What Is Synergy?
Energy is a measure of the ability of a body or system to do work or produce a change, and is inherent power exerted. Synergy is the interaction or collaboration of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their individual or separate effects.
More plainly, God gives each of us certain abilities according to our individual measure, which allow energy for us to give our best. Synergy is the combined energy of multiple individuals, which produce much greater works together than our best efforts alone in isolation. Our best efforts individually are incomparable to our best efforts collectively. Working together, we achieve results not independently possible.
This “duplication of efforts” and “exponential power of teamwork” can be both powerful and a good deal, if and only if, the system itself is good or well-intended. Adversely, it can be powerful, but a bad deal if the system is not good. Synergy Saturday is good for the education, health and wealth of any community.
More plainly, God gives each of us certain abilities according to our individual measure, which allow energy for us to give our best. Synergy is the combined energy of multiple individuals, which produce much greater works together than our best efforts alone in isolation. Our best efforts individually are incomparable to our best efforts collectively. Working together, we achieve results not independently possible.
This “duplication of efforts” and “exponential power of teamwork” can be both powerful and a good deal, if and only if, the system itself is good or well-intended. Adversely, it can be powerful, but a bad deal if the system is not good. Synergy Saturday is good for the education, health and wealth of any community.
Example of Synergy
- A single draft horse can pull a load up to 8,000 lbs.
- Two draft horses pulling together for the first time can pull 3 times the weight, 24,000 lbs., of what one can pull by itself.
- The same two draft horses pulling together after being trained to work together, can now collectively pull 4 times their individual best at an awesome 32,000 lbs.
- Conclusion: Just as important as teamwork, a coordinated and focused collaboration is essential for maximum efficacy. Got it? Let's move on.
Synergy Saturday (#SynergySaturday)
|
Synergy Saturday is a weekly pop-up wellness event with experiential learning, free health screening, and patient navigation services to reverse poor health and poverty. Our overall goals are to save lives, oppose health scare tactics and reduce the cost of health care through education, implementation, and inspiration of preventive care.
Health screenings effectively catch diseases, illnesses, or potential causes in the earliest stages when treatment, an all-natural supplement, or a simple lifestyle change has its greatest chance for success. Our participants are empowered to know their numbers for the sake of their health and a healthy lifestyle. Synergy Saturday encourages participants to lead healthier, longer, and more productive lives to build legacy wealth. Our proactive approach is to educate and invest in the natural health of others in efforts to enhance the quality of life, trim healthcare costs and improve communal productivity ... the synergy of life. Synergy Saturday's areas of care, concern, and emphasis are Cardiovascular (Heart), Circulatory, Digestive, Immune, Mental, and Overall Health. |
|
Our Campaigns and Events
Advocates in Action Minority Health Event
|
April is National Minority Health Month! As a result, Synergy Saturday is excited to host its weekly Advocates in Action Minority Health Event where participants can receive no-cost (FREE) health screenings, education of their screening results, and next-step action plans from collaborative health organizations and professionals each Saturday in April.
“Our founding principle is simple: people do better as they feel better. Our pop-up health screening events serve as a functional solution by offering increased event frequency and incorporating targeted outreach.” says Larry D. Freeman, Founder and Executive Director at Synergy Saturday, an Arkansas-based 501(c)(3) exempt organization. Advocates in Action brings health organizations, health professionals and health care systems collaboratively together to provide real-time action plans and personalized preventative care for each participant in efforts to prohibit health disparities, promote good health practices, and prevent disease among minority communities. Our Advocates in Action events hope to create much-needed education, engagement, and excitement among minorities to alleviate negative perceptions derived from health scare tactics, White-Coat syndrome, and Healthcare Industry distrust in order to combat healthcare disparities and poor health. #AdvocatesInAction #PioneersOfPopup Download our free app, VolunTier Trek, to participate! |
Coffee and Conversation
|
Our weekly Coffee and Conversation campaign offers heart-warming beverage choices that break the ice without breaking the bank. They are FREE to our screening patients, unsheltered, and veteran populations in exchange for their delightful discourse, which we believe is therapeutic and can help soothe their souls. Hot-served cider, cocoa, or coffee brews a reciprocal conversation leading to health-related topics and sound solutions.
