[ShareTompkins] Fwd: IHA and IFC offices move

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Bethany Schroeder <nidus at pinax.com>
> Date: September 28, 2010 7:09:44 AM EDT
> To: TC-HSC-L at cornell.edu
> Subject: IHA and IFC offices move
> Reply-To: Bethany Schroeder <nidus at pinax.com>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> September 27, 2010
>
> Ithaca Free Clinic Moves to New Home
>
> ITHACA, NY -- Capping a two-year fundraising effort, the Ithaca  
> Health Alliance and Free Clinic are moving to expanded offices in  
> October following a one-week closure.
>
> "As usual, the community has stepped forward to ensure that Free  
> Clinic visitors won't have to go without care any longer than  
> absolutely necessary," said IHA Executive Director Bethany  
> Schroeder.  The Free Clinic left its location of five years at 225  
> South Fulton Street September 23 and will be reopening in much  
> larger and more accessible quarters at 521 West Seneca Street on  
> October 4.
>
> Individual donors and local foundations are credited with funding  
> the remodeling of the new offices, which were formerly occupied by  
> Family and Children's Services of Tompkins County and later by  
> offices of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center during its own  
> recent remodeling.
>
> Ciappa & Marinelli Builders performed the work of renovating the new  
> Clinic, with architectural redesign contributed by Claudia Brenner  
> and space and color consultation contributed by Bloom Designs. The  
> Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency also provided support for the project.
>
> ABOUT THE ITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE
>
> Founded in 1997, the Ithaca Health Alliance (IHA) uses a community- 
> based cooperative model of financial assistance to address the  
> national health care crisis at a local level. The mission of IHA is  
> to facilitate access to health care for all, with a focus on the  
> needs of the un- and underinsured.
> The IHA is owned by its members. Its two main areas of activity are  
> the Ithaca Health Fund, which offers grants and interest-free loan  
> programs to help members access emergency and preventive care, and  
> the Ithaca Free Clinic, which began operation in 2006. The IFC was  
> the first free clinic in the United States to offer both  
> conventional medical care by volunteer physicians and complementary  
> therapeutic services by volunteer chiropractors, acupuncturists,  
> herbalists, dieticians, and others. Use of the Clinic is growing at  
> more than 30 percent annually, and it is currently the source of  
> primary medical care for more than 1,000 uninsured residents of  
> Tompkins County and the surrounding area. The Free Clinic is open  
> Mondays, 2-6 p.m. and Thursdays, 4-8 p.m., for primary and  
> complementary care services. On Tuesdays from 3-7 p.m., volunteers  
> offer special Clinic sessions, such as pre-employment physicals and  
> occupational therapy services, a program developed in collaboration  
> with Ithaca College.
>
> *Contact*
> Betsye Caughey Outreach Coordinator, Ithaca Health Alliance outreach at ithacahealth.org 
>  <mailto:outreach at ithacahealth.org> 607.330.1253 fax 607.330.1194 PO  
> Box 362 Ithaca, NY 14851 http://www.ithacahealth.org/
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