Event Chairs: Neill and Elliott Kyle

For the first time in the event’s 14-year history, we hosted our Birthday Breakfast at a stunning new venue – the West Club at Nissan Stadium. It was great to be back in person with 400 of our closest supporters.

FFMC presented its inaugural Noble Neighbor Award to HCA TriStar Centennial Medical Center Laboratory as Community Partner of the Year! This award is the highest honor given to an individual or organization who has demonstrated exemplary and inspiring service to Faith Family’s patients in ways that provide significant and lasting impact beyond our clinic walls.

Our keynote speaker Senator Bill Frist, M.D. captured the crowd as he discussed how even though Nashville is the “Silicon Valley of Health Services,” we rank far behind peer cities in community health. He specifically highlighted Faith Family’s sole purpose is addressing these health disparities that lie behind the overall poor population health and how we must partner together to make an impact in the health equity challenge. Frist also shared a touching story of his Aunt Bonnie, Principal of Hattie Cotton Elementary School during the 1957 bombing that occurred days after mandated integration. He compared her leadership in times of uncertainty and equity challenges, to call on others to lead the way in difficult times we face now in healthcare.

Afterwards, the audience loved watching our patient talk between Dr. Panovec and “Big Steve” as we learned about Steve’s past and how Faith Family had an impact on his journey to sobriety, owning his own barber shop, and helping others through Narcotics Anonymous. Steven spoke on how Faith Family treated him with dignity and respect even when he felt undeserving. He pays it forward to doing the same for others.

Thanks to the support of our generous sponsors listed below, every dollar raised goes directly to helping our hardworking neighbors in need.