/PRNewswire/ -- Volunteers are urgently needed for a one-day, free health clinic in the Atlanta area this month that is expected to serve more than 1,000 uninsured Georgia residents.
"More than 18 percent of Georgia's non-elderly population is uninsured, demonstrating a great need for access to free medical services," National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) Executive Director Nicole Lamoureux said. "In addition to providing needed medical services on the day of the event, this clinic is designed to connect the uninsured to ongoing medical resources."
The C.A.R.E. (Communities Are Responding Everyday) Clinic is scheduled for March 27 at the Georgia International Convention Center near Atlanta from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. It is sponsored by the NAFC and the Georgia Free Clinic Network (GFCN), which includes 18 free clinics around the state.
"Medical volunteers are urgently needed including doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, emergency medical technicians, medical administrators, licensed clinical social workers and more," GFCN Executive Director Donna Looper said. "We also need non-medical volunteers to help with documentation, logistical support, patient intake and translation, as well as to be patient greeters and escorts."
Volunteers can find out more information and register online at http://www.regonline.com/Atlanta_CARE_Clinic. Those interested in attending the clinic as a patient may call 1-877-233-5159 to make an appointment now.
"It is important to note that being uninsured is not the same as being unemployed," Lamoureux said. "About 83 percent of uninsured people have jobs. At past C.A.R.E. Clinics, we found that many of the patients worked at two or more jobs but did not receive health insurance benefits. Some even worked as nurses or for insurance companies but still did not have insurance themselves."
Dr. Craig Dietz, the Clinical Director of the Kansas City Free Clinic, has been a volunteer at all of the previous C.A.R.E. clinics that were held in Houston, New Orleans, Little Rock, Kansas City and Hartford. At these clinics over 7,000 uninsured people received free medical care. "Being involved in these clinics has been a rewarding experience," says Dr. Dietz. "We look forward to working with the Georgia community and adding to the approximately 7,000 previous C.A.R.E. clinic volunteers to help put on this important event."
About the National Association of Free Clinics:
The National Association of Free Clinics is the only nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization whose mission is solely focused on the issues and needs of more than 1,200 free clinics and the people they serve in the United States.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., the NAFC is an effective advocate for the issues and concerns of free clinics, their volunteer workforce of doctors, dentists, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, technicians and other health care professionals, as well as the patients served by free clinics in communities throughout the nation.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
CARE Deploys Additional Emergency Team Members to Haiti
/PRNewswire/ -- CARE is deploying additional emergency team members to the devastated city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, where the worst earthquake in 200 years destroyed houses and left thousands homeless. While the exact death toll from the 7.0-magnitude quake is not yet known, it is expected to be catastrophic.
CARE has launched an international appeal for funds for Haiti that will support immediate emergency operations. CARE plans to start food distribution using stocks of high-protein biscuits from its warehouses in Haiti. CARE is coordinating with other UN agencies and aid organizations to assess damage and on-the-ground needs.
Initial reports are that homes and buildings across the city have been destroyed, including essential services like hospitals. Electricity is out and phone lines are down across the affected area, restricting available information about the extent of the disaster. Aftershocks continue to rock the area and have caused landslides outside the city.
Sophie Perez, CARE's Country Director in Haiti, was in the CARE office in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake hit. CARE's staff in the Port-au-Prince office escaped the office safely, but we are still trying to determine if all other staff in the area are safe.
"It was terrifying. It lasted for more than a minute," said Perez. "The whole building was shaking. People were screaming, crying. Last night, people were sleeping outside because they were afraid to go back inside their homes. Many of the houses are destroyed anyway. There were eight aftershocks last night. Everyone was sleeping in the streets. The whole city is affected. It is just morning here now, and I can hear helicopters working on the search and rescue. The immediate need is to rescue people trapped in the rubble, then to get people food and water. We're particularly worried about the children, because so many schools seem to have collapsed. Children were still in school in the afternoon when the earthquake hit, so there are many children trapped. It's horrifying."
