Volunteer Information
How Can You Help?

Current Needs We need the following expertise:
  1. Painters – To do odd jobs and repairs for 2-3 hours per month.
  2. Construction Person – To coordinate building projects for 3 hours/month.
  3. Eligibility Screeners – To interview possible patients on Tuesday mornings
    for one to four days per month.
  4. Nurses – To staff clinics on one, two, three, or four Thursday nights per month
    or on occasional weekdays for specialty clinics.

CONTACT Bob Barlow or Jane Ayers at 847-5866.
Services General medical, dental, and pharmaceutical services are provided on site. Support services available on site include: lab, diet and nutrition counseling, physical therapy, health education classes and support groups and specialty clinics in gastroenterology, gynecology, physical therapy, podiatry, orthopedics, and rheumatology. Support services available in the community include diagnostic imaging, lab, and consultation in cardiology, dentistry (general), endodontics, family practice, gynecology, internal medicine, nephrology, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, physical therapy, pulmonology, surgery, and urology.
Staffing Most services are donated by volunteers who donate their time and expertise. Over four hundred physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dietitians, nutritionists, health educators, and lay people provide patient services. There is a small paid staff consisting of a full-time Executive Director, Nurse Practitioner, Patient Care Coordinator, Program Manager, Office Manager, Pharmacy Coordinator and receptionist, along with two part-time Dental Assistants. And two part time clinic nurses.
Needs The Free Clinic needs volunteers and donations of money and in-kind goods and services (for example medications, office supplies and the like).
Volunteer Opportunities The Free Clinic provides primary health care services for over 6,500 patient visits a year through the generous donation of volunteer time and talent. We need help from lay people and health care professionals. Outlined next are some of our specific needs.
Health Care Professionals (On-Site) We need the following health care professionals to provide on-site care on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and Wednesday Mornings:
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Laboratory Technicians
  • Dieticians
  • Dentists
  • Dental Hygienists
  • Dental Assistants
  • Health Educators
Health Care Professionals (Off-site) The following health professionals are needed to provide services in their offices:
  • Physicians (all specialties)
  • Dentists (generalists and specialists)
  • Health educators
  • Audiologists
  • Physical Therapists
Other People during clinic hours  We need help in the following areas during clinic hours on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings:
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Receptionists
  • Eligibility Screeners
  • "Staff Stuffers" (to furnish snacks for volunteers coming straight from work)
Other People during other times We also need help during non-clinic hours with the following tasks:
  • Reception
  • Special Projects
  • Word-Processing
  • Computer Systems Management
  • Basketball Tournament
  • Data Entry
  • Filing
  • Bulk Mailing
  • Pharmaceutical Sample Consolidation
  • Pharmaceutical Sample Re-packaging
  • Durable Medical Equipment Processing

You would like to help but don't know how?
Please call the Free Clinic at 847-5866 to find out!

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