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Vaccination, masks, and distancing remain keys to fighting COVID-19, Kalamazoo’s medical leaders say
“I’m here. I have what’s necessary to help you,” Denise Crawford says of COVID vaccinations. “I’m making it available to you. And you’re refusing to take it. But you’re still coming to me for help.” As we wind up the second year in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the president and chief executive officer…
Read MoreBig pay raises attract health care applicants to Family Health Center in Kalamazoo
Unlike most of the help wanted signs dotted around town, the “fine print” on Family Health Center’s new billboard promises jobs that start at $21 an hour or more — not that possibly wind up there someday. The nonprofit health clinic serving citizens of Kalamazoo County has implemented a sweeping change in employee compensation that puts Family…
Read MoreFamily Health Center celebrates 50 years in Kalamazoo with 50 acts of kindness
For 50 years, Family Health Center has been offering healthcare to historically underserved citizens in Kalamazoo. In celebration of the milestone anniversary, the medical nonprofit announced it will put into action “50 Acts of Kindness” over the remaining three months of 2021. The community is invited to participate where opportunities are available, a news release…
Read MoreFifty years will be celebrated with 50 acts of kindness Kalamazoo’s Family Health Center leaders say
Lunch was free Wednesday at the Nonla Burger restaurant at 2103 S. Burdick St. in Kalamazoo. And at Los Brothers Mexican Food at 2015 Portage St. And at Ty’s Joint, the new chicken and waffles eatery at 1301 Portage St. “Anybody who walked through the door, we just provided their lunch,” says Denise Crawford, President and…
Read MoreFamily Health Center Launches 50 Acts of Kindness Campaign
Officials with Kalamazoo’s Family Health Center says they will mark a half-century of service with their “50 Acts of Kindness” campaign through the remainder of 2021. Family Health Center President and CEO Denise Crawford says “50 Acts of Kindness is designed to surprise, support and appreciate all the people who have shared in making our founding dream come…
Read More340B ‘Instrumental’ in Family Health Center of Kalamazoo Vaccinating Community
Family Health Centers of Kalamazoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan has been busy these past few months running back-to-back COVID-19 vaccine clinics. As of last week, FHC had run 52 clinics in the greater Kalamazoo area, administering 8,112 vaccines to people in the community. The 340B Drug Discount Program allowed FHC to serve more patients and get…
Read MoreBoarding a freighter in the Soo Locks to deliver 5 doses of COVID vaccine
SAULT STE. MARIE—In hard hats and safety vests, the two women shimmy up aluminum boarding ladders onto a converted World War II tanker. The rumble of the ship’s 8,040-horsepower engine makes conversation near-impossible on this blue sky morning. But public health workers Charity Zimmerman, a nurse, and Jill Schaefer, a clerk, know the drill on…
Read More1,000 COVID-19 vaccines available at drive-thru clinic for Kalamazoo County residents
One thousand COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed during a drive-through clinic May 25. The Family Health Center’s ‘A Thousand Shots of Love’ will put 1,000 shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of Kalamazoo County residents, a news release said. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 25, county residents can drive-through…
Read MoreKalamazoo County sees rise in infant mortality despite overall decrease in Michigan
Michigan achieved a significant milestone in the state’s efforts to keep moms and babies safe: the infant mortality rate in 2019 was the lowest in recorded history. Health experts said this meant that fewer Michigan infants had died before the age of one in 2019 than ever before. “It has been one of the things…
Read MoreFamily Health Center Reaches Pandemic Milestone: 5,000 COVID-19 Vaccinations and Counting
Partnership Fuels Effort to Protect Hard-Hit Neighborhoods; Future Vaccination Clinics Planned KALAMAZOO, Michigan A free, large-scale, community-based vaccination effort spearheaded by Family Health Center has surpassed 5,000 vaccinations to combat COVID-19. The campaign began in January to ensure the first and second doses of vaccines were easily available to people within Kalamazoo’s hardest-hit neighborhoods. That…
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