Health Center Week Highlights Partners and Patients

 Health Center Week Highlights…

Tuesday,  staff at Rock Quarry Road Family Medicine (along with partner Community Care of Wake and Johnston Counties)  offered mini-classes on nutrition and diabetes education to patients while they waited for their appointments. The event resulted in over 50 registrations for future classes by both organizations.   Thanks to Registered Dietician Doris Nicolas-Mir and LCSW Patricia Rickenbaker  for their time and talent. We all agreed the event helped educate patients on the many support services we offer at Wake Health Services,  and should be repeated at least quarterly.  These “wraparound services” are unique to Community Health Centers  and events like this one help demonstrate how our model of care is at the center of healthcare reform.

Horizon Health Center hosted a Community Breakfast on Wednesday  for patients, family and friends.  Practice manager Sabrina Pellegrino estimated over 50 people stopped by, of which about 20  were new faces.  Inter-Faith Food Shuttle catered the event through their Culinary Job Training Program which provides an opportunity for people in soup lines and shelters to break the cycle of poverty by obtaining meaningful employment in a food service position.  In addition, staff distributed take-away food bags and information about Horizon to the homeless at Moore Square. Thanks to staff below for another successful outreach effort on behalf of our neighbors most in need!

About 50  little “deputies”  showed up for Sheriff Tuffy Tooth at New Bern Ridge Pediatrics and Family Dental Center on Thursday for our last Health Center Week event.  Thanks to Poe Education Center for bringing the entertainment and educating the kids about dental health.   Thanks to Teandra Ramos, Dr. Rickert, and the pediatric and dental staff who facilitated the fun by calling patients in advance, engaging the kids and registering new patients. The dental practice registered  4 new families into our dental program and staff saw lots of possibilities for expanding  the event next year.