Following the Vision | Healing Hands opens new medical center; reveals campaign topped $6.29M
Healing Hands Director of Clinic Operations Corey Smith, right, gives a tour to guest attending the ribbon cutting ceremony of their newest facility on Thursday afternoon.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – About 75 people attended Thursday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for Healing Hands Health’s 9,800-square-foot medical services building, where organizers revealed they had significantly exceeded a fundraising campaign goal.
Healing Hands Health had their ribbon cutting ceremony for their newest expansion on Thursday afternoon
Established in 1997, Healing Hands provides medical, dental and vision care for this region’s uninsured. While medical care shifts to the new building, the adjacent clinic will now primarily be the site of dental care.
Healing Hands Health team members (L-R) Amy Moseley, Karen Roberts, Jodi Kemple and Corey Smith stand with the banner reading $6,298,194.
“It’s a dream come true,” Executive Director Helen Scott said. “We have wanted to help with behavioral health for a very long time. This new space is almost 10,000 square feet and it allows us to treat our patients in a flow that works so much better than what we had. We are integrating behavioral health with medical.”
Healing Hands Health volunteer Anne Southerland works in patient enrollment inside their newest expansion.
Healing Hands had more than 10,400 encounters with over 2,200 individual patients in 2025, has served over 17,000 individuals since opening and the need for care continues to grow, Scott said.
“We’ve got the space to help more people, we have the capacity to allow more volunteers to come in and help us and we’ll be able to help more people,” Scott said. “Dr. Kelsey Lloyd of ETSU Health Bristol splits her time between there and here and we have ETSU residents and ETSU students…We’re looking for more volunteer providers – more physicians, nurse practitioners, to help us and behavioral health that can help with counseling.”
Combining medical care with counseling allows patients to access those services in a familiar setting without making another appointment.
Healing Hands Health executive director Helen Scott talks about how this expansion will help them serve more patients.
“We looked at what do our patients need. We have a lot with anxiety, depression, maybe some bipolar and so many people need somebody to talk to. Counseling is a huge part of what we do,” Scott said, noting anyone with both financial and health challenges may have anxiety about paying bills and taking care of their family.
Healing Hands acquired the building in 2023 and embarked on a $3.5 million capital campaign to acquire, renovate and equip the building, establishing an endowment and a $2 million campaign to strengthen the clinic’s long-term financial stability.
Individuals work inside the pharmacy student workspace at Healing Hands Health's new expansion.
On Thursday they revealed the campaign raised $6.298 million in total cash, pledges and planned giving.
“This milestone reflects the power of partnership,” Scott said. “Our donors, businesses and community partners believed in this vision and made it a reality. Together, we are expanding access and creating healthier futures for our neighbors.”