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PHC Receives Community Fund Grant
from Park City Foundation
On December 22, thirty individuals affiliated with PC Foundation visited and
listened to a brief history, current status and future plans for PHC. The
highlight of the visit was the presentation of a $10,000 Community Grant to be used for operational costs.
While presenting the check to Executive Director Judy Sobin (left) and Board Treasurer Frederick G. Tripp, Grants Committee Chair
Emily Scott Pottruck said,
"We are honored to award a grant to PHC. Now more
than ever, we feel that whatever we can do to help people with their basic
needs is something the PCF should do. As a community foundation, our
mission is to connect private philanthropy with the greater Park City
community by optimizing the impact of each charitable gift. Partnering
with PHC clearly fulfills that mission."
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Greetings!
Happy New Year! We enter the new year grateful for the generosity of our supporters in the past several months. The need for PHC's work in the community is great and growing, as you can see below. We count on your continued support!
A Day in the
Life of PHC
Have you wondered what a typical Clinic is like at PHC? Here's a glimpse inside:
It's
3:00 on a Tuesday, PHC's Pediatrics and General
Clinic. Clinic Director Cecily Huff Smith has been in the office since 9
a.m.
Now she's on the phone, following up on a request she made for a Clinic
patient to be seen by a Salt Lake urologist. When his
assistant agrees to set up an appointment for the patient, the details are arranged. The patient
will pay a reduced fee for services, possibly supplemented by a PHC fund that assists those who
need advanced care. Cecily breaks away
from her desk to start a slow cooker supper for the soon-to-arrive volunteer
providers and assistants. Many of these volunteers will have already
spent a full day working "day jobs" at local clinics and hospitals,
and will be happy to grab a bite between patients.
Four o'clock finds Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Knight moving briskly
from one exam room to the next. Jennifer
started at 10 a.m., alternately seeing patients and making calls
to secure financial assistance for patient medication. She stops
in the office to consult with a physicians' assistant student who is interning
at the Clinic for several months. The student describes the patient she has just interviewed: an
older man with knee pain that hasn't improved. They discuss scheduling some sessions with
the volunteer physical therapist.
At 5:00, Ryan Jensen and Mariely Ferrer go into
high gear managing the flow of patients, while Elizabeth Isakson checks people in
until the waiting room is filled. With two volunteer providers ready to work, all
five exam rooms are soon taken. Volunteer phlebotomists draw blood samples and
intake volunteers check blood pressure, temperatures, and blood sugar levels.
Translators join providers in exam rooms.
In the meantime, Tuesday Night Medical Director Penny Peacock has taken over as
the consulting physician for pediatrics. A volunteer provider finds her
in the Director's office and presents her with a case of a child complaining of
a rash that has lasted for over two weeks. She asks him about his
observations and suggests follow-up questions. The provider will return for
further consultation.
It's 8:00, and the last patients are being
seen. Cecily ties up loose ends and makes a list of calls that must be
made tomorrow: there are patients to be called with test results, lab supplies
to be ordered, a potential volunteer provider who wants to come in for a tour, plus
dozens of other tasks and projects that
keep the clinic running. Soon everyone heads home, with thanks all around
to the generous volunteers.
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Thanks to Another Business Supporter!
We recently received a donation of $200 from Cherie Sharp, owner of Color Me Mine pottery studio. She set aside a portion of each sale in October and November for PHC. We're delighted with the donation, and with the idea that now Cherie's customers are aware of our work in the community. If your business would like to help in this way, please contact Nann Worel at (435) 615-7822.
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