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26 Worcester Business Journal • Giving Guide 2016 www.wbjournal.com Family Health Center of Worcester Future Goals 1. Provide the highest quality, culturally-competent, patient-centered health care home and become the provider of choice for residents in our service area; 2. Create an atmosphere of wellness, therapeutic healing, positive customer service, and open accessibility; 3. Ensure that the organization is financially stable, operationally efficient, and well-managed; 4. Be the employer of choice for diverse and talented staff in all areas of the organization; 5. As an academic health center, continue to lead the field in health care workforce development, education, and training through residency programs and internships; 6. 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 35,000 patients in 43 languages annually at 16 locations. Please visit www.FHCW.org for more information. • Each spring Family Health Center hosts a signature art auction fundraiser, Art in the City. The event includes original artwork donated 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. Louis G. Bond United Methodist Church Chair 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 16 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) .. 12% Massachusetts Department of Public Health .............. 5% UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. ......................... 5% Top funding sources: Rev. Louis G. Bond, Ph.D., Chair Lynda E. Rowe, Vice Chair John K. True, Treasurer Marjorie H. Purves, Clerk Brayan A. Chavez Marshall Katzen, M.D. Odette Lopez Monica Escobar Lowell Philip R. Magnusson Peter J. Martin, Esq. Elizabeth M. McTigue Ellen S. More, Ph.D. Shirley Owusu Janelle Salmon-Person, Ed.D. Doreen M. Samuels Joseph O. Scardino, Esq. Sarmad Sharif Margaret L. Sellers Robert Spellane Esther Faith Tendo Anna Whitted Family Health Center of Worcester Inc. 26 Queen Street Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: 508-860-7700 www.FHCW.org Full-time employees: 389 Annual revenues: $37,471,022 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 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.