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Doing for Others
c o n t i n u e d f r o m front
tioners and nurses are just a por
tion ot the 70 volunteer staff m em
bers that give up hours each week
at the free m edical health care
clinic North by N ortheast C o m
m unity Health C enter on 3O3ONÈ
M artin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
“ I think everyone w ants the
c o m m u n ity to be stro n g and
healthy, and as physicians we have
certain skills we can offer that we
know will m ake a difference,”
says staff m em ber and co-founder
ot the clinic. Dr. Jill G insberg.
“For m y se If, and for m ost o f the
physicians, we see the need in the
com m unity and know how easy it
is to treat most o f these conditions,
and it m akes sense to take care o f
these things before they becom e
em erg en cies,” she said.
T hough m ost o f the doctors
w ork full-tim e and paid sch ed
ules elsew here, they vo lu n teer
three hours o f th eir tim e for one
shift per m onth, w hich keeps the
clinic open one evening per w eek
for the w hole year. T he clinic
plans to expand to tw o evenings
p er w eek w ith the in creased
d em an d from uninsured people
seeking m edical care.
T he N orth by N ortheast clinic
started in 2006 w ith a shared
passion for co m m unity service
and a vision for free health care.
T w o w o m en , P a sto r M ary
O v e r s tr e e t S m ith a n d D r.
G insberg, founded the clinic after
Sm ith returned from a visit to
three southern states on a mission
to relocate Hurricane K atrina sur-
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vivors to Portland for a fresh start.
A fter m oving, feeding, clo th
ing, and housing 4 0 fam ilies,
P astor M ary realized that som e
o f the survivors needed m edica
tions and m edical care, but within
the N orth Portland area, there
were few if any free clinics that
existed, especially during evening
hours. Talking with neighbors and
church m em bers she found that
m any local com m unity residents,
even those w ho w orked full time,
also had no health coverage.
A round the sam e tim e, Dr.
G insberg, a fam ily p hysician at
K a is e r, h e a rd a b o u t P a s to r
M a ry ’s actions in helping the
h urricane su rvivors and w as in
sp ire d to o ffe r h e r su p p o rt.
G insberg w asted no tim e in g ath
ering d o n atio n s from neighbors
and m eeting w ith P astor M ary
w here she w orked at the P ow
erhouse T em ple C hurch. The
tw o agreed to start a free m ed i
cal clinic at a sm all office b u ild
ing P astor M ary o w n ed up the
street from the church.
W ith a shared passion for com
m unity service and a vision o f free
health care for low -incom e adults
that provided care for chronic ill
nesses and the help o f friends,
colleagues, and com m unity m em
bers, on Aug. 1 7,2006 the North
by N ortheast C om m unity Health
C enter w elcom ed its first patient.
For m ore inform ation about
N orth by Northeast C om m unity
Health Center, visit nxneclinic.org.
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