Dr. Helene Gayle, CARE president and CEO, said, "This is an extremely serious situation. We currently have 133 personnel on the ground in Haiti and are deploying additional staff immediately to distribute food, hygiene kits and water, as well as to deliver emergency health services."
CARE has extensive experience responding to disasters of this magnitude. Many of CARE's staff in Haiti include emergency personnel who were part of the response to the devastating Hurricane Hanna in 2008. CARE began working in Haiti in 1954 to provide relief assistance after Hurricane Hazel. Today CARE's work in Haiti includes projects in HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, maternal and child health, education, food security, and water and sanitation.
Delta Air Lines, a long time CARE partner, is providing transportation support for Atlanta-based CARE staff into Haiti to support our Haiti Country Office team on the ground with emergency relief.
To Donate: Go to www.care.org or call 1 800 521 CARE.
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CARE has launched an international appeal for funds for Haiti that will support immediate emergency operations. CARE plans to start food distribution using stocks of high-protein biscuits from its warehouses in Haiti. CARE is coordinating with other UN agencies and aid organizations to assess damage and on-the-ground needs.
Initial reports are that homes and buildings across the city have been destroyed, including essential services like hospitals. Electricity is out and phone lines are down across the affected area, restricting available information about the extent of the disaster. Aftershocks continue to rock the area and have caused landslides outside the city.
Sophie Perez, CARE's Country Director in Haiti, was in the CARE office in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake hit. CARE's staff in the Port-au-Prince office escaped the office safely, but we are still trying to determine if all other staff in the area are safe.
"It was terrifying. It lasted for more than a minute," said Perez. "The whole building was shaking. People were screaming, crying. Last night, people were sleeping outside because they were afraid to go back inside their homes. Many of the houses are destroyed anyway. There were eight aftershocks last night. Everyone was sleeping in the streets. The whole city is affected. It is just morning here now, and I can hear helicopters working on the search and rescue. The immediate need is to rescue people trapped in the rubble, then to get people food and water. We're particularly worried about the children, because so many schools seem to have collapsed. Children were still in school in the afternoon when the earthquake hit, so there are many children trapped. It's horrifying."
Dr. Helene Gayle, CARE president and CEO, said, "This is an extremely serious situation. We currently have 133 personnel on the ground in Haiti and are deploying additional staff immediately to distribute food, hygiene kits and water, as well as to deliver emergency health services."
CARE has extensive experience responding to disasters of this magnitude. Many of CARE's staff in Haiti include emergency personnel who were part of the response to the devastating Hurricane Hanna in 2008. CARE began working in Haiti in 1954 to provide relief assistance after Hurricane Hazel. Today CARE's work in Haiti includes projects in HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, maternal and child health, education, food security, and water and sanitation.
Delta Air Lines, a long time CARE partner, is providing transportation support for Atlanta-based CARE staff into Haiti to support our Haiti Country Office team on the ground with emergency relief.
To Donate: Go to www.care.org or call 1 800 521 CARE.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
The Avenue Peachtree City Collects Over $1,100 for CARE
The Avenue Marketing Manager Kim Tanalgo-Minshew (first row far left) and The Avenue Peachtree City Merchant Relations Coordinator Lisa Hernandez (first row far right) present the donation check to CARE Coordinator Karen Spangler (center front row) and school counselors (back row L-R) Leslie Fear, Inman Elementary, and Oriska Griggs, Spring Hill Elementary.Generous moviegoers donated over $1,100 to benefit the Fayette County Public School System’s CARE (Children at Risk in Education) program.
Thanks to The Avenue Peachtree City, the CARE program will be able to offer more After School Program (ASP) scholarships to families who need a safe place for their children to stay after the school day ends but are struggling to make ends meet. The scholarships pay for a portion of the ASP tuition for a limited number of weeks. Parents have to pay the other portion of the tuition in order to receive the scholarship.
