<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bethany Schroeder <<a href="mailto:nidus@pinax.com">nidus@pinax.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 28, 2010 7:09:44 AM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>IHA and IFC offices move</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bethany Schroeder <<a href="mailto:nidus@pinax.com">nidus@pinax.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>September 27, 2010<br><br>Ithaca Free Clinic Moves to New Home<br><br>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.<br><br>"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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>ABOUT THE ITHACA HEALTH ALLIANCE<br><br>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.<br>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.<br><br>*Contact*<br>Betsye Caughey Outreach Coordinator, Ithaca Health Alliance outreach@ithacahealth.org <mailto:outreach@ithacahealth.org> 607.330.1253 fax 607.330.1194 PO Box 362 Ithaca, NY 14851 <a href="http://www.ithacahealth.org/">http://www.ithacahealth.org/</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>