Unlike over dinner or a meal, a coffee conversation and flavored creamer (like Caramel Macchiato, French Vanilla, or Hazelnut) stimulates a relaxed chat without pressure and is perfect for our pop-up meet-up. Coffee conversations are suitable for a first meeting and offer a friendly reminder that the unhoused and veteran populations are part of the community, heard, and, most importantly, seen. Let's reiterate the importance of social work, behavioral health, and preventative care in our healthcare approach. Social work is the key to addressing social disadvantages and personal challenges. At the same time, behavioral health is the compass that guides us through the emotions and behaviors that shape overall well-being. At the core, preventative care is about building and nurturing long-term relationships with our patients. This approach is our secret to understanding their needs and lifestyles and, ultimately, providing more effective care. Our Coffee & Conversation sessions are not just about a warm beverage or chat. They provide crucial opportunities to remove barriers and promote human well-being and development. They are an additional patient touch point, a value-added service integral to our preventative care model, and your role in this is invaluable. Check out our Walmart Spark Good Registry: https://www.walmart.com/registry/RR/6d324cb5-7e6c-49f7-b5b1-f75617095b20 #CoffeeAndConversation #SparkGood #RoundUp #BetterTogether #WalmartGiving #Walmart #SynergySaturday #FreeHealthScreenings Download our free app, VolunTier Trek, to volunteer! |
AR Drug Take Back Day
AR Take Back Day is April 26, 2025 at Synergy Saturday.
Organize your neighborhood and place of worship to gather medications for drop-off.
|
Drop off expired, over-prescribed, and unused medications; get a FREE Health Screening; or do both.
Please spread the word and let anyone and everyone know. Together, let's stop future preventable overdoses and save our environment from medication disposal through the drain or toilet flushing, which are both harmful! Arkansas is 2nd nationally for over-prescribing opioids at 114.6 prescriptions per 100 people (the national average is 66.5 prescriptions per 100 people). Help our ongoing fight against the current Opioid Overdose Epidemic (198 people die a day from opioid-related drug overdoses)! Thanks for your support. If you missed our most recent AR Drug Take Back Day and still have prescription medications to dispose of, there are more than 200 permanent drop-box locations throughout the state … most available 24 hours a day. To find a place, do the following:
|
Healthy Self
|
Our Healthy Self campaign encourages individuals to get free health screenings to know their numbers, live healthy lifestyles, and reduce healthcare costs.
Our collective belief is that a free health screening enlightens and empowers the individual to take proactive steps towards a healthy self; thus, individuals heal themselves. This same person has healthy self-efficacy, healthy self-esteem, healthy self-image, and healthy self-worth for life. #healthyself Download our free app, VolunTier Trek, to participate! |
Long Johns for Low Temps
|
Support our "Long Johns for Low Temps" drive for our unsheltered and veteran populations. Synergy Saturday needs essential items (thermal underwear for all genders, socks, etc.) and has created a wish list on Walmart.com. You can donate straight from your computer; the items come directly to us.
Check out our Walmart Spark Good Registry: https://www.walmart.com/registry/RR/6d324cb5-7e6c-49f7-b5b1-f75617095b20 #LongJohnsForLowTemps #SparkGood #RoundUp #BetterTogether #WalmartGiving #Walmart #SynergySaturday #FreeHealthScreenings
Download our free app, VolunTier Trek, to participate! |
Medical Mile Moment Challenge
|
Synergy Saturday introduces its Medical Mile Moment Challenge (#MedicalMileMoment). It's an easy, fun, and simple challenge for all ages. Photograph or record memorable moments as you bike, jog, run, scoot, skate, or walk the Medical Mile.
