Harrogate, ClaiborneCounty, TN at Lincoln Memorial University
Purpose:
First Rural AMerica Expedition in a University setting
Services:
Vision Care
Dental
General Medical
Veterinary
Results:
Thanks to the volunteer efforts of at least 313 volunteers:
Total patients: 523
Total services: 794
Total value of services: $115,353.00
A big thanks to each person involved in this event.
Without our volunteers, this would have never happened.
About the
expedition:
Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate
TN is located in Claiborne County, TN. Next to it are
Campbell County TN and Scott County TN, as well as the
Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia borders. In the
heart of Appalachia and coal and strip mining country,
the location is one of the best examples of what RAM's
Rural America project is all about. The August 19-20
2006 expedition to LMU will include dental, vision,
general medical, and veterinary services for the impoverished
areas surrounding LMU, where low incomes and no insurance
abound.
RAM anticipates that this first free
medical clinic to be held in a university setting will
be one of the largest for the State of Tennessee, drawing
a minimum of 1,000 needy people or more. We anticipate
that it will become an annual event which in time could
equal the size of Wise County, VA's annual expedition
in July, which now brings services to over 6000 people
in a three-day period.