The Avenue Peachtree City raised the donations through the Movies in the Park event on August 6 that featured “Night at the Museum 2.” Although the event was free, The Avenue Peachtree City allowed patrons to make monetary donations to benefit the school system’s CARE program.
“We are very grateful to The Avenue for their continued support of our CARE program. This donation will make a positive difference in the lives of our students and their families. Many parents who have been able to afford after school care in the past are now having difficulties providing for their families. The scholarships are a way we can take one worry off their plate about where their children are going to be after the school day ends,” says CARE Coordinator Karen Spangler.
The Avenue Peachtree City has other events planned for this year during which the shopping center will collect donations for CARE. Visit www.shoptheavenue.com for more information. In addition to ASP scholarships, CARE also provides other assistance to working families in need such as tutoring scholarships, school supplies and other programs or services to help meet the educational needs of children.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Payless and Fayette Holiday Helpers Grant Wishes of Angels
Helen Rickman of Fayette Holiday Helpers (far left) and Karen Spangler with the school system’s CARE program (far right) accepted the donation of 100 gift coupons at the Payless Shoe Source in Fayetteville from store employees (L-R) Deatrice Hubbard, training supervisor, Vincent Clayton, store manager and Alex Patton, district manager.Thanks to Payless Shoe Source and Helen Rickman of Fayette Holiday Helpers, 100 students in need of shoes on the CARE (Children at Risk in Education) Angel Tree will have their requests granted.
The Shoes 4 Kids program was initiated this year by Payless in response to the economic crisis, its impact on the underprivileged, the significant need across America for children’s shoes and to support smaller, localized nonprofits with a tool to assist them in helping those in need during the holiday season.
Fayette Holiday Helpers received 100 of the 67,000 gift coupons that were distributed nationwide. Each gift coupon is worth $15. Fayette Holiday Helpers, which assists with the CARE Angel Tree project each year, decided to donate all of the gift coupons to help fulfill the wishes of Fayette County’s public school students.
“We are so grateful to Payless Shoes Source and Holiday Helpers for this donation. We had just over 100 requests for shoes this year so this gift is very meaningful to us,” says Karen Spangler, the school system’s CARE coordinator.
A total of 16 schools from all areas of the county will receive the coupons for their Angel Tree participants.
The CARE Angel Tree project is designed to help working families struggling to make ends meet provide basic needs for their children. The tree fulfills nontraditional needs such as clothing, after school program scholarships, eyeglasses and dental work. All adults in the household must be employed in order for students to qualify for the program.
More than 2,600 nonprofits nationwide applied to receive the Payless gift coupons. Holiday Helpers was among the 630 nonprofit agencies selected in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
SPRING FUNDRAISER FOR FREE CLINIC SLATED MARCH 1st
Fayette County’s annual spring fundraiser benefiting the Fayette CARE Clinic will be held Saturday, March 1st, 2008.
Held at and sponsored by Glendalough Manor in Tyrone, the evening kicks off at 7 p.m. with a reception, open bar and dance music by Harold Seay and the Boogie Shoes. The dinner buffet begins at 8 p.m. and segues into a live auction at 9 p.m. The music will pause as bidding begins and resume when the auction closes.
Some of the items offered in the fun-filled live auction are a 16” X 20” canvas from Images by Rainey in Fayetteville; sports bicycle from Bicycles Unlimited in Peachtree City; gourmet dinner for four prepared in-home by Chef Nancy of Peachtree City; designer handbags; seven-day stay in a private Destin, Florida condominium; a night’s stay at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, plus a $100 gift card for dinner at any Buckhead Life Group Restaurant; a mountain retreat weekend near Cashiers, N.C.; and more.
Reservations for the black-tie optional event are required and available by telephone or mail for $100 per person. Reservations can be made by calling the CARE Clinic at 770-487-4778; checks made payable to Fayette CARE Clinic may be mailed to 128 Sumner Road, Fayetteville 30214.