The Medical Mile Moment Challenge asks you to trek the Medical Mile for four weeks and capture moments to promote the importance of creating healthy habits to get and keep good health. Then, nominate others to do the same. Those designated persons have two days to do the same or forfeit by a charitable monetary donation to Synergy Saturday for its Free weekly services: Experiential Learning, Health Screening, and Patient Navigation. Download our free app, SynSat Challenge App, to participate! |
Preventative Screenings for Hypertension in Pregnancy
|
#HypertensiveDisordersOfPregnancy #HDP #PregnancyRelatedMaternalMorbidity #HypertensiveDisorders #Eclampsia #PreEclamspia #AllysonFelix #TorieBowie #LarryFreeman #SynergySaturday #SynergySaturdaySolution #ExperientialLearning #FreeHealthScreening #PatientNavigation #KnowYourNumbers #KnowYourNumbersApp
|
Want to help Mothers and their unborns live beyond pregnancy? I'm raising money to benefit Synergy Saturday, Inc.; any donation will help directly impact the lives of pregnant women and their unborn babies in our communities. Thanks in advance for contributing to this communal cause that screens Mothers for high blood pressure and other disorders weekly. It means so much to me, so they get our Know Your Numbers app for free!
Problem: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) remain one of the major causes of pregnancy-related maternal and fetal morbidity (having the diseases) and mortality (death from the diseases) worldwide. These hypertensive disorders are on the rise in the United States. Unfortunately, these disorders get diagnosed late at delivery or remain undiagnosed altogether. If the diseases are undiagnosed, then they're untreated. Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia can often be prevented and best controlled by physicians, especially if caught early through the simple monitoring of blood pressure measurements at every prenatal visit. "The prevalence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy was 20.9% among Black women, 16.4% among American Indian and Alaska Native women, 14.7% among White women, 12.5% among Hispanic women, and 9.3% among Asian or Pacific Islander women."1 Solution: Mothers need an accessible and convenient place to screen weekly for free for high blood pressure and other disorders. Synergy Saturday, once again, is the solution. It also refers Mothers with consecutive adverse readings to their PCP, OBGYN, or care team for proper and timely life-saving treatment. Are you looking for a reliable and effective solution for early detection and prevention of diseases? Look no further than Synergy Saturday! Our award-winning free health screening services are available every Saturday, and we are committed to providing frequent screenings for pregnant women to monitor their blood pressure and other vital statistics throughout their pregnancy. At Synergy Saturday, we understand the importance of catching diseases and illnesses in their earliest stages. That's why our screenings are designed to identify potential health issues before they become major problems. Our innovative Know Your Numbers app allows patients to enter their screening results and take control of their health by tracking their progress over time. Don't wait until it's too late to take care of your health. Visit Synergy Saturday for a free health screening and empower yourself with the knowledge you need to live a healthy life. |
Sixty-Second Skip Rope Challenge
|
Synergy Saturday introduces its Sixty-Second Skip Rope Challenge (#SixtySecondSkipRope). It's an easy, fun, and simple challenge for all ages. Record your attempt to skip rope for sixty seconds without skipping a beat while jumping rope. You might surprise yourself with a perfect effort on your first try. But, of course, we would rather you skip a beat with your rope versus your heart skipping a beat due to non-activity and other preventable complications.
The Sixty-Second Skip Rope Challenge requires you to skip rope for a minimum of 60 seconds without skipping a beat to promote the importance of creating healthy habits to get and maintain good health. In addition, the challenge encourages nominated participants to video themselves jumping rope for one minute straight without stopping while on camera and then nominate others to do the same. Those designated persons have two days to do the same or forfeit by a charitable monetary donation to Synergy Saturday for its Free weekly services: Experiential Learning, Health Screening, and Patient Navigation. Download our free app, SynSat Challenge App, to participate! |
Synergy Saturday HELPS
Synergy Saturday HELPS
HEALTH EDUCATION • LEGISLATION • POPULATION SCREENING |
Simply put, there are times when health and/or healthcare challenges arise that need or require proper representation and eventual legislation. This is where our Synergy Saturday HELPS campaign is at its best to properly cascade challenges and issues that exist in population health to our government through its publicly-elected officials and representatives. We do not only highlight or make awareness of essential issues. Rather, we present real solutions, which we find to actually work ... for the betterment of functional health care in population health.
