Okie's Pharmacy Cures and Curiosities

07/30/2026

🎉 Calling All Union County Youth! 🎉

Show off your talents at the Union County Youth Festival! Whether you enjoy gardening, baking, crafting, building with LEGOs, or making candles, there's an exhibit category just for you.

🏆 Youth can enter:
🌽 Fruits & Vegetables
🍓 Jellies, Jams & Preserves
🥚 Eggs
🧁 Decorated Baked Goods & Candy
🧱 LEGO Creations
🌿 Wreaths
🌻 Table Decorations
🕯️ Candles
🌸 Flowers

📍 Entries should be delivered to the Union County Farmers Market (115 Durham Drive, Maynardville) on Friday, August 14, from 8:00 AM –10:00 AM.

We can't wait to see the amazing projects our Union County youth create. Start planning your entries today and join the fun!

07/30/2026

Registration is now open for the 4th Annual Mental Health, Recovery, & Su***de Prevention Summit! Join this virtual, one-hour event that combines lived experience and clinical data to reframe Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) as chronic, highly treatable medical conditions.

👉 Register today: https://bit.ly/3T9XY4L

07/30/2026

Your child's outgrown clothes have a whole second chapter ahead of them. 🤍 All clothing donations come in, get sorted by our incredible volunteers by size and season, and get packaged into bags just like these. Each bag includes jammies and outfits with a full week's worth of clothing because not every family has access to a washer and dryer. We ask that all donations be in great condition with no holes or stains so every child receives something they can feel good in. That matters to us.

07/30/2026

This is now considered to be the largest known outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the U.S.

07/30/2026

07/30/2026

Save the date! Please note we never charge for a vendor booth and anyone offering vendor spaces for a fee is a SCAM and not associated with the university. We are mainly an educational festival with limited space for vendors. All of our vendor spaces for 2026 are taken and we are not able to accept new vendors. Our regular parking lot will be closed until 3pm on August 29 and all visitors will be expected to pay the $5/car entry fee. If you wish to visit the arboretum without attending the Butterfly Festival on Saturday, August 29 please plan to arrive after 3pm. This is the only day we charge for entry and all proceeds go to support the upkeep and improvement of the arboretum. Please note: there is no butterfly release at the festival.

07/04/2026

Happy 250th America!
May all be well, may all be kind, and may all be healthy and safe ♥️

05/23/2026

Respectful communication about mental health is especially important during times of transition, including housing instability or reentry into the community. Compassionate words signal safety when people need it most. samhsa.gov/resource/ebp/permanent-supportive-housing-evidence-based-practices-ebp-kit

05/22/2026

Before Memorial Day turns into cookouts and long weekends, let’s us all remember what this holiday is about. The many men and women who gave their lives serving our country. We also recognize the the families that deeply love them, miss them every day. They are never forgotten.

"They gave their tomorrow for our today."

No one has greater love than this:
To lay down his life for his friends.
-John 15:13

Okie’s Pharmacy will be open Saturday 9-2
and closed Monday for Memorial Day.

04/02/2026

Remembering the power of God's light and love. May it be visible in all we do.
Okie’s hours are slightly shortened today so our employees have an opportunity to participate in one of the many church services offering a community of holy communion.
For your planning, Okie’s will be open Easter week as posted in the photo.