The Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association (EATA) is the largest area association for athletic trainers, comprised of two districts within the National Athletic Trainers' Association. EATA is a nonprofit organization with over 8,000 members. Their goal is to provide educational opportunities for their members, scholarships for athletic training students, and to help fund research. For their four-day Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium, the organization typically hosts around 1,400 athletic trainers onsite for a variety of training workshops, education sessions, keynotes, an awards program, and social events.