BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A group of medical students providing free health care for the poor has received a shot in the arm from the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.
The foundation is giving $5,000 to Equal Access Birmingham, a medical student-run initiative in the University of Alabama School of Medicine.
"The students involved with Equal Access Birmingham are truly men and women of action doing important work in our community," according to a foundation news release.
The grant is designed to help EAB continue and expand primary care services, patient health education and social services at its student-staffed free clinic in the Church of the Reconciler, 112 14th St. North in Birmingham.\
EAB runs its free clinic every Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the church.
EAB is also is holding a free health assessment today at the church? from 1 p.m. 3:30 p.m., offering blood pressure reading, glucose level checks, and body mass index readings.
The foundation grant was made possible through Community Funds and additional donors through the Giving Together program.
?Learn more about this strategy to help people lead healthy lives or add your support to this effort by contacting Erin Stephenson.? Contact Kathryn Corey to learn more about our Giving Together program.
Source: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/05/community_foundation_supports.html
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