Bring us your ideas on health and healthcare innovations. Let us champion your cause and become the best advocate for your solution. It is proven that unified voices can and will be heard in an efficacious manner. American government is and shall be a government by the people for the people. Current initiatives: (1) Provider status for Pharmacists for insurance and claim filing capabilities; and (2) Health Insurance literacy in U.S. Public School Systems, such as Auto, Burial, Death, Dental, Health, Home, Life and Medicare/Medicaid, plus financial literacy of Insurance products like Health Savings Account (HSA) plans, etc. |
Sunday Online Silent Auction
|
Thank you for participating in our Sunday Online Silent Auction (SOSA) and supporting Synergy Saturday, a Free and Charitable Clinic that provides free health screenings each Saturday to those in need. Your bidding not only helps you win amazing products but also helps us continue to provide essential healthcare services to the underprivileged, unsheltered, and veteran populations.
We understand that times are tough, and that's why we've made sure to offer a wide range of popular products at unbeatable prices. From high-end memorabilia to luxury getaways, we have something for everyone. Plus, with every purchase, you can feel good knowing that you're making a difference in the lives of those who need it most. So why wait? Start bidding now and help us create a healthier and happier community. Remember, every bid counts towards a better cause. |
Operation: Rescue Rural America
|
In our focus on rural communities, Synergy Saturday has identified specific counties where access to primary care services are a challenge in our home state of Arkansas. In these rural areas known as Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), there exists an increase in inadequate supply of medical providers. These providers are key to effective and efficient delivery of health care services, and directly affects health outcomes and the value of care delivered.
Clinical and financial performance measures are evaluated on the following sets: (1) Quality of Care; (2) Health Outcomes and Disparities; and (3) Financial Viability/Costs. Synergy Saturday believes that timely and routine preventative care, which begins with our FREE Health Screening events, is a much-needed solution for rural areas as preventive care improves an individual's health status. Wellness care directly correlates to positive, long-term health outcomes (Quality of Care) and lowers Disparities, Inequities, and Financial Viability/Costs. Synergy Saturday has already procured a decommissioned ambulatory vehicle for non-emergency transport and mobile screening purposes to take its collaborative preventative care to rural communities. We have plans to obtain a fleet of Mobile Screening Units; hence, our campaign: Operation: Rescue Rural America. #RescueRuralAmerica Download our free app, VolunTier Trek, to participate! |
Our Awareness Ribbon
|
Synergy Saturday Free Health Screenings (Preventive Healthcare) Ribbon
Our Synergy Saturday ribbon stands for Free Health Screenings and Preventive Health awareness. With the notable exception of ovarian cancer, Free Health Screenings serve as the preventative solution to all other diseases/illnesses. Our ribbon further supports our Healthy Self campaign and symbolizes our combined Health and Wealth ideology. Color Meanings and Significance Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy and sunshine. Orange represents attraction, creativity, determination, encouragement, enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, success and stimulation. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. It is highly accepted among young people. As a citrus color, orange is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. Orange is the color of fall and harvest. In heraldry, orange is symbolic of endurance and strength. Orange has very high visibility and is associated with health. Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes fertility, freshness, growth and harmony. Green has great healing power. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. It is the most restful color for the human eye; it can improve vision. Green suggests endurance and stability. In heraldry, green indicates growth and hope. Green means safety, like a green light to go. Darker green is commonly associated with money or wealth. 
|
Our Vision
Synergy Saturday demonstrates the exponential power of coordinating collaborative and synergistic efforts of individuals, healthcare professionals, and hospitals to collectively save lives and improve population health, well-being, and equity. Since creating and implementing the Experiential Learning or Interprofessional Education (IPE) program in 2017, we have been able to effect the change we seek in healthcare. This program, which gives volunteering students from UAMS, ASU, JBU, etc., the required community service/public health hours to graduate, has played a significant role in shaping the future of healthcare by producing new practicing professionals.
Our Mission
To shift one's paradigm about preventive care to create a culture of healthy attitudes and behaviors in participating communities.
