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“When reviewing individu-al results it is amazing!” reports Michael. They have already started enrollment for a second
group to begin the program.
Cheers to the
Tappahannock Free
Clinic’s New Program
Executive Director Michael Faulkner was thrilled with the outcome of their first 12 week program called “Healthy Eating/Healthy Living.” The program was geared
towards their diabetic patients and focused on transforming their lives through education, support and outcomes. They enrolled 12 people and 8 of them are moving
into the next phase of the wellness program. They achieved some pretty remarkable statistics!
100% lowered BP
75% decreased HgbA1C
62% increased HDL
100% decreased weight
33% decreased triglycerides
62% decreased glucose
72% decreased waist size
62% decreased cholesterol
75% decreased LDL
Kudos, Hooray and Other Good News!
Cross Over Health Care Ministry and VCU Collaboration Wins Award The VCU Council for Community Engagement presented a 'Currents of
Change Award' to Una Vida Sana! (A Healthy Life), a collaboration among Cross Over and the VCU Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.
Una Vida Sana! was formed to assist members of the Hispanic community with issues relating to chronic diseas-
es such as diabetes, high blood pres-sure and high cholesterol. The team is
led by Dr. Mark Ryan and consists of VCU medical, nursing and pharmacy students as well as VCU doctors and pharmacists in partnership with Cross Over’s Promo-tores de Salud (Lay Health Promoters).
JUNE 2012
News from VAFC VAFC Staff
Linda D. Wilkinson, MPA
Executive Director
Judy Griffin
Director of Resource
Development
Rob Bradley, LCSW
Director of Membership
Support
Jennifer O’Dell
Business Manager
Edva Kashi
Program Assistant
Inside this issue:
Opinions
Wanted - Op4G
2
New Staff at
Lackey FC
3
New Clinic
Ribbon Cutting
4
Take a Quick
Survey
4
How Are We
Doing?
5
Nurse
Leadership
Institute
6
Health Care
Reform
Explained
7
Charlottesville Free
Clinic Receives Grant
The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation’s Future Fund awarded
$23,000 to the
Charlottesville Free Clinic to provide dental services
to 500 low-income, uninsured patients through
the Mission of Mercy Project. This fund is a giving circle that allows
people aged 20-40 to leverage their charitable contributions locally.
Please be sure to update your database with our new post office box. Make sure that mail being sent to us goes to
P.O. Box 35720
North Chesterfield, VA 23235
Thanks!
Reminder about mail to VAFC
Donations & Opinions
Annual Membership Renewal
Survey (Parts A-D) are due
June 8, 2012
Questions...contact Edva at 804-340-3434 or
Did you know that the
national average hourly
value of
volunteer time is $21.79?
The Virginia
average hourly value of
volunteer time
is $24.29.
Source: The Independent Sector
For more volunteer labor
statistics
CLICK HERE.
Page 2 News from VAFC
What do you want to hear from VAFC?
We are committed to providing timely, accurate information to member clinics. This
e-newsletter is one of many communication tools we will implement in order to create more
effective dialogue with members. If you have an announcement or question for distribution to
all clinics, please share with us. We will gladly include your news/question in our newsletter.
Newsletter submissions are requested by the 25th of the month for the following month’s
e-newsletter. Please send newsletter submissions to [email protected].
Op4G - Opinions For Good is an online
market research company that has invited
you to share your feelings and experiences
with businesses eager to pay for that insight. You will be paid for it with
at least 25% of your compensation being donated to VAFC. You can
actually donate up to 100%, if you choose to do so. Your identity is
never known, can never be sold and you’re never inundated with spam
as a result of Op4G. Plus, you get to determine which research activi-
ties you want to participate in. Go to www.op4g.com to sign up and
select Virginia Association of Free Clinics as the nonprofit you want to
support. Please consider giving it a try. If you like it, please feel free
to invite your clinic staff, volunteers and board members to join too.
There is a lot going on in Yorktown, VA. The
Lackey Free Clinic is getting a new building
AND new staff!
Lackey Free Clinic held the official ground-
breaking ceremony for the Floyd D. Gottwald
Addition on Friday, May 18.
They welcome their new
Executive Director,
Carol Sale, RN, MSN.
Carol has been involved
in health care operations
dealing with patient
safety and performance
improvement for more
than 30 years. She is a former board
member of the Lackey Free Clinic and sees
her work with the clinic as a wonderful
ministry opportunity to reach out to those
in need.
