Neighborhood Health Clinic Founder Nancy Lascheid, BSN, RN, was honored by the Robert Wood Johnson Family Foundation with the Award for Health Equity posthumously during the Celebration of Life held in her honor in Naples on November 11, 2022. (Photo available upon request).
“To be recognized on a national level is an honor for both Founder Nancy Lascheid and the Clinic,” shares CEO Leslie Lascheid. “While we wish Nancy had been with us to receive the award, we know her legacy lives on as we remain committed to her vision to ‘be here for and because of the community’.”
Florida Senator Kathleen Passidomo presented the award to Clinic Board Member and lifelong friend of the charity Vince Foglia during the memorial event by stating, “Generally, when we give awards out, the recipient is in the room. And, she is. Nancy is with us. I spoke with a number of members of the Clinic who say she is there. They know she is there. They feel her, they see her. Her legacy and spirit lives on.”
According to the Foundation, the Award for Health Equity “celebrates individuals who have changed systems and policies at a local level to increase the chance that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to live the healthiest life possible” and supports national membership organizations in fields like public health and social justice, education, community development and philanthropy.
Foundation CEO Nicole Lamoreux originally presented the award, and corresponding grant, to Clinic CEO Leslie Lascheid during the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics conference in October, but was unable to attend the Celebration of Life.
Founded in 1999, Neighborhood Health Clinic provides quality medical and dental care to some of Collier County’s 50,000 uninsured workers:
- Provided 11,000 patient visits and 28,000 patient procedures in 2021
- Conducted 120,000 patient procedures since 1999
- Offers access to general medical practitioners, specialty clinics for complex and chronic conditions; dental care; an onsite laboratory for basic tests for established patients and Radiology services
- Provides patient education and research projects
- Houses an onsite medication room which allows patients to leave appointments with their non-narcotic medications, increasing adherence and improving health outcomes
- Volunteer driven 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization with approximately 250 physicians, 50 dentists, 100 nurses and 300 non-medical personnel donating their expertise and supported by 15 fulltime and 5 part-time paid staff
- 94 cents of every dollar goes directly to patient services
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