Through collaborative partners' efforts, Synergy Saturday endeavors to change its participants' unhealthy behaviors, inadequate supplementation, and lifestyle choices. We implement FREE health screenings, one-on-one consultations, counseling, patient navigation, self-help tools, and awareness of clinical studies research, results, and reviews. Participant benefits of Synergy Saturday include but are not limited to encouraging and implementing healthy eating habits, healthy lifestyles, increased physical activity, improved mental health acuity, reduced healthcare costs, and enhanced quality of life.
Through collaborative partners' efforts, Synergy Saturday endeavors to change its participants' unhealthy behaviors, inadequate supplementation, and lifestyle choices. We implement FREE health screenings, one-on-one consultations, counseling, patient navigation, self-help tools, and awareness of clinical studies research, results, and reviews. Participant benefits of Synergy Saturday include but are not limited to encouraging and implementing healthy eating habits, healthy lifestyles, increased physical activity, improved mental health acuity, reduced healthcare costs, and enhanced quality of life.
Our Goals
To Screen Up to 500 Participants per Community; Enhance Roles of Healthcare Professionals and Hospital Systems in Population Health; Encourage Healthy Eating, Daily Physical Exercise and Positive Lifestyle Choices of Participants to Reduce Healthcare Costs; Improve Mental Health Acuity of Participants; and Diffuse Health Scare Tactics
Average wellness programs and health awareness initiatives have per-person costs that range from $100 - $400 per year. Our minimum goal for the year is 500 free health screenings with a per-person value of $100; hence, our campaign goal is $50,000. If our free health screenings have a per-person minimum value of $100, one can say that a life is truly saved for every $100 raised! Furthermore, 500 screenings in 52 weeks break down to roughly 10 participants per Saturday ... a reachable and reasonable goal. Don't you think?
Quite naturally, funds raised above our goal will accomplish additional screenings at $100 per person and increased supplies for expanded screenings. Expanded screenings and supplies supported from your funding are: auditory, clinical breast, eye/glaucoma, sleep, kidney, skin cancer, dental, Hepatitis C, HIV, and heart attack risk assessments. In addition, we partner with licensed medical professionals and undergraduate medical students for screenings of a more technical nature; therefore, we created and offer our Experiential Learning or Interprofessional Education (IPE) for undergraduate students in medical fields who volunteer to screen to fulfill their community hours prerequisite for graduation.
Our basic, yet most critical screening, is blood pressure. Economic evidence indicates that team-based care for blood pressure control is truly cost-effective. 27 of 29 cost-effectiveness estimates from 11 separate studies are quite conclusive. Wouldn't you agree? Our second most critical screening is blood glucose (commonly referred as blood sugar). We also screen for Body Mass Index (BMI), heart rate, temperature, and pulse oxygen percentages. Synergy Saturday has achieved 21,131 documented screenings from March 7, 2015 - October 1, 2024, as follows:
Quite naturally, funds raised above our goal will accomplish additional screenings at $100 per person and increased supplies for expanded screenings. Expanded screenings and supplies supported from your funding are: auditory, clinical breast, eye/glaucoma, sleep, kidney, skin cancer, dental, Hepatitis C, HIV, and heart attack risk assessments. In addition, we partner with licensed medical professionals and undergraduate medical students for screenings of a more technical nature; therefore, we created and offer our Experiential Learning or Interprofessional Education (IPE) for undergraduate students in medical fields who volunteer to screen to fulfill their community hours prerequisite for graduation.
