I would like to call attention to Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps. A non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free clinics for health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world.
Please give their website the attention it deserves. Click on every link and consider making a donation of your money, your services, supplies, or your time. I mailed a large check today...10/16/2008. It felt so good just writing it!!! Plus I know it will be put to such good use.
Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most remote and places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated.
I first learned about them on March 20, 2008 when CBS 60 Minutes ran a segment about a weekend in poverty stricken rural Tennessee where huge crowds gathered days before the event to get free medical assistance. Hundreds were turned away at the end due to lack of time.
Luckily, I found a shortened version of the segment on YouTube.
Please watch...it is very inspiring. You won't be sorry.
RAM FREE CLINICS will be at the following locations between now and Election Day (the next three weeks).
Oct. 18-19
McCreary County, Kentucky & Scott County, Tennessee
at Scott Appalachian Industries (SAI), Huntsville, TN
(Dental, Vision, Medical)
Oct. 25-Nov. 2
Honduras - Seguatepeque (South America)
(Dental, Vision, Medical)
Nov. 1-2
Grundy County, Tennessee
(Dental, Vision, Medical)
See full 2008 schedule. See full 2009 schedule.
Remote Area Medical Foundation
1834 Beech Street
Knoxville, TN 37920
865-579-1530
Thank you for visiting my blog on this important day.
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