Hey everyone,

We had our first open house at 60 Valley Street today! For pictures, here’s the website link: http://gallery.me.com/anniedg#100459

What we did  - we planned, we prepared, we opened our doors to anyone and everyone who needed health care screening, today August 21, 2010, from 8 AM to 1 pM at 60 Valley Street. We had glucose checks, cholesterol checks, ask the doc, and BMI measurements.

Who we saw  - we saw grandmothers. We saw daughters. We saw out of work construction workers. We saw hardworking citizens of Rhode Island who could not afford the copay for insurance at their job. We saw painters. We saw nutritionists, and accountants who were laid off, and had no further health care.  We did blood sugars, cholesterols, BMI’s, and booked them in to see us if they didn’t have health insurance.

It was a wonderful team effort – everyone at their post, able to see one patient every 10 or so minutes . . .

What we learned – that we have lots of willing volunteers. We’re definitely ready to see patents and run health fairs. We have a great group of volunteers. The clinic looked wonderful (take a look at the pictures http://gallery.me.com/anniedg#100459), everything was beautifully organized, everyone knew their job.

Thank you volunteers – all of you!

And if you’re ready to volunteer, at the clinic, we have Tuesday and Thursday nights open. Let Rachel know:RachelS@aplacetobehealthy.org.

See you soon at the clinic!

Thanks Everyone!

Annie