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This Holiday Season Give the Gift of Access to Health Care

"I support WCMS because of Project Access�. Project Access� provides healthcare to individuals in our community who do not otherwise qualify for insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Through Project Access�, WCMS helps save lives."

                              -Melissa Pennscott

     Director of Marketing at Johnson Price Sprinkle

     Member of the WCMS Foundation Development Council 

 

As a previous donor to the WCMS Foundation, you've helped improve the lives of others in our community by supporting the Health Access Counselor Team, Project Access�, the WCMS Interpreter Network, and the Charles Blair Fund.  Here's the impact your donation had in 2013:

*    The WCMS Interpreter Network provided medical interpreters for over 4,000 appointments.  WIN has trained medical interpreters in over 15 languages working in 6 Western North Carolina Counties.  Your donation in 2013 ensured that in WNC a language barrier would not equate to a health care barrier.

*    WCMS Health Access Counselors helped enroll 81 people into the Federal Insurance Marketplace.  These 81 residents were previously uninsured and now have access to subsidized, affordable health care through the Affordable Care Act.  Sadly, the poorest of the poor are not able to get these subsidies as North Carolina has not expanded Medicaid.  WCMS donors have not forgotten about them, because Project Access� is able to reach these people. 

*    Almost 3,000 low income people who did not qualify for the ACA were able to get free medical care through Project Access�.  This life saving work can only be done with the support of the entire community. 

*    Seven local minority high school students completed the Minority Medical Mentoring Program and received college scholarships from the Charles Blair Fund.

We need your continued support to keep these valuable programs in Western North Carolina.  Donate today to help us reach this year's goals. You can make your donation online or you may send a check to the Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation to the address below: 


                                                     WCMS Foundation
                                                        304 Summit St

                                                     Asheville, NC 28803   


Thank you for your support this holiday season.  

Sincerely,

 

Miriam Schwarz, CEO & Executive Director
Western Carolina Medical Society


The Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation is a non-profit 501(c) (3) institution created to raise funds for its charitable programs. Your annual fund gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.