BlueCross representatives were in Kingsport to donate $250,000 to the clinic to help expand access to oral care services in the area. Miles Burdine of the BlueCross board and the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce presented the donation to the clinic. The clinic is the collaboration of the City of Kingsport, East Tennessee State University, Ballad Health and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Key figures from those entities spoke following a check presentation.