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Knox County, Knoxville, TN Expedition

Expedition Details

DATES

 

February 4-5, 2012

 

Vision Exam

 

LOCATION

Jacob Building
3301 E. Magnolia Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37914

SERVICES


Dental - Cleanings, fillings, extractions
Vision
- Free Eye Exam & Free Eyeglasses (as time & supplies permit)
Medical
- General Medical Exams, Women's Health

Expedition Statistics


318

Volunteers from

14

States provided

1457

Free Services to

1022

Patients,

1.3%

of patients were Children.

Free Services included:

Dentistry (cleanings, fillings, extractions) for 591 patients;
Vision (free eye exam & 521 new pairs of glasses) for 482 patients;
and Medical (women's health, flu shots, and medical consults) for 372 patients.
The Total Value of Free Care provided by volunteers reached $445,476.00

Support from the local community:

THANK YOU to Chilhowee Park and Mr. Rick Evans for use of the Jacob Building, and to Mr. Prater for all of your hard work; Mr. Bob Davis and the West Knoxville Sertoma Club; Mr. Ed Smith and Mr. Walter Wojnair at the Hampton Inn and Suites, Pratt Road for providing 50 rooms for volunteers; Mr. Sam Patel at Comfort Inn North in Powell for providing 15 rooms for volunteers; Baptist Disaster Relief for providing food for volunteers; TnWaste for providing 8 portable toilets; Rural Metro for providing bio-waste disposal services; and countless other residents of the Knox County area and beyond whose hard work and perseverance helped to make this clinic a success!

As always, we are grateful for all of the volunteers who travelled at their own expense to provide free dental, vision, and medical services to the residents of Knox County, TN and surrounding areas.



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