I've filled out my volunteer form and am going to take it to San Jose Clinic. In the meanwhile I've been doing some research on the clinic. San Jose Clinic was founded in 1922 and it's one of the oldest charity clinics in the United States. The clinic began with a donation of $50 from the Charity Guild of Catholic Women. San José Clinic was able to open its doors and treat the first patients with a small budget. San Jose clinic provides primary and specialty medical care, dental, pharmacy and laboratory services to 4,000 uninsured, low-income patients each year. There are more than 1.1 million, one in nearly every three, people in the Houston area that lack health insurance. The numbers of people who don't have health insurance surprised me The fact that the clinic provides various types of care in one area amazed me. The beginnings of the clinic also surprised me. I'm really looking forward to volunteering there.
I also looked at where the clinic is. It's pretty close to the university. I'm thinking about going a few hours on Friday and Saturday, at least once a week.
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