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01/30/2012
Leaders from Neighborcare Health and other Seattle-area community health centers traveled to Olympia on January 24, 2012, to meet with state lawmakers about the current proposal to address the state’s budget deficit by cutting health care safety-net programs.
01/20/2012

Neighborcare Health's Medical Director, Marcus Rempel, MD, recently was a guest columnist for the South Seattle Beacon blog, urging Washington state legislators to give voters a chance to save crucial health care safety net programs.

"I'm very concerned about what years of budget cuts are doing to our state's health-care system. I took an oath to prevent harm, and I believe our state elected officials should do the same," wrote Dr. Rempel. He reminds us of how the proposed cuts will impact all of us, not just those patients who could lose health insurance.

01/09/2012
Neighborcare Health is looking for patients to join its Board of Directors. Because Neighborcare is a community health center eligible to receive funding from the federal government, the majority of our board directors must be patients who receive services at Neighborcare or any other community health center.
11/22/2011

In today's economy, everyone loves a deal, right? And finding a deal from a vendor that donates a portion of the sale to support patient care at Neighborcare Health is even better.

We are proud to announce that Neighborcare has been chosen to be a recipient of donations from HalfOffHero, a local daily deal site. The business offers daily deals at 50% off or more from area restaurants and businesses and 10% of each sale goes back into the community to local nonprofits. Signing up is easy and will make a difference to your needy neighbors.

11/18/2011
You don’t want to mess with the nurses who care for Neighborcare Health’s homeless patients! For the first time since Neighborcare began its annual Pumpkin Push 5K Run and 2 Mile Family Walk 16 years ago, nurses working with homeless patients formed their own fundraising teams to raise money for the event.
11/08/2011
Neighborcare Health School-Based Mental Health Counselor, Anne Lung, was recently honored with an Exemplary Services Award by King County Executive Dow Constantine and the King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse, and Dependency Services Division, for her work with student groups at Seattle World School (formerly called Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center School).
11/03/2011

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn appeared with local health care leaders, including Neighborcare Health's CEO Mark Secord, at West Seattle High School to urge city voters to re-approve the Families & Education Levy on November 8 so the city can continue providing successful "wrap around" services, including student health centers to public school students.

10/28/2011
In October, Neighborcare Health’s Board of Directors met at Seattle City Hall to testify before the city council. The Board joined a larger group of other community health center representatives to request a modest increase in funding from the city to support health and human services for low-income residents.
 
10/19/2011
Neighborcare Health’s 45th Street Medical Clinic just had its first baby delivered through Neighborcare Health’s midwifery program!
10/10/2011

One full year of care at our Pike Market Medical Clinic for 34 low-income and/or uninsured patients --that's the amount raised at Neighborcare Health's 28th Annual Feast at the Market event. Thanks to the generous folks who attended this year's Feast, $34,000 was raised to support patient care.

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