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CHCC Among Finalists For Chamber 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Award
The Community Health Care Clinic is among the finalists for the 2019 McLean County Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Excellence Award. The Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards honor member businesses, agencies, and individuals that have shown outstanding performance, quality customer service and business distinctiveness in six categories: New and Emerging Business Excellence, Micro Business Excellence, Small Business…
Read More2019 IAFCC Innovation Award Recognizes CHCC Referral Program
The Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics awarded its 2019 Innovation Award to the Community Health Care Clinic at its annual conference December 9 in Chicago. The award is given each year to an IAFCC member clinic that has implemented an innovative approach to patient care. This year’s award recognizes CHCC’s hospital referral program…
Read MoreTalk With a Doc: Registered Dietitian Dr. Jennifer Barnes
Dr. Jennifer Barnes was visiting the Clinic with Leadership McLean County in 2017 when she learned the Clinic didn’t have a registered dietitian. She says she’d been on the lookout for a volunteer opportunity she could get excited about. Now she comes to the Clinic weekly to provide one-on-one consultations with patients. Dr. Barnes meets…
Read MoreTalk With a Doc: Podiatrist Dr. Bryce Paschold
We could not provide truly comprehensive healthcare without the over 125 specialty care physicians that volunteer to see our patients. They are truly special people, and we’d like to introduce you to them! Dr. Bryce Paschold has been volunteering at the Clinic ever since he joined the Orthopedic & Sports Enhancement Center 5 years ago.…
Read MoreStudent Spotlight: Volunteer Translator Lindsay Douglass
Most student volunteers at the Community Health Care Clinic are juniors and seniors fulfilling program requirements. We rarely see students fresh out of high school coming to share their passion with our patients! Lindsay Douglass just graduated from Normal Community High School. She’s volunteering at the Clinic this summer as a Spanish translator. This fall…
Read MoreStudent Spotlight: Social Work Intern Katelyn Hill
As spring comes to a close, many of our students head home for the summer. But a special few choose to spend their summer at the Clinic! Katelyn Hill is a graduate student pursuing her master of social work at Illinois State University. She’s chosen to specialize in gerontology in her studies, and says she’s…
Read MoreClinic receives Illinois Prairie Community Foundation funds for dental care
The Illinois Prairie Community Foundation has awarded $2,500 through the Sullivan Health and Wellness Endowment Fund to fund restorative dental care at the Community Health Care Clinic. An estimated 90% of patients seen in the dental clinic will need some kind of restorative dental care. The funds will be used to purchase the raw materials…
Read MoreClinic Adds Full-Time NP
Megan Threm joined the Clinic earlier this month as a full-time nurse practitioner. Megan studied at Illinois Wesleyan University and Olivet Nazarene University before working on the cardiac unit at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center for 6 years as a nurse and 2 years as a nurse practitioner. Megan says she always knew she wanted to…
Read MoreChaplain Provides Spiritual Care to Improve Patients’ Overall Health
Janet Proeber is a board-certified chaplain at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center. She pays us weekly visits as part of a partnership between BroMenn and the Clinic to develop a spiritual assessment program for our patients. Jan says research shows that providing spiritual care in outpatient clinics has a positive impact on overall patient care. “It…
Read MoreMed Spanish Students Gain Hands On Experience, Cultural Competency Through Clinic Internship
The Community Health Care Clinic is again hosting students from the Medical Spanish class at Illinois Wesleyan University’s School of Nursing. Throughout the spring semester 11 students will volunteer at the Clinic to practice and expand their Spanish in a medical setting. Many Clinic patients are Spanish speakers with limited English speaking ability. Students gain…
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