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April 22, 2015
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Margaret Zebroski, a certified physician’s assistant (left) and Sarah Lopez, a clinic associate, are
happy to bring free nights to their ZoomCare Healthcare on Demand clinic in the Mississippi neigh-
borhood.
Keeping Healthy
Free service
hours come to
neighborhood
clinic
O livia O livia
T he P ortland O bserver
A neighborhood health
clinic has started offering free
service hours once a month to
reach people without access
to healthcare.
ZoomCare Healthcare on
Demand is a Portland-based
by
chain of same-day clinics that
was established in 2006with
offices throughout Oregon
and Washington.
Trying to give back to the
communities where it started,
the clinic at 3872 N. Mississip-
pi Ave. now offers free health
care one night each month.
“Many people unfortunate-
ly have limited to no access
to healthcare in their own
neighborhoods,” said Dr.
David Sanders, ZoomCare
co-founder. “We plan to mo-
bilize our resources, partner
with other non-profit organi-
zations, and involve Zoom-
Care customers to keep our
neighborhoods healthy.”
The Mississippi location
offers illness care, injury
care, and primary care, all
of which is free of cost the
second Wednesday of every
month.
“I love working here,” said
associate Sarah Lopez. “We
see so many different kinds
of patients and we want them
to feel like we are part of this
neighborhood too.”
The next free health care
night will be held on Wednes-
day, May 13 from 6 to 9 p.m.
For more information, visit
zoomcare.com.
Activist Named Emerging Leader
The Oregon Public Health In-
stitute has honored Portland civil
rights activist LaKeesha Dumas as
an emerging leader and named her
to the group’s board overseeing
community health projects.
In case you don’t remember,
Dumas and her wife, O’Nesha Co-
chran-Dumas, were the first black
lesbian couple married in Oregon
last May and have been active in the
Portland LGBT activist community,
including as members of the Port-
land Black PFLAG chapter.
“My commitment is to the
health and wellness of my com-
munity in all aspects,” she said.
Dumas has worked as an advo-
cate for reducing disparities in her
community and brings her experi-
ence from working as a member of
the board of the Oregon Commu-
nity Healthy Worker Association.
She also sat as chair of the Tradi-
tional Health Worker Commission
LaKeesha Dumas (center) receives an emerging leader award
from Brian Johnson and Alissa Leavitt of the Oregon Public Health
Association.
and led several other community
advisory councils.
In 2014, the Oregon Public
Health Institute nominated her for
the Oregon Public Health Asso-
ciation Emerging Leader Award.
The institute is an independent
non-profit organization.