Information: Ginger Blackstone, 770-487-4980
Held at and sponsored by Glendalough Manor in Tyrone, the evening kicks off at 7 p.m. with a reception, open bar and dance music by Harold Seay and the Boogie Shoes. The dinner buffet begins at 8 p.m. and segues into a live auction at 9 p.m. The music will pause as bidding begins and resume when the auction closes.
Some of the items offered in the fun-filled live auction are a 16” X 20” canvas from Images by Rainey in Fayetteville; sports bicycle from Bicycles Unlimited in Peachtree City; gourmet dinner for four prepared in-home by Chef Nancy of Peachtree City; designer handbags; seven-day stay in a private Destin, Florida condominium; a night’s stay at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, plus a $100 gift card for dinner at any Buckhead Life Group Restaurant; a mountain retreat weekend near Cashiers, N.C.; and more.
Reservations for the black-tie optional event are required and available by telephone or mail for $100 per person. Reservations can be made by calling the CARE Clinic at 770-487-4778; checks made payable to Fayette CARE Clinic may be mailed to 128 Sumner Road, Fayetteville 30214.
Information: Ginger Blackstone, 770-487-4980
Friday, January 11, 2008
The Avenue Raises Funds to Help Students and Families in Need
The Fayette County School System's Children at Risk in Education (CARE) program supports students and their families who are in need due to life changes not in their control. The Avenue Peachtree City has partnered with the school system's CARE program to help provide funding needed to meet the needs of those students, enabling them to have a successful and enriching educational experience.
In January, The Avenue presented CARE Coordinator Karen Spangler with $1,518 that was raised through its Breakfast with Santa program.
"The proceeds will be used to meet qualifying needs from our Angel Tree that were not met during the holidays with the remainder being used throughout the year to meet ongoing needs of students," says Spangler.
"We are very grateful to The Avenue for the hard work and effort that went into making the fundraiser so successful. Because of their efforts, we can better meet the needs of our students."
In addition to the donation, the CARE program received another gift from The Avenue. Marketing Manager Kim Tanaglo-Minshew announced that the shopping center would raise money each month for CARE by expanding its summer Camp Avenue program to a monthly schedule.
"We will continue making CARE our charitable organization for Camp Avenue. The monthly schedule gives shoppers an opportunity to make donations all year long instead of just June and July," she says.
At the beginning of the school year, Camp Avenue donated hundreds of school supplies that were divvied up among Fayette's schools for distribution to students who needed them.
CARE carefully screens students and families who receive assistance. The parents must be employed but unable to meet the needs for which they are requesting assistance. No money is given directly to parents or students. Anyone wishing to make a donation to CARE can do so by contacting Spangler at the LaFayette Educational Center, 770-460-3990.
In January, The Avenue presented CARE Coordinator Karen Spangler with $1,518 that was raised through its Breakfast with Santa program.
"The proceeds will be used to meet qualifying needs from our Angel Tree that were not met during the holidays with the remainder being used throughout the year to meet ongoing needs of students," says Spangler.
"We are very grateful to The Avenue for the hard work and effort that went into making the fundraiser so successful. Because of their efforts, we can better meet the needs of our students."
In addition to the donation, the CARE program received another gift from The Avenue. Marketing Manager Kim Tanaglo-Minshew announced that the shopping center would raise money each month for CARE by expanding its summer Camp Avenue program to a monthly schedule.
"We will continue making CARE our charitable organization for Camp Avenue. The monthly schedule gives shoppers an opportunity to make donations all year long instead of just June and July," she says.
At the beginning of the school year, Camp Avenue donated hundreds of school supplies that were divvied up among Fayette's schools for distribution to students who needed them.
CARE carefully screens students and families who receive assistance. The parents must be employed but unable to meet the needs for which they are requesting assistance. No money is given directly to parents or students. Anyone wishing to make a donation to CARE can do so by contacting Spangler at the LaFayette Educational Center, 770-460-3990.
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