FREE CLINIC RECEIVES TWO LARGE GRANTSThe Free Clinic was recently awarded two sizable grants by the Centra Health Foundation ($15,000) and the Greater Lynchburg Community Trust ($12,236) to provide support for its expanded daytime dental program. In this program, student externs from the VCU School of Dentistry complete dental rotations at the Free Clinic under the supervision of 30 different local dentists who volunteer as Mentors/Professors. These awards will be utilized to help with operating expenses such as dental supplies. It is necessary for the Free Clinic to continue to receive local funding for this endeavor as a three year "starter" grant of $150,000, which was awarded in 2003 from the Virginia Health Care Foundation, ended in 2006.
NOTE: 20th Anniversary Year -The Free Clinic of central Virginia, Inc was founded in May 1987 and opened its doors to patients from the Cities of Lynchburg and Bedford and the Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Cambell Counties on September 15, 2007. The clinic has provided services to over 16,000 Central Virginia residents over this twenty year period.