Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) was busier than usual on Saturday, August 13, as the clinic’s downtown parking lot filled with pet owners and their four-legged family members. It was a new partnership for VIM, which hosted The Street Dog Coalition’s veterinary outreach that included free pet exams, vaccines, flea/tick/heartworm prevention, microchips and more.

Men’s Health Awareness Month, which takes place in June, is an opportunity to shine a light on the fact that men struggle to maintain good health.

Volunteers in Medicine plans to expand its mental health services for the working uninsured thanks to a recent multi-year grant from The Jim Moran Foundation. In the wake of the pandemic, several other health crises are emerging. Near the top of the list is untreated mental health illness and the unmet need for mental health services.

Volunteers in Medicine is a nonprofit that is built completely around volunteers. A staff of 12 paid employees supports roughly 200 volunteers who come to Volunteer in Medicine every year to treat the working uninsured for free. National Volunteer Week, which takes place between April 17 and April 23, is when those volunteers and their contributions are formally acknowledged.

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The Ponte Vedra Beach Rotary Club Foundation announced the recipients of the annual Mineral City Celebration on Monday, July 26.

JaxCareConnect, a new initiative developed to connect uninsured Jacksonville residents to primary care, has launched a website to build those connections online.

On Saturday, June 4th, Medtronic employees, friends and family members laced up their sneakers and joined Volunteers in Medicine patients, board members and volunteers for an informative two-mile walk in downtown Jacksonville

They say there are no guarantees in life, but in the case of ophthalmologist Dr. Howard Rose, the patients and staff at Volunteers in Medicine would beg to differ. Each Tuesday morning for more than 12 years, Dr. Rose made the sojourn from his beaches home to Volunteers in Medicine’s downtown clinic.

Volunteers in Medicine volunteer Barbara Potter was awarded the prestigious Ivy Summerlee Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award at a special luncheon and awards ceremony attended by more than 200 guests on March 24th at the main library in downtown Jacksonville.

HandsOn Jacksonville, celebrating its 44th year this year, honored volunteers on Monday, April 24 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to at the Jessie Ball duPont Center. The Celebrate GOOD VIP Awards Dinner was the kick-off to their Celebrate GOOD Festival and in conjunction with National Volunteer Week.

Dixie Murphy has spent her Thursdays for the last five years volunteering at the Volunteers In Medicine prescription drug dispensary, working with the clinic’s volunteer doctors and nurses on behalf of patients in need of inexpensive medications.

“They have been really have been wonderful,” she said of the Volunteers In Medicine doctors and staff. “Without them I would have been in a world of hurt because I could not have gotten the treatment I needed.”

It was twelve years ago that Cindy’s husband lost his job along with the family’s healthcare benefits. Cindy found herself part of the thousands of Americans without health insurance.

On Wednesday, February 2, Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) will host the Sixth Annual Women with Heart Luncheon at the Florida Blue Conference Center.

For 17 years, Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) has provided free healthcare to thousands of Jacksonville’s working uninsured at the corner of Ocean and Duval. Now, they are looking for a new home.