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Free Health Screens: Blood Pressure/Blood Sugar/Cholesterol Check
ALL TAXI DRIVERS/RESTAURANT/FACTORY AND UNEMPLOYED WORKERS ARE WELCOME.
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY, JUST WALK IN!

When: March 26th, 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 noon
Location: 60 Valley  Street Suite 104   Providence, RI 02909
(the next Open House will take place in May please check back for the date)

The clinic is located in back of the “Cuban Revolution” restaurant.
Hope Clinic/Clinica Esperanza is a FREE health care clinic that offers preventive health screens and medical consults (“talk to the doc”) in a friendly and confidential way to adults over the age of 18, who lack health insurance.

For more information please call the following numbers:
(401) 347-9093;  (401) 649-9683

Or write us at info@aplacetobehealth.org

We will be offering:
FREE BlOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS
(THIS TEST COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE)

When: February 16, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 pm-8:00pm
Location: 60 Valley Street suite 104
Providence, RI 02909
(401) 347-9093
(401) 649-9683

The clinic is located in back of the “Cuban Revolution” restaurant

HOPE Clinic/Clinica Esperanza is a FREE health care clinic that offers preventive health screens and medical consults in a friendly and confidential way to adults over the age of 18, who lack health insurance.

Clinica Esperanza has started a “Freddy Fund” to support the fees patients are often required to pay for lab tests, when they do not qualify for free care at the local hospitals. Donations to this fund will be matched up to $5000 for the month of January.

In addition, in honor of our patient Freddy M., who recently passed away due to complications of high blood pressure, clinic staff and volunteers have set up a special clinic for free blood pressure screening for taxi cab drivers, on January 12th, 2011. Screening hours are from 5 to 7, first to come will be the first served. The medical director and bilingual community outreach workers will be present to provide an initial screening and will admit those patients to the clinic that have high blood pressures and are in need of care.

Donate the Gift of Health!

News Flash!

It’s big, it’s yellow, and it is open! The permanent site to Clinica Esperanza is now open. This is the moment we’ve been working so hard to achieve. Come see us at Suite 104, 60 Valley Street. We miss our beautiful flower curtains but the new space is very bright and happy.

From the very beginning of this endeavor in July 2007, to this wonderful event, we have been supported by so many wonderful people – volunteers, providers, donors, funders, builders, painters, and more. We are very very thankful to have finally arrived at “a place to be healthy”.

A “potluck” Thanks-gathering is scheduled for Weds. Nov 17th at 7 PM. Bring a dish and come celebrate!

Join us in celebrating their accomplishments . . .YWCA Northern Rhode Island Gave “Women of Achievement Awards” to

“Friend of the Clinic” Barbara Fields of LISC and

Navegantes Coordinator Vinnie Velazquez

The YWCA honored philanthropic women – women who have shown kindness, charitable concern, and generosity toward other people in an effort to impact their community. The awards luncheon was held on Wednesday, October 20 at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln. The Women of Achievement Award Winners for 2010 were twelve local philanthropic women who have shown kindness, charitable concern, and generosity toward other people in an effort to impact their community.

*       LEADER FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING: Barbara Fields is executive director for Rhode Island Local Initiatives Support Corporation working on inner city and rural revitalization efforts. She is chairwoman for the Attorney General’s Advisory Commission on Lead Paint, vice chairwoman of the Board of Commissioners for Providence Housing Authority, board member for HousingWorksRI, chairwoman for Creative Providence, advisory committee member for Grow Smart RI, and a board of director for the Jewish Community Day School. “What inspires my work . . . the Jewish philosophy of tikkun olam (repair of the world) – our responsibility to make the world a better place and work for social justice.”

*       PROMOTER OF HUMAN SERVICES: Vinnie Velazquez is program director at MAP Alcohol & Drug Rehab and navegante coordinator at Clinica Esperanza. She is founder of Latinos Organizing Leadership Against AIDS and serves on the Rhode Island Department of Health Minority Health Advisory Committee. The focus of her work is on addiction, HIV, and overall preventive health with high-risk minority populations. “Every time I think about the people who have passed from this life as well as those that are struggling for survival, I’m inspired to dig deep inside of me to continue my life’s work.”

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

View the newsletter PDF: Clinica-Esperanza-News-July-2010

Nurse Coordinator Maria Mendez R.N. Maria joined CEHC in July, 2010, right after graduating from U.R.I. School of Nursing. We’re so thrilled to have her and she says “this is exactly the kind of job I was looking for after nursing school”. She’s learning on the job but seems to love the challenge! Thanks for joining our team Maria!

Consultant R.N. Our former coordinator Gloria Rose, has been an amazing help getting us up and runnig. She is a huge help and we really appreciate the few hours here and there that she can spare to help Maria out. Her wealth of knowledge about health care in RI is a great asset. Thanks for haning in, Gloria!.

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