They also have a new Medical Director,
Dr. Ralph Robertson. He is a native of
Portsmouth, VA and began his association
with the Lackey clinic in 1999, as a
volunteer. Dr. Robertson is also a past
board member. He looks forward to his new
role.
November 4 - 6, 2012
The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA
Join us for
CME/CEU ~ Banquet ~ Guest Speakers
Round Table Discussions ~ Networking
Wide Variety of Workshops ~ Exhibitors
Registration details will be available soon.
Lackey Free Clinic is On The Move!
2012 Annual Conference - SAVE THE DATE
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Thanks to everyone who took the time
to give us your feedback in the survey.
Rendering of new Lackey Free Clinic
Michael Faulkner, ED of the Tappahannock
Free Clinic needs your assistance. He has put
together a quick 6 question survey about your
Board of Directors. He hopes that you will
take a few minutes to complete the survey so
that he can help his Board of Directors.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FCMVTFQ
NEW CLINIC OPENS The community celebrated the
opening of the new Wise County
Health Wagon Clinic. Pediatricians,
Cardiologists, Pulmonologists, Kidney
specialists, and Pharmaceutical
professionals have already signed on
to help the people of Southwest
Virginia. The plan is to provide
quarterly specialty health clinics and
Dr. Paula Meade, Clinical Director
says the first clinic is scheduled for
June 16th
Tappahannock Free Clinic Wants
Your Responses
New Online Catalogue
Here is the link to the new virtual 2012 Henry Schein Brand Catalog. To obtain pricing just click on the item code in parentheses. You will be taken to the product info page and prompted to log in to the Schein website to see pricing of the item. You will be able to then order the item. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/henryschein/corpbrand_med2012/
Page 4 News from VAFC
www.facebook.com/vafreeclinics
We only have 195 people who LIKE
us...let’s get 1095! Help spread the
word about Free Clinics!
Like Us on
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for new clinic
Windows 7 to Photoshop to Microsoft Office.
Please note there are some restrictions for faith
-based organizations, but you can get around this
by registering a program, rather than your minis-
try. Browse the website
and read the fine print.
A lot of you may already be familiar with the Tech
Soup website and pro-gram. If not...please
check it out and take ad-vantage of the
savings!
www.techsoup.org
This site was created to
pass along software do-nations from major man-
ufacturers like Microsoft and Adobe. Once your
organization is registered, you can take advantage
of the greatly discounted prices on everything from
Uninsured Fact:
Nearly 70% of uninsured
nonelderly people live in
households with annual incomes
below 200% of the federal
poverty level, or
$36,620 for a family of three.
Source: Kaiser Family
Foundation
VAFC Strategic Plan - How are we doing?
A Word from Resource Development...
Page 5
The VAFC is committed to supporting, strengthening and advocating for free clinics to deliver quality healthcare services. Earlier this year, the VAFC completed a 3 year Strategic Plan. A committee comprised of many of your peers spent considerable time on this project. The details of their work were
shared at the Executive Director’s retreat in March.
We wanted to take this opportunity to get feedback on your perception on the Strategic Plan. We have developed a very short perception survey which will take no more than five minutes of your time to complete. The information gained from your input will help the VAFC to better serve you. As an added incentive, for those of you who complete this survey by June 8, 2012, your name will be placed in a drawing to receive 50% off for a 2012 Annual Conference registration for one participant. Please click on the link below.
Thank you for your support.
Rob Bradley
Director of Membership Support
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VAFC_Perception_Survey
TAKE THE
FULL
QUIZ
The Nurse Leadership Institute (NLI), a program of the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, is recruiting for its sixth class, the Class of 2013. The NLI is 9-month leadership development opportunity for high-performing nurses. We are in search of nurses from across Virginia who serve as, or have been identified as having the potential to be, a nurse manager or a member of the management team. Fel-lows can work in any healthcare environ-ment across the Commonwealth (e.g., hospital, long-term care, public health, education, safety net). The NLI website, www.VirginiaNLI.org includes program details – and the on-line application. The application deadline has been extended to 8 am, Thursday, June 7th for nurses working in free clinics, health depart-
ments and community health centers.
An executive sponsoring a Fellow in the Class of 2012 reported: “The NLI has been a great tool for nurse leaders within our organization. I have observed an in-crease in the nurses' confidence and the ability to be more ‘big-picture-thinking’ with a renewed motivation to ‘engage’ in the strategic initiatives of our organiza-tion.” Other employers share similar feed-
back.
Fellow feedback:
“This is a phenomenal learning experi-
ence!”
“I developed camaraderie with other
nurse managers and leaders.”
