Backup Documents 11/09/2021 Item # 4B 48
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Neighborhood Health Clinic (Clinic) opened in April 1999, with a mission to deliver
quality medical and dental care to low-income, working but uninsured Collier
County adults ages 19-64, using a professional volunteer staff and funded by
private philanthropy; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, Clinic services were delivered by an army of professional volunteers,
including 250 local physicians, 100 nurses, 50 dentists, and more than 300 non-
medical assistants, who, last year alone, attended to more than 11,000 patient
visits, performed more than 27,000 procedures, and issued nearly 20,000
prescriptions; and
WHEREAS, the Clinic is continually recognized with the highest level of achievement by
leading industry watchdogs for being fiscally responsible with the philanthropy
received; and
WHEREAS, the Clinic's 2019 addition of the Armstrong Medical Building provides expanded
facilities for vecialty services, such as radiology, cardiology, ENT, gynecology,
wound care, vision care, with a state-of-the-art dental suite; and
WHEREAS, newly completed in 2021, the Van Domelen Education and Wellness Building is
designed to be the center of Healthy Lifestyles programs, including Diabetic
Education, Breast Health, Pain Management, Stress Management, and Smoking
Cessation classes; and
WHEREAS, the Clinic is a fully committed, community resource with a newly expanded campus
delivering comprehensive, quality medical and dental care to neighbors in need who
have no alternative resources;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, that November 2021 be designated as
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC RECOGNITION
MONTH IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 9th Day of November 2021.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
PENNY TA OR, AIRMAN