KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Alzheimer's Tennessee is getting a facelift thanks to a contest run by a local painting company.
The purple outside the Alzheimer's Tennessee Knoxville building is now brighter thanks to the Paint it Forward event.
"We are here on Kingston Pike and with our purple building, kind of a landmark in the community, and we are getting a fresh coat of paint inside and outside," said Janice Wade-Whitehead, the CEO and president of Alzheimer's Tennessee.
The building was in need of a fresh coat after the sun faded the paint.
Purple is our signature color," said Wade-Whitehead. "We absolutely love it, but it does fade with the sun and we never want to seem like we're fading because we're always gonna be front and center with families."
The annual event is put on by McLain's Painting Service.
Matt Hall, the field operations manager of McLain's Painting Service, said 76 organizations were nominated this year, which is double the number from last year. Hall said Sherwin Williams donated up to $10,000 worth of paint materials to this event.
"For us, it's not necessarily the impact that they do, but it's the story," said Hall. "We want a story that is told by that organization and how much they do for the community. And with Alzheimer's Tennessee, the impact stretches beyond this community."
Hall said about 80% of his organization helped paint the inside and outside of the building.
"We are going to revitalize this building," said Hall. "It's amazing what a fresh coat of paint does, but what it does is it brings hope to these families when they pull into this building. This is the first thing they see and we wanna create hope to be able to help Janice and Larry and this amazing team do what they do."
Wade-Whitehead said she's thankful for the community's support of the organization.
"It makes us feel privileged," said Wade-Whitehead. "Not only that our community values us, they understand us."