Our basic, yet most critical screening, is blood pressure. Economic evidence indicates that team-based care for blood pressure control is truly cost-effective. 27 of 29 cost-effectiveness estimates from 11 separate studies are quite conclusive. Wouldn't you agree? Our second most critical screening is blood glucose (commonly referred as blood sugar). We also screen for Body Mass Index (BMI), heart rate, temperature, and pulse oxygen percentages. Synergy Saturday has achieved 21,131 documented screenings from March 7, 2015 - October 1, 2024, as follows:
|
Screening Year and Totals
2015 - 200 total screenings
2016 - 246 total screenings 2017 - 583 total screenings 2018 - 989 total screenings 2019 - 2,717 total screenings 2020 - 1,101 total screenings (Pandemic Year) 2021 - 1,916 total screenings (Rebound Year) 2022 - 4,721 total screenings (Inflation Year) 2023 - 4,824 total screenings (Last Year) 2024 - 3,834 total screenings (Current Year) |
|
"Blood pressure is one of the most important screenings because high blood pressure usually has no symptoms so it can't be detected without being measured. High blood pressure greatly increases your risk of heart disease and stroke."
--- SOURCE: AMERICAN HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC.
Our Objectives
To Provide 95% FREE Health Screenings with a 50% Hospital Participation Rate for Up to 500 Participants Per Community Within One (1) Calendar Year
Synergy Saturday coordinates efforts to enhance the roles of healthcare professionals and hospitals in the health of their immediate population by providing Free Health Screenings to up to 500 participants per community. Our Synergy Saturday collaborative partners, staff and volunteers implement active listening and effective questioning to help participants discover, learn and understand solutions to many of their health needs.
Our screenings are FREE ... hassle-free with no cost sharing or hidden fees and no need for insurance cards, green cards, Medicaid cards, Medicare cards, picture IDs or Social Security cards. At Synergy Saturday, free means free. After each screening, we encourage healthy behaviors, positive lifestyle choices, and daily activity to maintain or increase good health numbers within the year.
Our current team of collaborative partners includes but is not limited to, the following: University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA), UAMS College of Pharmacy APhA-ASP, University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) College of Medicine, Student National Medical Association (SNMA), 12th Street Health and Wellness Clinic, Ventanilla De Salud - Little Rock, Mexican Consulate of Little Rock, John Brown University - LR Master's Level Counseling Interns, Little Rock Regional Chamber, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics.
Our screenings are FREE ... hassle-free with no cost sharing or hidden fees and no need for insurance cards, green cards, Medicaid cards, Medicare cards, picture IDs or Social Security cards. At Synergy Saturday, free means free. After each screening, we encourage healthy behaviors, positive lifestyle choices, and daily activity to maintain or increase good health numbers within the year.
Our current team of collaborative partners includes but is not limited to, the following: University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA), UAMS College of Pharmacy APhA-ASP, University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) College of Medicine, Student National Medical Association (SNMA), 12th Street Health and Wellness Clinic, Ventanilla De Salud - Little Rock, Mexican Consulate of Little Rock, John Brown University - LR Master's Level Counseling Interns, Little Rock Regional Chamber, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics.
Positive Program Outcomes and Free Health Screening Benefits
|
|
Brief History and CEO Bio
Synergy Saturday was so crucial to Executive Director Larry Freeman that he launched the organization before securing outside funding.
"Following my Father's untimely death in our rural hometown, I sought an organization to support and volunteer. But, unfortunately, that search proved empty, and I knew I had to create that which didn't exist for the sake of the many lives that need these life-saving services."
Synergy Saturday provides regular health care screenings, which took on additional importance following his father's death. Freeman launched the organization in 2015, and the nonprofit has since performed thousands of screenings at its weekly mobile events throughout our Greater Little Rock area. Larry truly has converted his pain into passion.
"I put resources where they are genuinely needed and think of my needs lastly," Freeman said. "After all, I'm in business for others, not myself. Then, I think about what I need to think about, implement plans, and trust the process."
As the opioid crisis began to get mass media attention in the general public, health professionals blamed each other as the public blamed the health professionals. Synergy Saturday partnered with local, state, and federal law enforcement organizations to host Arkansas Drug Take Back Day twice annually for opioid addiction/death epidemic prevention and preventative healthcare.
Synergy Saturday tests patients' blood pressure, blood glucose levels, body mass index, and sometimes cholesterol. That information can help patients understand their overall well-being without multiple costly visits to a doctor.
