Clinic with a Heart

A faith-inspired organization, Clinic with a Heart serves the uninsured and underinsured through a ministry of health care. Our volunteers provide free health care with hospitality, dignity and grace. As part of our commitment to our patients we serve as a gateway to other Human Service agencies helping them in finding an appropriate health care home. In 2002, a team from St. Marks United Methodist Church went on a mission trip to Reynosa, Mexico, providing temporary medical care to the poor at a Mexican dump site. The trip planted a seed with the team -- if we can do this in Mexico, why cant we do this in our own backyard? One year later Dr. Rob Rhodes, the physician on the trip, along with community volunteers opened the first Clinic with a Heart clinic night. That night in May of 2003 they cared for 19 patients in collaboration with Community Action. Today, each clinic has a Team Sponsor which provides a portion of financial and volunteer support. The Team Sponsors clini...