Century Clinic To Double Free Medical Services; Paid Provider And Volunteers Needed

March 14, 2013

The Health and Hope Clinic has received a grant to expand their free medical services to residents in North Escambia from their Century location.

The Health and Hope Clinic quietly opened in October 2011 in the old Escambia County Health Department building at 501 Church Street in Century. It is the second location for the clinic, which was first established in Pensacola back in 2003 by the Pensacola Bay Baptist Association to meet the needs of uninsured and medically underserved in Escambia County. The clinic is entirely volunteer and donor supported.

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of Florida has provided a grant to open the Century clinic a second day each week, expanding from the current to 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday schedule. The new hours will mostly likely be 3-7 p.m. on Tuesdays.

“They have become a great partner to our clinic and we’re so blessed to have their support and to be right in line with their desire to create healthier communities,” Health and Hope Clinic Executive Director Jessica Simpson said of the Blue Cross donation.

In order to open the second day each week, the clinic must hire a health care provider and recruit volunteers. For the paid provider (MD; DO; ARNP; PA) job description, click here. For information about volunteer opportunities, click here.

“We’re so excited to be expanding the hours of our Century clinic,” Simpson said.

The Health and Hope Clinics in Pensacola and Century have provided over $10 million worth of health care services and 14,000 patient/provider visits since 2003. The Health and Hope Clinic relies on the generosity of its contributors and volunteers to accomplish its mission of providing health and hope to the hurting”.

For more information, call (850) 479-4456 or (850) 336-4100.

Comments

6 Responses to “Century Clinic To Double Free Medical Services; Paid Provider And Volunteers Needed”

  1. Willene Bryan on March 27th, 2013 7:54 am

    Oh yes, we also have a volunteer from Grace Baptist on North Century Blvd.

  2. Willene Bryan on March 19th, 2013 6:11 pm

    Thank you Angela for offering to volunteer. It would be to hard to get volunteers on Saturday but if you are ever able to or anyone you know that can work with us we would love to have you.

    And at Rod Pumas, Preston and I are members of Century First Baptist Church.
    Just got to get my church in there to…..

  3. Rod Pumas on March 17th, 2013 5:51 am

    A group of volunteers from Rays Chapel Baptist Church in McDavid have been instrumental in keeping the Clinic up and running.The involvement of other Civic Groups, Churches, individuals is desperately needed to be able to expand services to your North Escambia neighbors.Won’t you please consider giving the Clinic four hours a month of your time to provide the medically uninsured with free medical care? Everyone is welcome to volunteer at the Century Health and Hope Clinic.

  4. Willene & Preston Bryan on March 15th, 2013 2:16 pm

    A great big thank you to the youth at Ray’s Chapel for the donations to the Health and Hope Clinic. God bless you in all you do.

  5. Angela on March 15th, 2013 2:13 pm

    I would love to Volunteer if they would do a Saturday, unfortunately I work Monday -Friday…But I am a Medical Asst/Phlebotomist with 13 years of experience would love to help. Think about Saturdays..

  6. Willene Bryan on March 14th, 2013 5:49 am

    We really could use some volunteer’s. I pray that some of you out there will just feel the need to volunteer to help make a difference in someone’s life. If we can open one evening that would be such a blessing to so many more that can’t come in the morning.

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