cigarettes. How we can stop it.. awareness by KKB! Did you know you can not throw apples and other food for "birds" to eat out your car window or just on the ground? You can get reported, possibly even fined, per item. Also - don't recycle those pizza boxes and grocery bags. But get those cardboard boxes and plastics in your bin! www.keepKnoxvilleBeautiful.org

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Survivor Fitness is a nonprofit that helps cancer survivors regain their health and wellness through one-on-one personal training and nutritional support. Co-founder, Aaron Grunke says support post-treatment is lacking. So Aaron, a testicular cancer survivor, and his wife, Megan, founded the program to fill that gap.  A special event in April at UT is open to all people for an hour of training on a Saturday morning that will benefit the foundation.  Go to www.survivorfitness.org

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Several firefighters, police officers and military members from here and far will gather in Tennessee in May. They will help build a home for a veteran and hand over the keys, all in less than two weeks. Knoxville Fire Captain Don Tipton explains how the program, A Soldier's Journey Home, works and how your monetary donation helps in the build. Tipton, a veteran himself, (retired Army,) is also involved in 22 TOO MANY-Knoxville. He and others from the community hold signs once a month near the West Town Mall, to raise awareness to 22 Veteran suicides each day.  Wait, there's more! Take a listen... 

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There's a new initiative, "Read City USA"  by Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs..  to get more kids into books and enjoy reading. He shares his personal story of growing up and his love of reading,  being an English major and his reason for dressing as the Cat in the Hat recently. 

Enjoy this interview getting to know Mayor Jacobs, his plans to play in the NFL and how they didn't go as planned, how he got into wrestling, his family, and of course projects he is tackling as mayor.  

www.readcityusa.com

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