Family Health Center celebrates Dr. Lisandra Soto Dental Day of Caring

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Dentists across Kalamazoo County volunteered their time and expertise Saturday to provide free dental care to hundreds of people on their annual Day of Caring for uninsured adults. Family Health Center hosted the all-day event at their office on East Alcott Street in Kalamazoo. Dentists performed any service someone might need, from a…

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Kalamazoo Family Health Center Receives Grant for COVID Vaccination Efforts

Meridian of Michigan is proud to announce the Family Health Center in Kalamazoo was recognized as one of Centene’s top 100 providers nationwide with the highest increase in vaccination rates. The team received a $5,000 grant from Meridian for medical equipment as part of an initiative Centene, Meridian’s parent company, announced last year to encourage providers nationwide to educate members about…

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Big 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…

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Family 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…

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Family 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…

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Boarding 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…

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