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Local, Interfaith Healthcare Nonprofit, Culmore Clinic Celebrates Diversity
Culmore Clinic celebrates their interfaith partners.
In a statement released earlier today, Culmore Clinic, a nonprofit healthcare serving low-income adults in Bailey's Crossroads community at little to no cost, publicly celebrates their interfaith partners:
Every day we celebrate our diversity and embrace our similar values. At Culmore Clinic we do not just welcome those of different faiths, we understand that we would not be who we are without them.
When you enter our clinic, the first thing you see is a giant sign that reads “WELCOME” in Arabic, Farsi, Spanish and Vietnamese. These are the languages that are most often spoken within our interfaith and intercultural clinic.
Our foundation is built on the commitment of people with different faiths. We were started by 2 Catholic women who started talking to neighboring congregations about a staggering rate of uninsured adults in the area. What resulted was a health clinic that opened in a mosque, moved to a county facility, and then with the help of the Anglicans, moved to a Baptist church where it operates today with the support of sixteen different Christian,Jewish and Muslim congregations.
We are only able to offer our community free and low-cost compassionate healthcare because of the support of our our interfaith partnerships and we are grateful for them everyday.
Culmore Clinic is a 501c-3, non-profit healthcare clinic serving low-income adults in the Bailey’s Crossroads community at little to no cost. Supported by a diverse group of interfaith volunteers, healthcare providers, and donors, Culmore Clinic offers compassionate medical care, counseling services as well as specialty referrals. Their commitment to care for all is displayed with their top-notch medical interpretation services to ensure effective treatment to the culturally diverse community in which they work. Volunteers founded The Clinic in 2007 and to this day it is still significantly volunteer run, allowing more resources to go toward patient care. More information at www.culmoreclinic.org
