Local Hero Award

Each March, the Knox County Board of Developmental Disabilities celebrates Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. We do our best to highlight the many ways in which people with and without disabilities come together to form strong, diverse communities.

We typically host an annual DD Month Luncheon and give out awards, but due to COVID-19 we have had to postpone all in person events. We are pleased to give the 2020 Local Hero Award to Chris Kirkhope with Transition U and the 2021 Local Hero Award to Knox Public Health.