Meet Our ETSU Elevates 2026 Partners
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"Connecting Beyond Barrier"
Sarah Joseph in partnership with The River
Focus: Housing instability and homelessness
Goal: Provide opportunities designed to build and strengthen meaningful relationships that create a sense of belonging at The River
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"Joyful Journeys"
Abigail Anderson in partnership with St. Jude Tri-Cities Affiliate Clinic
Focus: Rural medicine/ limited social and developmental resources for patients
Goal: Provide an enrichment model to St. Jude Tri-Cities Affiliate Clinic
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"Play It Forward"
Emily Jenkins in partnership with Coalition for Kids
Focus: Limited access to music education for kids K-8
Goal: Provide music education to children in underserved communities by creating accessible, engaging music opportunities at Coalition for Kids. They hope to create a volunteer-based model that connects students with instructors for continued learning.
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"Raising Resilience"
Pharrin Clarida in partnership with RISE Healthy for Life
Focus: Youth Mental Health
Goal: Provide a modular program to equip youth with preventive skills that reduce risk and strengthen resilience.
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"The Gateway"
Addison Bays in partnership with Twin Springs High School
Focus: Post high school opportunity gap for rural students
Goal: Provide structured, hands-on guidance that equips rural students with knowledge, resources, and support needed to successfully pursue higher education.
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"You Decide"
Hunter Mehaffey in partnership with East Tennessee Artscapes
Focus: Digital crisis of misinformation and low media literacy among young people
Goal: Provide innovative, arts-based and hands-on approach rooting in tactile truth to reframe media literacy as a survival skill.
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"Healing Haven"
Lauren Yobst in partnership with Good Samaritan
Focus: Housing instability and homelessness
Goal: Provide pathways for the houseless population to retain their emotional support animals.