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In June, Care Ring lost one of its shining stars with the passing of Low-Cost Clinic Nurse Practitioner Ana Frey. Hailing originally from Ecuador and living in the United States for over two decades, Ana first joined Care Ring in 2015 as one of our Nurse-Family Partnership nurses, and was well-respected and beloved by both the staff and patients who had the honor to know her. We have collected some of the memories and thoughts from our staff and Board of Directors in remembrance of Ana's beautiful and caring spirit, which you can read, HERE.
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GENEROSITY IS CONTAGIOUS:
Highlighting our awesome supporters, like YOU!
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Here we grown again!
We are pleased to share that we have received federal Healthy Start funding via the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to expand our community health worker driven maternal-child health program, ‘A Guided Journey’ (AGJ).
We have been selected as the newest site in North Carolina for this 5-year investment strategy to increase access to maternal care; address maternal depression, and grow the maternal health workforce. These funds will undoubtedly aid our community in combatting maternal mortality and improving maternal health, particularly for underserved communities. We will keep you posted as we prepare for and begin implementation of this newest program to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Mecklenburg County.
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Food service workers receive free healthcare
Thanks to a new partnership with Giving Kitchen, 60 individuals who work in the restaurant or bar sector were able to receive free healthcare from our Low-Cost Clinic during a two day event recently. Patients were also given information about Giving Kitchen's other resources and aid that is available, which includes emergency assistance through financial support and a network of community resources.
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Davidson College Fellow shares experience at Care Ring
We are so grateful to have the opportunity to host college interns from our local higher learning institutions - they always contribute to our mission in a significant way! This summer we were fortunate to have Alexa Montgomery from Davidson College with us. She was kind enough to write about her time at Care Ring for our blog. Read about Alexa's experience. (picture: Alexa Montgomery, second from right with Care Ring staff at our mobile health unit)
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YOUR IMPACT ON OUR PROGRAMS: | |
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Access to Care Services:
Low-Cost Clinic, Physicians Reach Out,
The Bridge (Community-Based Care)
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The Bridge adds 2 more locations
Our mobile health unit partnership, The Bridge, added two new service areas to its weekly schedule this past quarter!
In addition to the Grier Heights area on Tuesday, we are also in West Charlotte on Wednesdays, and North End on Thursdays. We have added new partners such as Hearts for the Invisible and Block Love CLT to also help us reach more of the unhoused population. For more of the latest news about The Bridge, check out its November e-newsletter. See The Bridge locations and services.
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Maternal-Child Health Services:
Nurse-Family Partnership & A Guided Journey
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15 families graduate from NFP
Congratulations to the 15 families who graduated in August from our Nurse-Family Partnership program! They were celebrated with a circus-themed party. Thank you to our hard-working NFP team for making this a special day, along with event partners Project Glimmer, Promising Pages, Maná4U, Baking Point and Leticia Santos for photography. We wish our families all the best and know they will continue to have bright futures they have worked so hard to build. These celebrations and our outcomes are possible thanks to our funders, donors, and sponsors!
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CHANGING LIVES, SAVING LIVES:
Welcome our new Physicians Reach Out providers!
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These providers have recently joined PRO and generously agreed
to donate care to at our patients this year.
BECOME A PRO PROVIDER.
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Providing prosthetics and orthotics to an unlimited number of our patients. | |
THANK YOU PHYSICIANS REACH OUT! | |
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At our recent Hob Nob stakeholder appreciation event, we unveiled how much care the providers in our Physicians Reach Out network have donated since the program's inception in 2004 -- $408 MIILLION!
Pictured, L to R: David Stanford Baker III, MD with Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Clinic, North End; Chere Gregory, MD with Novant Health; Jennifer Snow with Atrium Health and Care Ring Board of Directors; Jewel Greywoode, MD with Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates and Care Ring Board of Directors; John Klimas, MD retired physician and co-founder of Physicians Reach Out program
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ICYMI: Care Ring in the News | |
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THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE CHAMPIONS
Please support these businesses who support us. Full list here.
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Welcome new Corporate Champion!
We are pleased to have Superior Industrial Maintenance as part of our corporate circle of support, and appreciate their belief and investment in our mission!
(pictured, L to R: Dean Cikins, Care Ring Board; Mike Oswald, Superior Industrial Maintenance; Tchernavia Montgomery and Paula Culp, Care Ring)
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THANK YOU TO OUR CIVIC CHAMPION | Care Ring is grateful for the extremely generous funding from Mecklenburg County government and its citizens as a trusted provider for our neighbors facing the challenges of poverty who need access to medical care. | |
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601 E. 5th Street, Suite 140, Charlotte, NC 28202 | 704-375-0172 | www.careringnc.org
Care Ring is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, tax ID# 56-0621073.
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