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26 Worcester Business Journal • Giving Guide 2015 www.wbjournal.com Family Health Center of Worcester Future Goals • Provide the highest quality, culturally-competent, patient- centered health care home and become the provider of choice for residents in our service area; • Create an atmosphere of wellness, therapeutic healing, positive customer service and open accessibility; • Ensure that the organization is financially stable, operationally efficient and well-managed; • Be the employer of choice for diverse and talented staff in all areas of the organization, and lead the field in health care workforce development and education; • Enhance our collaborations and partnership ventures to strengthen the mission of the organization and the quality of patient services, and explore strategic partnerships to implement payment reform and Accountable Care Organizations. Fundraising Events/Opportunities Donations from the Greater Worcester community help Family Health Center of Worcester provide quality health care for more than 33,000 patients in 37 languages annually. Each spring Family Health Center hosts a signature art auction fundraiser, Art in the City. The event includes original artwork available for auction by dozens of local artists, corporate sponsors, a live auction and a silent auction. Please visit www.ArtInTheCity.org for more information. Family Health Center hosts a Neighborhood Health Fair in celebration of National Health Center Week each August. Corporate and community sponsorships are available for the health fair, which draws over 2,000 attendees. For more information, please call our Development Office at 508-860-7951. Giving Opportunities • Family Health Center of Worcester relies on the generosity and support of the local community to fund critical health services for low-income uninsured and underinsured families. Individual and corporate contributions to our annual holiday appeal help to directly support the health and well-being of our entire community. • Family Health Center also accepts donations of new items for our low-income or homeless patients, including personal hygiene supplies (e.g. soaps, razors, shampoo), baby blankets, bottles for newborns, and cold weather garments such as mittens, hats, and scarves. • Please consider a special gift to help sustain Family Health Center of Worcester's services to the community in the future. Bequests are gifts made through a will that may support the entire health center or one of our programs. Please consult your attorney or estate planner to discuss your wishes. • To donate to Family Health Center, please send your check to: Family Health Center of Worcester, P.O. Box 20205, Worcester, MA 01602 or call our Development Office at 508- 860-7951. Board of Directors Rev. Lois G. Bond Chairman Frances M. Anthes, President/CEO MISSION STATEMENT Service area: Family Health Center of Worcester serves Greater Worcester and South Worcester County. Family Health Center provides care in 15 locations, with a main site in downtown Worcester and satellite sites in Webster Square and Southbridge, MA. To improve the health and well-being of all residents in the Greater Worcester area, especially culturally diverse populations, by providing access to affordable, high-quality, integrated, comprehensive and respectful primary health care and social services, regardless of patients' ability to pay. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) .. 11% Massachusetts Department of Public Health ............ 10% UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. ........................ 3% Top funding sources: Rev. Louis G. Bond, Ph.D., Chairman Lynda E. Rowe, Vice Chair John K. True, Treasurer Marjorie H. Purves, Clerk Brayan A. Chavez Cecilio G. Gonzalez Marshall Katzen, M.D. Odette Lopez Monica Escobar Lowell Philip R. Magnusson Tom P. Mallett Peter J. Martin, Esq. Elizabeth M. McTigue Margaret Middaugh Ellen S. More, Ph.D. Janelle Salmon-Person, Ed.D. Doreen M. Samuels Joseph O. Scardino, Esq. Sarmad Sharif Margaret L. Sellers Esther Faith Tendo Family Health Center of Worcester Inc. 26 Queen Street Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: 508-860-7700 www.FHCW.org Full-time employees: 387 Annual revenues: $33,327,496 Year founded: 1972 Volunteer Opportunities Family Health Center of Worcester offers unpaid internships for college students, adults and working professionals in a variety of areas throughout the health center. Family Health Center's volunteer Board of Directors and board committees are comprised of 51% patients/clients of the health center and 49% community volunteers. Additional volunteer opportunities include serving as a member of the Art in the City Planning Committee or as a volunteer at the Annual Neighborhood Health Fair. For more information, please call our Development Office at 508-860-7951.