(Greenwood, S.C., June 1, 2021) Greater Greenwood United Ministry, United Way of the Lakelands and Community Initiatives, Inc’s La Clinica Gratis/The Free Clinic applied for and were awarded grant funds from Self Regional Healthcare’s Community Health Committee to continue improving their respective care programs.
Pictured Left to right: Larry Tompkins, GGUM Pharmacist; Edith Pineda, Patient Navigator, GGUM; Tommy Goode, GGUM Board Chair; David Tompkins, Chair, Self Regional Healthcare Board of Trustees; Rosemary Bell, Executive Director, GGUM; Donna Trapp, Medical Clinic Coordinator, GGUM; Jim Pfeiffer, President and CEO of Self Regional Healthcare.
The Greater Greenwood United Ministry received $111,890 to continue support of their many specialized services including dental clinic, diabetes management and the recently added Women’s Health Clinic, where patients will receive basic health screenings, breast examinations and Pap testing. The GGUM also offers primary medical, internal medicine, gynecological care and an on-site Pharmacy for the convenience of the patients served.
Pictured Left to right: David Tompkins, Chair, Self Regional Healthcare Board of Trustees; Teresa S. Goodman, M.S., M.A.,
Executive Director, Community Initiatives, Inc.; Jim Pfeiffer, President and CEO of Self Regional Healthcare.
La Clinica Gratis/The Free Clinic of Community Initiatives, Inc., a medical home for uninsured individuals, received $210,000 from Self Regional, to support the expansion of their service offerings to include screenings for the social determinants of health in each of the five counties served, support of their emergency assistance care management program created to address food, housing and utility needs for patients and clients, as well as supply medical providers and key staff with diagnostic medical equipment and PPE.
United Way of the Lakelands (UW) brings together people and resources to fight poverty and strengthen our entire community by changing individual lives. Self Regional gifted $60,000 to United Way to support the building of the Greenwood Counts Community Consortium as they work to improve health outcomes through available health data and health initiatives within our community.
Pictured Left to right: David Tompkins, Chair, Self Regional Healthcare Board of Trustees; Hannah Gantt, Director, Resource Development, United Way of the Lakelands; Marisel Losa, President and CEO, United Way of the Lakelands; Jim Pfeiffer, President and CEO, Self Regional Healthcare.
The Self Regional Healthcare Community Health Committee meets regularly with the goal to improve health prevention and wellness for the residents of the community. For more information, call (864) 725- 4164 or visit www.selfregional.org/community-outreach-grants/funding-application/
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About Self Regional Healthcare:
Self Regional Healthcare is a not-for-profit, regional referral hospital that provides care to residents of Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens, Saluda, McCormick, Edgefield and Newberry counties. Services include prevention and wellness, acute care and tertiary care services including cancer care, neurosurgery, heart and vascular surgery, NICU, orthopedics and genetics. Self Medical Group is its employed physician affiliate network.
