Thank you Montgomery County for $8,000 Contributed in last 30 days.

We estimate that we will need between $300,000 and $350,000 for operation for two years. We are almost at the half-way point for funding the first year of operation of the clinic. We need your help to raise the additional $98,000 needed for this year’s operation. Join us! Go to http://mcfreeclinic.org/contribution to donate online or for directions on mailing your contribution.

We're moving toward our goal - won't you help?

Philly Cheesesteak Festival, this Saturday, April 6 from 2-5 PM at the Sparks Center, Wabash College

This Saturday, April 6th, 2013, at the Scarlet Inn of Wabash College, the Muslim Students’ Association will be hosting a “Philly Cheese Steak Festival” from 2pm-5pm. Cheese Steaks are only $5! This is a philanthropic opportunity to raise money for the Montgomery County Free Clinic that is asking for support to operate for two years and raise money to meet its $350,000.00 goal. 

 The organizer, Rashaan Stephens, is from West Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Cheese steak is a known attraction for tourists. They also will be offering Vegan Philly Cheese Steaks! For Rashaan, I sincerely hope you take this opportunity to donate to this charitable cause and assist in strengthening the relationship between the Wabash and Crawfordsville communities.

If you can’t attend, you can still make a contribution to the clinic: http://www.mcfreeclinic.org/contribution/ 

Dental Clinic Donation!

Many thanks to the Indiana Dental Assocaiton Foundation for their recent donation of $1600 toward supplies for the dental clinic!  This will enable us deliver the best care possible to our clients.   

                                    Dr. Janet Rucker                                             Jay Dziwlik, Executive Director

                             Montgomery County Free Clinic               IN Dental Association Foundation

Spring means GREEN! Help us remove the RED!

We estimate that we need $175,000 to operate the clinic each year. With the clinic on schedule to open in late summer, we need your help to raise at least $245,000 so that we have operating funds for two years. The clinic now looks like a real clinic. You can see it by driving by 186 S. Mill Street.

Go to http://www.mcfreeclinic.org/contribution/ for information about contributing.

We Need YOUR help to change Red to Green

We CELEBRATED in 2012 because we achieved one goal of raising $300,000. This met the challenge made by North Central Health Service (NCHS) in Lafayette and gave us access to $900,000 to transform the MainSource Bank Building at 186 Mill Street to The Dr. Mary Ludwig Free Clinic. If you drive by, now, you can see the change—the building no longer looks like a bank!

We hope to open in the summer of 2013, but we need to raise operating funds. $350,000 will allow us to operate for two years. So in the coming months, we will be contacting Montgomery County residents seeking your ongoing support.

Additional $2 Thousand raised for operations!

We have raised an additional $21,000 for operations since January 3. We have long path to travel with a goal of $350,000 but we know that the citizens of Montgomery County will support the operation of the clinic that they sio generously helped construct.

Happy 2013 Everyone!

Wow! What a year 2012 has been for Montgomery County Free Clinic, Inc.:

• We purchased the property at 816 Mill Street from MainSource Bank.
• We initiated a campaign to match a 3:1 challenge grant from North Central Health Service (NCHS) in Lafayette, IN. We were to raise $300,000 and NCHS would provide $900,000 for the renovation of the MainSource Bank Building. We also set a goal of $350,000 to fund the first two years of operations.
• Akers Construction Services, the Construction Manager for the project, started creating the Dr. Mary Ludwig Clinic in September.
• We achieved our initial goal of raising $300,000 in December, about 6 months after starting the campaign.
• We have raised more than $37,000 and have pledges exceeding $50,000 towards the Operating Fund goal of $350,000.

All of this has been possible because of the generosity of Montgomery County and the respect for Christian Nursing Service. We look forward to an exciting 2013 which will include the beginning of operations for the Dr. Mary Ludwig Free Clinic, a Volunteers in Medicine Clinic (VIM) which will provide a true medical and dental home for the uninsured of Montgomery County. Please join us by making a gift, offering to volunteer your service, celebrating the work of Christian Nursing Service, and by engaging others to become part of this effort.

Happy New Year Montgomery County!