WFCA News and Events
Newsletter
The WFCA newsletter is published semi-annually in the Spring and the Fall. Please check out our Spring 2009 Newsletter for updates on the development of the WFCA, resources, and news in the Free Clinic community.
Open call for articles or topics for our Fall 2009 Newsletter. Please send us an email if you would like to contribute to the Fall 2009 WFCA Newsletter.
In Other News
Free Clinic in Leavenworth continues to grow, the Leavenworth Echo 8/19/09
Doctors turn away thousands at L.A Free Clinic, NBC Nightly News 8/15/09
Free Clinics and NAFC on Fox News 8/3/09
Free Clinics hit with More Patients, Less Funding, Associated Press 7/20/09
Safe Harbor Free Clinic Opens in Stanwood, Stanwood/Camano News 6/16/09
Free Stanwood Clinic a Labor of Love, The Everett Herald 6/12/09
Study: Insured pay ‘hidden tax’ for uninsured health care, USA Today 5/27/09
VIMO Clinic expects patient load to nearly double in 2009, Peninsula Daily News 4/20/09
Healthcare help for low-income artists, King 5 News 4/11/09
Free Clinic Fills Medical Void, USA Today 4/9/09
Poor Gaining Access to Medical Specialists, Seattle Times 1/15/07
Free Clinics According to Wikipedia
Please send us an email with a link to any other articles featuring free clinics.
Upcoming Events
September 7, 2009: Nominations for the 2009 Marcia Howery Award due back to the WFCA.
September 24, 2009: VIMO 2nd Annual Healthy Harvest Fundraising Dinner. Click here for details.
September 25-26, 2009: The Washington Free Clinic Networking Conference is planned for Friday 9/25 and Saturday 9/26 in Lacey, WA. Register to attend by mailing in the Conference Registration with a check made payable to the Washington Free Clinic Association. If you have any questions, please contact Katie Rains.
Register Today for the WFCA 2009 Free Clinic Networking Conference!
October 4, 2009: 2009 Haller Lake Christian Health Clinic Health Walk. Click here for details.
October 25-27, 2009: National Association of Free Clinics Conference (San Diego, CA)
Please send us an email with the details of your clinic’s upcoming event and we will advertise it here.
Books
Grassroots Medicine: The Story of America’s Free Health Clinics
Grass Roots Medicine describes the emergence of free health clinics in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines the important transformations that have occurred since the mid-1980s. The book is based on more than 100 interviews with key individuals in the free health clinic movement and shares their comments with readers.By Gregory L. Weiss. Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.