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Volunteers In Medicine

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Expands to New Building

Volunteers in Medicine moved out of the basement of the Salvation Army into larger space on South Duchesne.

On a busy Monday morning in November, volunteers at the Volunteers in Medicine clinic in St. Charles hustle through the halls, squeezing past one another as they pop into patient rooms.  This year, the Volunteers in Medicine clinic gained a bit more space to move about when it moved from the basement of the Salvation Army facility at 2410 N. Fourth Street to a 3,000 square foot space at 1039 South Duchesne in September.  The 49 volunteers who provide medical care and support at the clinic now have more space to do so, with six exam rooms, a waiting room, staff offices and even a break room.  Anita Hockett, who started Volunteers in Medicine in 1996, said everyone is thrilled with the new location.  "We never, ever dreamed it would grow …

Amber Sullivan

10:15 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Will you please fill in the # of visits from last year? ' Last year, the clinic had xxx patient visits.'   more ›

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

City Awards Nonprofits More than $20,000 in Grant Funding

Volunteers in Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation among groups to receive a grant.

Several nonprofit groups were awarded grant funding from the city of St. Charles on Tuesday.  Members of the Grant Review Committee included council members Laurie Feldman, Ward 3, Dave Beckering, Ward 7, Mary Ann Ohms, Ward 1 and Tom Besselman, Ward 2.  Volunteers in Medicine received $4,780, which will go toward helping to provide people with medication.  St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation received $4,000. Jeanne Gibbons, officer of Corporate and Foundation Relations at St. Louis Children's Hospital accepted the grant. She said the Foundation is bringing two 40-foot mobile health vans into the St. Charles area to help about 350 children through restorative dentistry, health screenings and follow up with social workers for hearing …

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