“It’s a great way to prepare nurses to become effective leaders that will positively impact the nursing profes-
sion.”
“Overall, this was a life-changing expe-rience – it has re-energized me and is helping me find the right path for
my future.”
“The NLI is the MOST valuable experi-ence ever experienced in leadership. Faculty and staff were knowledgea-ble, supportive and flexible and pro-
vided excellent guidance.”
Recent graduate of this program, Carol-Jo Osinski, BSN, MSN, FNP, Lackey Free Clinic , found it to be a valuable
experience.
Tuition is $2,375. Scholarship funds are available; please see the NLI website for more information: http://www.virginianli.org/how-to-apply/
tuition-and-scholarships.php
For more details, please go to: www.VirginiaNLI.org or contact
Denise Daly Konrad at 804.282.6282 or
[email protected]. Fellows’ applications must include a
nomination form from their Chief Nurse Executive or equivalent. The application, to include the employer
Nomination and Recommendation Form, must be submitted by 8 am,
Thursday, June 7th for nurses work-ing in free clinics and community
health centers.
Nurse Leadership Institute
Class of 2013
Page 6 News from VAFC
The new facility will provide 5 regular exam rooms and a large rehab treatment space; an on-site pharmacy with expanded
storage area; and a new dental clinic that can serve up to three patients at once. The facility will also offer rooms for patient consultation, diabetic education and
nutrition planning with a full kitchen.
Kay Bradley, executive director of the clinic, states that the building will initially
be funded through a USDA Rural Develop-ment loan. A $1.8 million campaign has been launched with $261,000 already raised from the Board of Directors and
Board Committee leadership. She says, “Everyone is committed to making this happen.” The building will mean less travel time for Mathews County patients, closer
to Riverside Walter Reed Hospital where the majority of diagnostic and outpatient
services are provided and is located across
the street from Sentara Urgent Care where additional charity care services are being planned.
Click on the picture to
view the video.
Before the Supreme Court ruling this month, review what they are making
decisions about.
Health care reform explained in "Health Reform Hits Main Street."
Confused about how the new health care
reform law really works? This short, animated video -- featuring the
"YouToons" -- explains the problems with the current health care system, the changes that are happening now, and
the big changes coming in 2014. Written and produced by the
Kaiser Family Foundation. Narrated by Cokie Roberts,
a news commentator for ABC News and NPR and a member of Kaiser's Board of
Trustees.
Creative production and animation by
Free Range Studios.
COMING SOON: NEW GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS FREE CLINIC
Health Care Reform Explained
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P.O. Box 35720
(zip 23235)
711 Moorefield Park Dr.
Suite C
N. Chesterfield, VA
23236
Phone: 804-340-3434
Fax: 804-340-3435
This is the distribution schedule per our contract with the Virginia
Department of Health.
Third Quarter Distribution - by the time you read this, checks will have
been cut and put in the mail to the clinics, UNLESS your clinic still owes
money to VAFC.
June 11, 2012 11th month reports due to VAFC (7/1/11 - 5/31/12)
July 16, 2012 Annual VDH reports due to VAFC
August 15, 2012 Final FY2012 funds distributed.
Our intention is to turn this money around as quickly as possible, as we
know you are waiting to receive it.
Virginia Association
of Free Clinics
Margaret Hersh
Augusta Regional Free
Clinic
Daniel M. Jannuzzi, MD
Cross Over Health Care
Ministry
James A. Kohler, Jr.
McKesson Medical
Cathy Lewis, MPH
Jeannie Nelson
Northern Neck Free
Health Clinic
Laura D. Windsor
Troutman Sanders LLP
Pat Young
Community Works
Chair
E.V. Clarke
EV3 Solutions, LLC
Vice-Chair
Suzanne Sheridan
Rockbridge Area
Free Clinic
Secretary
Darryl J. Pirok, DDS
Treasurer
M. Caroline Martin
Western Tidewater
Free Clinic
Members
A. Michelle Brauns,
MS, APR
Free Clinic of the
New River Valley
Colin Drozdowski
Anthem Blue Cross
& Blue Shield
Board
Committees
Audit
Board Development
Finance
Legislative &
Regulatory Affairs
Membership/
Accreditation/State
Funds
Visioning
Resource
Development
Healthcare Services
Council
VAFC Board of Directors
We’re on the web
www.vafreeclinics.org
The mission of the VAFC
is to support, strengthen,
and advocate for Free
Clinics as they deliver
quality health care to
Virginia’s low-income,
uninsured and
underinsured residents.
FY 2012 State Funds