Synergy Saturday performed 200 screenings in its first year, with a pre-Covid peak of 2,717 in 2019. In 2020, the organization was moderately impacted by the COVID-19 shutdown but still performed 1,101 screenings for rural and urban residents who might otherwise not have had the opportunity. In 2021, Synergy Saturday rebounded significantly to more than doubled its goal. In 2022, Synergy Saturday recorded its best total at 4,721 during an inflation year, only to top its achievement the next year with 4,824 screenings.
The pop-up screenings model made Synergy Saturday better equipped for the pandemic than other organizations with a fixed location might have been. "We practice proper health and safety choices and follow the rules, so we do not fear being on the front lines of healthcare," Freeman said.
"We didn't panic during the pandemic but educated ourselves and safely responded how and where we could to continue our goals and mission."
Synergy Saturday is the 2019 Minority Support Organization of the Year. Larry Freeman, CEO and Founder of Synergy Saturday, is the winner of the 2020 Healthcare Heroes Community Outreach of the Year and 2020 Nonprofit Executive of the Year awards. In addition, synergy Saturday was a finalist for the Small Business Impact Awards for the 2020 Community Impact of the Year Award and 2021 Health and Wellness of the Year Award!
Synergy Saturday, Inc. is registered as a Non-Profit Corporation, and is exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) as a public charity.
"Following my Father's untimely death in our rural hometown, I sought an organization to support and volunteer. But, unfortunately, that search proved empty, and I knew I had to create that which didn't exist for the sake of the many lives that need these life-saving services."
Synergy Saturday provides regular health care screenings, which took on additional importance following his father's death. Freeman launched the organization in 2015, and the nonprofit has since performed thousands of screenings at its weekly mobile events throughout our Greater Little Rock area. Larry truly has converted his pain into passion.
"I put resources where they are genuinely needed and think of my needs lastly," Freeman said. "After all, I'm in business for others, not myself. Then, I think about what I need to think about, implement plans, and trust the process."
As the opioid crisis began to get mass media attention in the general public, health professionals blamed each other as the public blamed the health professionals. Synergy Saturday partnered with local, state, and federal law enforcement organizations to host Arkansas Drug Take Back Day twice annually for opioid addiction/death epidemic prevention and preventative healthcare.
Synergy Saturday tests patients' blood pressure, blood glucose levels, body mass index, and sometimes cholesterol. That information can help patients understand their overall well-being without multiple costly visits to a doctor.
Synergy Saturday performed 200 screenings in its first year, with a pre-Covid peak of 2,717 in 2019. In 2020, the organization was moderately impacted by the COVID-19 shutdown but still performed 1,101 screenings for rural and urban residents who might otherwise not have had the opportunity. In 2021, Synergy Saturday rebounded significantly to more than doubled its goal. In 2022, Synergy Saturday recorded its best total at 4,721 during an inflation year, only to top its achievement the next year with 4,824 screenings.
The pop-up screenings model made Synergy Saturday better equipped for the pandemic than other organizations with a fixed location might have been. "We practice proper health and safety choices and follow the rules, so we do not fear being on the front lines of healthcare," Freeman said.
"We didn't panic during the pandemic but educated ourselves and safely responded how and where we could to continue our goals and mission."
Synergy Saturday is the 2019 Minority Support Organization of the Year. Larry Freeman, CEO and Founder of Synergy Saturday, is the winner of the 2020 Healthcare Heroes Community Outreach of the Year and 2020 Nonprofit Executive of the Year awards. In addition, synergy Saturday was a finalist for the Small Business Impact Awards for the 2020 Community Impact of the Year Award and 2021 Health and Wellness of the Year Award!
Synergy Saturday, Inc. is registered as a Non-Profit Corporation, and is exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) as a public charity.
"So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health." "Medical care is expensive, wellness care is free." "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." "The greatest wealth is your health." "Your health is your wealth." 
|
|
|
|
|
On Site Hours for Free Health ScreeningsEvery Saturday: 8am - 2pm
|
Telephone877-MHS-UNIT (877-647-8648)
|
Copyright © 2015-2024 Synergy Saturday, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Synergy Saturday and Healthy Self are extensions of the Synergy Saturday family of brands.